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Save the IMLS, an Integral Supporter of Libraries

Tech Soup

We benefit from the resources, brainpower, and strength of organizations and individuals to help us support NGOs and public libraries worldwide. We were introduced to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through our common interest in libraries. TechSoup and the IMLS Are Library Champions.

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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

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It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. CA: One of the best things that happened to me while volunteering for the local art museum is they funded my travel to Los Angeles and my tuition to take the week-long grant writing training bootcamp hosted by The Grantsmanship Center.

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Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation

Amy Sample Ward

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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#BBCON 2016| What’s in It for Arts & Cultural Organizations

Connection Cafe

Kathryn will help you ensure that your funding proposals have a greater chance of rising to the top!

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Guest Post: Radical Collaboration - Tools for Partnering with Community Members

Museum 2.0

It started as a handout for a session that Stacey and I are doing at the California Association of Museums, and then I realized it was so darn useful that it was worth sharing with all of you. The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations.

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Participation Starts with Staff: The Ruru Revolution

Museum 2.0

Ruth is a curator of pictorial collections for Puke Ariki, a museum/library/visitor center in the small city of New Plymouth, New Zealand. Puke Ariki has about 70 full-time staff members, of whom 10 work for the museum, and the institution is pretty siloed. Where do you start? This is really unusual and totally brilliant.

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Protecting Wild Lands Through Art

Tech Soup

Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. A grant from Lannan Foundation allowed Braided River to donate 10,000 copies of the book to libraries and indigenous communities across the country. Environmental Impact.

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