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<p class="MsoNormal">Congratulations to Lisa Hoenig and her staff at the Ypsilanti District Library for receiving a National Leadership grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Service! The grant is to expand their TALK program in Michigan and Indiana.
The program, TALK: Text and Learn for Kindergarten, is an early literacy text messaging service that Ypsilanti District Library successfully developed with community and library partners through a Collaborative Library Services grant from the Library of Michigan.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to seeing the progress on this project. Congratulations again!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Karren Reish<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library Grants Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">517-241-0021<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Out of office on Fridays<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Institute of Museum and Library Services <imlsnews@imls.gov>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 23, 2020 12:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Reish, Karren (MDE) <ReishK@michigan.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> IMLS Announces $18.2 Million Investment in U.S. Library Initiatives<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:1.0pt">Awards fund digital inclusion, collections access, and library training programs.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F5452">Washington, DC</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F5452">— The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced
70 grants totaling $18,256,177 to support libraries across the country. The awards were made through the FY 2020</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#36495F"> <a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D001DDvJfZ267WrSIGT2p99qWHQ39MUwLBhQGR5sr3d9UDIwu53S8lr3kkOdbWW8EOZEM_sV4DAsttytx0A22uEybz64KGl6W-HwPIzYq7dcuZvFZyBmGioP2ZIBrVyP2IvQ0bA8frv4hSPCeTFIi2mnrVEClyE_uwjjNWcA_roZpp9kw1adBER34cdZeIQw7W7toFKNT2ZBpn38Mi0b-SPfr_ToECNk9V2u%26c%3Doa82UhqYKj5t-4ZYgxSldPXIJxV4jNf6GG30Q5kSVSa1wkwEvAJE2g%3D%3D%26ch%3D8CteJwJ-227-gUcQ28pDRXtI970Y0TuXRYa4KTxqtLQRaalCOQd0bw%3D%3D&data=02%7C01%7Creishk%40michigan.gov%7Cd54dcee3ec8a4ecb73cd08d82f23f054%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637311178685145522&sdata=PARg5xCppXogJM5ToYEZDl5F53t41HqOHjM51PcXRqI%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#33715B">National
Leadership Grants for Libraries Program</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F5452">and the</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#36495F"> <a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D001DDvJfZ267WrSIGT2p99qWHQ39MUwLBhQGR5sr3d9UDIwu53S8lr3kkOdbWW8EOZEk_oYWBOxnuLPoQKQ252HFfpYuKlz1ZlQDhbdDQdRLcHtO88RQW3phe7nr7OUkh8RoMDufk2XZYZYpQM08UW41Y7m0FMpkD3Mgv9C6vw2AozFlJtE21qiZGc3TzVK0XEW03_85bqnBvyIqWmE2DW1PH0pMQYdcl2I%26c%3Doa82UhqYKj5t-4ZYgxSldPXIJxV4jNf6GG30Q5kSVSa1wkwEvAJE2g%3D%3D%26ch%3D8CteJwJ-227-gUcQ28pDRXtI970Y0TuXRYa4KTxqtLQRaalCOQd0bw%3D%3D&data=02%7C01%7Creishk%40michigan.gov%7Cd54dcee3ec8a4ecb73cd08d82f23f054%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637311178685155483&sdata=ekFvBcAy6SoCqbezkLsKeer5KRStTAVGScLqNWA0%2F48%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#33715B">Laura
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Librarian Program</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F5452">. The </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#36495F"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D001DDvJfZ267WrSIGT2p99qWHQ39MUwLBhQGR5sr3d9UDIwu53S8lr3knCZqWv7oHysVuDAVUw9IXRZHupymTGbip3d-ZkRD6qMk9J5q2JwMV-O1rNje5LTyLr0nXPPKWfve5dELbPU3faf8Le8jCkxH8nJRRyCWDm_sVWmKXjtTZU%3D%26c%3Doa82UhqYKj5t-4ZYgxSldPXIJxV4jNf6GG30Q5kSVSa1wkwEvAJE2g%3D%3D%26ch%3D8CteJwJ-227-gUcQ28pDRXtI970Y0TuXRYa4KTxqtLQRaalCOQd0bw%3D%3D&data=02%7C01%7Creishk%40michigan.gov%7Cd54dcee3ec8a4ecb73cd08d82f23f054%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637311178685165439&sdata=YBnW5DQu3Z1wAVkakEY8I4iP2v4nezok%2BWBpEfZRTEE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#33715B">awarded
