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Digital Corner
Digital Projects Funded by IMLS | Publications | Conferences | Grant Programs
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The public has much to gain from
the use of digital technology by museums and libraries. Digital technology
connects more people to the services and information that only museums
and libraries provide. It enables access to unique cultural, scientific,
and artistic collections; to vast information and research resources;
and to educational opportunities for learners of all ages. Recognizing
the expanding role of digital technology in both formal and informal learning,
IMLS is advancing its use in our nation's museums and libraries through
grantmaking, conferences, and publications.
Digital technology enables the full range of holdings in our museums,
libraries, and archives-audio, video, documents, artifacts, photographs,
artworks and other resources-to be cataloged, organized, combined in new
ways, and made accessible to audiences as never before. The rich scientific,
historic, aesthetic, and cultural resources in our libraries and museums
can be presented-both within and across institutions-within an interpretive
and educational context that enriches meaning. New telecommunications
initiatives allow learners to access more than museum and library collections;
they also bring learners "face-to-face" electronically with curators,
scientists, artists, and scholars. Technology-based learning initiatives
address different learning needs through customized programming and presentation.
This section of the IMLS Web site has been developed to highlight IMLS
activities in this area.
Search for Digital Projects
Digital Projects
Funded by IMLS
Publications
Assessment
of End-User Needs in IMLS-Funded Digitization Projects An IMLS commissioned
study of the needs-assessment practices used in digitization projects.
A
Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections identifies
principles of good practice and current standards in four areas: collections,
digital objects, metadata, and digital projects. The Framework was developed
with IMLS support and is maintained by the National Information Standards
Organization.
Report of the Workshop on Opportunities
for Research on the Creation, Management, Preservation and Use of Digital
Content The University of Florida, Florida Center for Library Automation,
convened a workshop in March 2003 to assess research needs related to
digital cultural content. This report summarizes the results of the workshop
and presents suggestions for useful areas of research.
Status of Technology and
Digitization in the Nation's Museums and Libraries A study of the
use of technology and digitization activities in libraries and museums
nationwide.
Conferences
Web-Wise 2004 - Sharing Digital
Resources. March 2004
World Summit on the Information
Society - The United Nations hosted the World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS), the first global UN Summit to address the challenges and
opportunities presented by the information society, December 2003 in Geneva,
Switzerland. IMLS Director Robert S. Martin participated as an official
U.S. delegate to WSIS in two pre-Summit conferences.
Web-Wise 2003 - Sustaining
Digital Resources. February 2003
Web-Wise 2002 - Building Digital
Communities. March 2002
Web-Wise 2001 - The Digital Divide:
A Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World. February 2001
Web-Wise 2000 - A conference on libraries
and museums in the digital world. February 2000
Grant Programs
IMLS grant programs that fund digital projects:
National Leadership Grants for Museums
National Leadership Grants for Libraries
Museums for America
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