2. IMLS is an independent grant-making agency fostering leadership, innovation and lifetime learning by supporting museums and libraries

3. Library Grants to States

4. National Leadership Grants for Libraries and Library-Museum Collaborations 2001 -- $11.5 million 2000 -- $11.2 million 1999 -- $10.5 million 1998 -- $6.5 million

5. Libraries, library agencies, library consortia, library associations, archives and institutions of higher education National Leadership Grants for Libraries

6. Education & Training Research & Demonstration Preservation or Digitization

7. Research in library and information science

8. Library & Museum Collaborations Requires an eligible library applicant and an eligible museum applicant

9. IMLS encourages projects that are models for others involve innovative partnerships leverage other funds and are sustainable have good evaluation & dissemination plans demonstrate impact on users help us understand how people use and want information

10. www.imls.gov imlsinfo@imls.gov Booth #1119