Institute of Museum and Library Services Update

1. Institute of Museum and Library Services Update Coalition for Networked Information Spring Task Force Meeting April 4-5, 2005

2. National Museum and Library Services Board Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Swears in New Members of the Board February 16, 2005

3. Project Updates • University of Pittsburgh, Sara Fine InstituteNational Study of Users and Potential Users of Online Information • University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignDigital Collections and Content • Indiana University/UIUC Competencies for teaching digital asset management

4. University of Pittsburgh Sara Fine Institute National Study of Users and Potential Users of Online Information

5. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IMLS Digital Collections Registry Launched at WebWise 2005 http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/collections/

6. Indiana University/University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign • Librarians for the 21st Century • research-based, comprehensive master's-level and post-master's in library science (MLS) degree to educate librarians for work in digital library programs.

7. WebWise 2005 Washington, DC February 16-18, 2005 http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/webwise/index.html

8. National Leadership Grants 2004 Awards - Libraries IntLib Project New Jersey Institute of Technology

9. National Leadership Grants 2004 Awards - Libraries The DLF Distributed Library: OAI for Digital Library Aggregation Digital Library Federation

10. National Leadership Grants 2004 Awards - Museums Reading Bias/Writing Tolerance: Using History's Powerful Stories Missouri Historical Society

11. Interpretive Technologies Project Red Butte Gardens and Arboretum NLG 2004 Awards – Museums (continued)

12. New National Leadership Grant Categories for 2005 for Libraries and Museums • Advancing Learning Communities • Building Digital Resources • Research and Demonstration

13. National Leadership Grants for Libraries and Museums • Funding for FY 2005―$12,301,000 for libraries;$7,539,000 for museums • Requested for FY 2006— $14,000,000 for libraries; $9,458,000 for museums • Deadline: February 1, 2005 • Award Amount: $25,000 to $1,000,000 • Award announcement – September 2005

14. Museum Programs • National Leadership Grants for Museums • Museums for America • 21st Century Museum Professionals • Conservation Project Support • Conservation Assessment Program • Museum Assessment Program • New in 2005 – Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services and African American History and Culture Museum Grants

15. Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services • Funding: $843,000 for FY 2005 • Requested: $850,000 for FY 2006 • Deadline: May 15, 2005 • Award Amount: $5,000 to $20,000 • Match: None • Grant Period: Up to 2 years

16. Office of Strategic PartnershipsEstablished January 2003 Goals: • Maintain and strengthen existing partnerships • Work with staff and stakeholders to identify and forge new partnerships • Educate existing and potential partners about important work of libraries and museums

17. IMLS/CPB Partnership for a Nation of Learners • September 2004: Formal agreement between IMLS and CPB • $3 million over 2 years • Goal: support libraries, museums, and public broadcasters in leveraging their resources to fulfill learning needs of communities • Components: grant program, collaboration curriculum, website, marketing & communications, and evaluation • Awards announced in September 2005

18. Connecting Museums, Libraries, and K-12 Education • Charting the Landscape/Mapping New Paths Workshop, August 2004 • Workshop publication, follow-up activities, and future endeavors • Math Science Initiative (MSI) • ESTEME Week

19. International • UNESCO • World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) • Digital Cultural Content Forum • National Digital Archives Program, Taiwan

20. 2004 Technology & Digitization Survey Key Findings: Preliminary Report

22. Responding groups: Survey margins of error

23. Respondent annual budget range

24. Staff size

25. Key findings: Technology use 2001: Libraries’ technology use is pervasive, particularly the basic technologies that automate and support services to the public. 2004: Libraries expanded their use of more sophisticated technologies, such as broadband Internet access, computerized catalogs, LANs, and federated-searching.

26. 2001: Museums and public libraries demonstrate a marked gap between small and large institutions in technology use. 2004: The gaps between small and large museums and public libraries are still marked, but they have narrowed. Key findings: Technology use insmaller museums & public libraries

27. 2001: Digitization activities are an emerging focus in museums and libraries, with substantial work being done by State Library Administrative Agencies (SLAAs) 2004: Digitization activities increased in museums, academic libraries, and SLAAs. Archives are quite active. SLAAs also support cooperative and statewide activities. Key findings: Digitization activities

28. Past & projected technology funds

29. Able to maintain current, add new technologies

30. Have sufficient, skilled staff to do technology activities Not enough staff 70% Right amount of staff 22% More than enough staff <1% Other responses 3%

31. Number of digital images created and yet to be done

32. Top three digitization priorities Historical documents & archives 49% Photographs 47% Images of items in collections 30%

33. To technology use: Lack of funds 79% Lack of staff time 70% Lack of staff skills 56% To digitization activities: Lack of funds 71% Lack of staff time 66% Lack of staff skills & expertise 39% Top three hindrances

34. Using technology to serve the community To orient and instruct users about available services 70% To provide access to the Internet 60% To provide access to computers 59% To present educational programs 51%

35. Usefulness of technology to the community • Makes programs and exhibits more interactive • Increases the number of people who participate in programs • Provides a richer educational experience

36. Technologies expect to add Web portal or gateway for services or collections 11% Wireless network, including WiFi 10% Software to manage public access to computers and printing 9%

37. Top three reasons to digitize Increase access to collections, materials, files 54% Preserve important, valuable materials 46% Provide access to materials via Web 33%

38. Top three target audiences for digital image collections General public with Internet access 56% Researchers/scholars outside our institution 38% Our staff 38%

39. Digital image collections made available to the public All are available 14% Some are available 36% None is available 16% Don’t know/NA 34%

40. How digital image collections are made available to the public On the Web 46% On site at our institution 31% Through a third party 6% Don’t know/Not applicable 39%

41. Next steps with the survey • Survey report will be published this spring • Four follow-on studies will be conducted on specific topics coming from the survey • Plan to conduct the next survey in 2007