n. (abbr. IMLS)an agency of the United States federal government established as an independent agency in 1996 to provide research, policy development, and grants to museums and librariesWalch et al. 2006, 295A*CENSUS was one of the first projects supported through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Librarians for the 21st Century program, which was launched in March 2003.Lacher-Feldman 2013, 122The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal grant-funding agency that funds many large digital projects, mandates “outcomes-based assessment” for its grantees.Trinkaus-Randall 2013, 14However, there are concerns that affect libraries and museums as well as archives, such as funding for NEH and IMLS, as well as NHPRC, that may well impact the availability of funds for other organizations (e.g., libraries and museums) that house manuscript and archival materials.Joffrion and Fernández 2015, 199The first phase involved an in-depth online survey endorsed by the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums and disseminated to its membership list. The survey was also distributed to the membership of the American Association for State and Local History and the Society of American Archivists’ Cultural Heritage Working Group and Native American Archives Roundtable, as well as to a select list of successful collaborative grant projects funded by the two largest cultural heritage funding agencies: the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Our target audience included a representative group of both tribal and nontribal organizations. Nontribal respondents included archivists, special collections librarians, and educators from academic institutions, public libraries, historical societies, museums, and other public, nonprofit cultural institutions.IMLS 2023Federal Support for Libraries and Museums ¶ In 2022, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded $257.2 million through grantmaking, research and policy development, to advance, support, and empower America’s museums, libraries, and related organizations.
