Project Grant PY23457216

The Orange County Library System in Orlando, Florida, will receive $125,509 through a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to broaden community access to cultural organizations throughout Central Florida. The library system will purchase passes to educational venues including museums, theaters, and zoos with the IMLS funding and make them available for free to residents through its online experiential lending...

The Hawaii State Archives will receive $216,982 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to digitize over 100,000 architectural photographs from the 20th century and make them accessible online in both Hawaiian and English. Specifically, the grant will fund the digitization of high resolution files from more than 40 boxes of photographs, slides, and prints from renowned Hawaiian architects David Franzen...

The Black Archives History Research Foundation of South Florida was awarded a $719,535 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program to expand public access to its collections through digitization and virtual research services. Specifically, the Foundation will purchase archival supplies and a large format scanner to digitize its periodical collection, notably the Miami Times collection of South...

This federal Project Grant award of $475,650 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program supports Clockshop, a minority-owned and woman-owned non-profit arts organization in Los Angeles, to conduct a cultural asset mapping process. Through this project, Clockshop will engage the diverse local communities near a planned 18-acre state park to document their cultural practices, personal histories, and lived experiences through oral histories,...

The La Jolla Historical Society received a $106,304 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The funding will support the digitization of nearly 1,800 photographs, postcards, and oral history recordings in the society's collection. This project will hire and train two paid interns to digitize and catalog the collections, increasing accessibility for guest curators, researchers, genealogists, and the public. By...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded $141,426 under the Museums for America federal grant program to digitize the photo archive of the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale, Arkansas. The museum will use the funding to digitize its Washington County Historical Society Collection, consisting of over 1,000 regionally significant images from 1850 to 1970. By making the collection available online on an on-demand basis 24 hours a day, the museum aims to increase access for...

The City of Houston's Houston Public Library will preserve existing oral history recordings relevant to the city's history and collect new recordings documenting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on race and social justice issues. Funded by a $100,000 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program, the library will convert legacy collections to more stable audiovisual formats, migrate materials to an updated online accessible platform, and...

The Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission will develop a digital application and data management system to support cultural and environmental restoration efforts on Kaho'olawe Island, Hawaii under a $147,201 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The Commission, a sub-awardee of the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, will design collection protocols, an app, and training to record consistent data in real-time on restoration-related topics....

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Atlantic City Free Public Library a $123,000 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to create "The Atlantic City Experience Research Library Digital Repository" from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The library will use the funding to digitize and provide online access to its cultural heritage collections documenting the contributions of the African...

The Hula Preservation Society received a $204,181 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (NANH-Museums) to develop five virtual exhibitions providing insight into 20th century Hawaii. Using resources from its digital archives, the Society will gather content and develop online infrastructure for the exhibitions, implement associated public programming, and launch a social media campaign to...