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The
Big Read
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment
for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center
of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read
in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library
Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. |
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Film Forward
Film Forward is a cultural exchange program designed to enhance cross-cultural understanding, collaboration, and dialogue around the globe by engaging audiences through the exhibition of film and conversation with filmmakers. |
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Learning Labs
In support of President Obama's "Educate to Innovate" call to action, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services are working together to create 30 new youth learning labs in libraries and museums across the country. |
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National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards
Formerly Coming Up Taller, these awards recognize outstanding community
arts and humanities programs that celebrate the creativity
of America’s young people by providing them
with learning opportunities and chances to contribute
to their communities. |
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Picturing
America
This NEH initiative brings masterpieces of American
art into libraries and classrooms nationwide to help
teach American history, social studies, history, writing,
literature, geography, civics, and other subjects. |
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Preserve
America
Preserve America is a White House initiative that
encourages and supports community efforts to preserve
and enjoy our priceless cultural and natural heritage.
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Public Libraries and the Workforce
The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and IMLS are working together to highlight effective practices and encourage additional collaboration between the workforce investment system and public libraries.
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Save
America's Treasures
Save America’s Treasures makes critical investments
in the preservation of our nation’s most significant
and endangered cultural treasures, which illustrate,
interpret, and embody the great events, ideas, and
individuals that contribute to America’s history
and culture. |
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StoryCorps
Each year, select museums and libraries receive the National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation’s highest honor for these institutions. Beginning with the 2009 winners, personal stories demonstrating the ongoing impact of these award-winning institutions are being documented through a cooperative agreement between IMLS and StoryCorps. |
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Vogel 50x50
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is a supporter of The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
and the National Gallery of Art, with the additional support of the National Endowment for the Arts.
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