The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) will offer a third, and final, round of competition to distribute an additional 1,000 copies of the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf. Online applications can be submitted to the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) between January 5, 2009, and March 9, 2009, at www.aaslh.org/Bookshelf.
The IMLS Bookshelf, part of Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action, is a core set of texts that are essential for the care of collections. The IMLS Bookshelf, valued at approximately $800, focuses on collections typically found in art or history museums and in libraries' special collections.
For more information, email Terry Jackson at jackson@aaslh.org or call 615-320-3203.
For the full press release, please visit http://www.imls.gov/news/2008/111208.shtm.