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2002 LSTA $192 million LSTA $192 million MSA $24 million MSA $24 million IMLS Resources
IMLS Grants to State Libraries
IMLS National Leadership Grants for Libraries & Museums
IMLS values digitization projects that: Are models for othersAre models for others Promote interoperabilityPromote interoperability Are sustainableAre sustainable Help develop standards &Help develop standards & best practices Demonstrate impact on usersDemonstrate impact on users
Research Research Education
Best Practices
Models of Collaboration
A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections: Good collectionsGood collections Good objectsGood objects Good metadataGood metadata Good projectsGood projects
Protocol Version OAI/2.0/openarchivesprotocol. htm The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
University of Illinois at Urbana- hampaign IMLS Metadata Harvesting Project
Revolutionize Learning
Capture the Museum Experience
Preserve Languages
Collaboration Collaboration + Good Practices + Good Practices + Public Interest + Public Interest = ?
Digital Opportunity?
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