grants search</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F5452"> on the IMLS website contains a complete list of grantees and project descriptions.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#36495F">
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said IMLS Director Crosby Kemper. “Through programs addressing emergency planning, career development, and expanded public platforms, these organizations are increasing public access to library information and resources and building capacity in the library
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significant challenges and opportunities facing the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance theory and practice with new tools, research findings, models, services, practices, or alliances that will be widely used. The National Leadership
Grants for Libraries program received 155 preliminary proposals requesting $40,299,262. Eighty-one projects were invited to submit full proposals, and of these, </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#36495F"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D001DDvJfZ267WrSIGT2p99qWHQ39MUwLBhQGR5sr3d9UDIwu53S8lr3kqCIRkOV1_P30-sq2pWLI3VjCp9b97LeXaR-oQ3X4uDR9HzjAjjqL-e2PWp_sBF9F2OAeoYCLOHzCZEfP4_elsSrZ8a6acoeiTGMxiZVuz1uckcQWu7lHhKZ4d6LuB0NohmuF5QZRLf5Dl3VYwsOEGPTnPZK4TXo_hGAJW3Q5lF6_FCiJWZr1EfwEMlNcCGwUYIQ4092Oqgma-yG_ktUhzktKU2J2PJ8FiDQATj33zzJsXza3ThQWmL8cP2Z8wams1JpytUzMDMUZVJ5BMcRmC-NR01PpYn0_su_YljVfzzv8GswxNoEHxuQFxzC6ISC-d32_68YimenEZcp7T-pbSa8bg_cYAeuyF1CyaMiqkhIhswvEozJL73OXCohQ4ZhwQ2mlKV3_pu6fCEZM2d_7XeexUknEzanxem-68fsHwDCiyiPoMcG1fKAAUjKxt9ZMOjQ_FVpJKjZq1kq3U9EIhg%3D%26c%3Doa82UhqYKj5t-4ZYgxSldPXIJxV4jNf6GG30Q5kSVSa1wkwEvAJE2g%3D%3D%26ch%3D8CteJwJ-227-gUcQ28pDRXtI970Y0TuXRYa4KTxqtLQRaalCOQd0bw%3D%3D&data=02%7C01%7Creishk%40michigan.gov%7Cd54dcee3ec8a4ecb73cd08d82f23f054%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637311178685165439&sdata=Ld2ZXqsW%2BNb5hG7APoaH5SD44Oz4kXaS%2FQeYAKOdGEo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#33715B">38
projects</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F5452"> were awarded $9,986,563, including:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#36495F">
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and national disaster experts to explore existing library disaster preparedness, response, and recovery for small and rural public libraries throughout Florida and the nation. Their goal is to develop community-centered, multi-disciplinary, smart, and connected
disaster models informed by librarians and geographic information system analyses to strengthen small and rural libraries’ capacity to prepare library personnel to meet local needs and safeguard library resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Law Center, the National Indian Law Library, and the Open Law Library, will develop The Digital Publication of Tribal Laws Pilot Project. The project will develop an open law library platform that will empower libraries to improve access to tribal laws published
into the public domain and will demonstrate the benefits of the combined platforms for tribes, their members, academia, the legal profession, and the public by creating a fully-functional tribal legal ecosystem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Librarian</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F5452"> program supports developing a diverse workforce of library and archives professionals to better serve the changing learning and information needs of the American
public by enhancing the training and professional development of librarians, developing faculty and library leaders, and recruiting and educating the next generation of librarians. The program received 113 preliminary proposals requesting $31,072,018, and
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