Project Grant LG246410OLS20
- The National Information Standards Organization, Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration & Innovation, and Lehigh University Libraries, with 27 partner organizations, will develop the Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project (CCLP) through a $1.2 million project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The three-year grant will support the creation of best practices, standards improvements, and prototype middleware infrastructure to advance cooperative collection...
- This Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program will provide $399,485 to the University of Washington over a three-year period from August 2024 to July 2027. The project will systematically investigate how library needs and best practices related to the development of community archives vary across urban and rural public libraries, with the goal of enhancing community archives across...
- The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI), in partnership with the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI), received a $270,486 two-year Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312). The funding will support enhancements to Hyku, an open-source multi-tenant repository platform system suitable for access to diverse materials. This will build upon previous work to improve the...
- The Towson University-led project, funded through a $150,000 National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, will develop a student-centered outreach model for academic archives. This two-year project will conduct a series of virtual forums with students, faculty, and practitioners to inform the creation of a data-driven, cost-effective, and generalizable student-centered outreach model for academic archives. The model will be...
- This two-year, $149,259 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program will fund the development of an open homework repository by the Virtual Library of Virginia consortium. Working with partner organizations including Galileo, the Louisiana Library Network, and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, the consortium will plan and create a proof-of-concept repository to store and share open educational...
- The University System of Maryland (USM) received a $149,877 federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants (CFDA 45.312) program. The 2-year grant, awarded on August 1, 2023, will fund a project to articulate the role of academic libraries and library consortia in increasing the relevance of open educational resources (OER) through OER localization. The project aims to develop a replicable framework that positions...
- The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries received a $241,147 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian (LB21) program. The grant will fund the implementation of a training program and curriculum to prepare library practitioners to meet the evolving open science needs and expectations of the research communities they support. The project aims to build understanding of the open science ecosystem, including core principles and...
- This $122,634 federal Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.312 - National Leadership Grants) will allow The University of Kentucky Research Foundation to convene a series of forums over two years to create a comprehensive, distributed central and southern Appalachian monograph shared print collection. The project aims to address challenges in developing monograph collections that elevate traditionally marginalized voices by bringing together research...
- Grant Award Summary Kent State University received a $2.998 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) beginning September 1, 2025, and extending through August 31, 2029. The Supporting and Harmonizing Research Endeavors (SHARE) project develops Regional Communities of Practice (RCOPs) designed to address critical gaps in research leadership professional development, training, and research...
- The University of Virginia Library, in partnership with the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, received a $149,842 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.312 - National Leadership Grants) to develop a community web portal focused on harnessing generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to foster the creation and adaptation of open educational resources (OER). The project aims to aid librarians, educators, AI practitioners,...
ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY AND WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY WILL PLAN FOR AND DEVELOP A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FROM SMALL- AND MID-SIZED ACADEMIC LIBRARIES INTERESTED IN PURSUING TRANSFORMATIVE OPEN ACCESS (OA) AGREEMENTS. THE COMMUNITY WILL ENGAGE ITS MEMBERS USING HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE COLLECTIVE INTERESTS IT POSSESSES TO ADVANCE BEST PRACTICES, AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN, AND LESSONS LEARNED IN COALESCING AS A GROUP. THIS PROJECT WILL RESULT IN A COMMUNITY THAT REPRESENTS A CRITICAL MASS OF INSTITUTIONS WITH SUFFICIENT PUBLISHING OUTPUT AND NEGOTIATING POWER TO SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE. BY EXPLORING COLLECTIVELY HELD NEEDS, FACILITATING CONVERSATIONS TO IDENTIFY POSSIBILITIES FOR COLLABORATIVE ACTION, AND ARTICULATING BEST PRACTICES, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL IDENTIFY THE COMMUNITIES' ASPIRATIONS AND PLAN NEXT STEPS THAT WILL BE DISSEMINATED VIA A WHITE PAPER AND A NATIONAL WORKSHOP. THE RESULTING COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE BEYOND THE AWARD PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | ($5) | 10/2/24 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 12/1/23 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 11/9/22 | ||
| Not listed | $149.8k | 7/17/20 |