Project Grant LG256607OLS24
- 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...
- 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,...
- The University of Michigan School of Information and the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) received a $749,965 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program. The award will fund a study on how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) can enhance data curation processes, including drafting and evaluating metadata as well as identifying and managing...
- The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $248,235 National Leadership Grant (CFDA 45.312) to George Mason University and its partners, the Virginia Academic Library Consortium, Scientist.com, and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. This 2-year project, with an end date of July 31, 2026, will scale the development of an open-source, learning management system-integrated open educational resources repository. The key products and services to be...
- The University of Missouri, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, received a $151,034 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312). The two-year project, running from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2027, will investigate, explore, and test the capabilities of artificial intelligence to map knowledge organization systems in the form of application programming interfaces (APIs) to improve...
- The Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program will enable Northwestern University to leverage generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to revolutionize library services. The $880,458 award, with a project period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026, will fund two key initiatives: The development of an open-source, semantic discovery product that allows users to chat with library and...
- 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 enable Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to harness the power of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) integrated with large language models (LLMs) to improve digital library services and tools. The $441,724 project, running from August 2024 to July 2027, will explore advanced information retrieval...
- This $550,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered products that enable humans to interact and converse with books and other documents. The key products being developed include: Technology to represent the informational content of books and document discussions as a knowledge graph, which will then be used to ground large...
- This $249,975 Project Grant was awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program. The funding will support a collaborative effort between West Chester University of Pennsylvania, Indiana University Bloomington, Western Michigan University, and Delaware County Community College to develop a CareerLIT learning module series. This project aims to transform the ways libraries serve college students by providing a...
- The University of North Texas Department of Information Science and University Libraries received a $132,759 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program. The funding will be used to investigate the applicability of locally run large language models (LLMs) to assist the subject cataloging of digital and print library resources. The research team will develop, analyze, and share methodologies...
The Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) was awarded a $164,340 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program. The grant will fund the development of the Project on Open and Evolving Metaliterature, a dynamic and sustainable collection of open educational resources to enhance algorithm, data, and media literacy for learners aged high school and above. The project focuses on three areas: algorithm and AI literacy, data and computational literacy, and media and information literacy. It builds upon prior initiatives such as the Algorithm & Data Literacy Project, UNESCO's AI and data competency frameworks, and the ACRL frameworks for information and visual literacy. The project is designed to provide practical, peer-reviewed open educational resources to improve information literacy and empower digital citizens across a range of instructor and learner audiences. The award period is from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $164.3k | 7/10/24 |