Museum and Library Services Act

[Richard Rinehart]

For everyone's information, I'm forwarding this post, about the merging of
museum & library services at the federal level, from a museum discussion
list.

Richard Rinehart              | University Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive
Systems Manager & Education   | University of California at Berkeley
Technology Specialist         | 2625 Durant, Berkeley, CA 94720-2250
rinehart at uclink2.berkeley.edu | http://www.uampfa.berkeley.edu/

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>Subject:      Museum and Library Services Act
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>There has been no mention of the Senate LSTA BILL, S. 856 on the list which
>proposes a merger of the Institute of Museum Services and the Library
>Services and Construction Act. A notice was put on the ALAWON listserv and
>someone gave me a hardcopy. Someone with access to ALAWON might want to
>reproduce the entire article for us as passage would mean major changes to
>IMS.
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>Title II - Museum and Library Services Act
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>The legislation calls for a merger of the Institute of Museum Services and
>the Library Services and Construction Act into the Institute of Museum
>Services and Library Services. Provisions relating to the IMS have been
>maintained from current law while many of the provisions relating to the
>LSCA have been changed . . .
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>The committee believes that support for museums and libraries is vital as
>they are institutions which have proven effective in enhancing educational
>opportunities for all. By uniting the forces of libraries and museums in
>local communities, the committee believes that learning opportunities will
>be enhanced for individuals in those communities.
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>The Director of the IMS&LS shall be appointed by the President, with advice
>and consent of the Senate for a term of 4 years. The Direcor will oversee
>the Office of Museum Services and the Office of Library Services. The
>expertise of the Director shall rotate each term between an individualwho
>has special competence with regard to museum service and an individual who
>has competence with regard to library and information services in order to
>ensure a balance in administering these programs. . .
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>...the committee sees great potential in an Institute that is focused on
>the combined roles that libraries and museums play in our community life,
>in support of research, learning, and entertainment, and in support of
>American culture and history. The joint museum-library projects called for
>in the committee bill could include projects in which libraries and museums
>cooperate in helping children learn and discover; cooprdinate related
>preservation projects; make use of electronic networks and digital media;
>or develop joint exhibits, just to cite a few examples.
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>Given the discussions about the nature of museums and libraries on the list
>I think this development is very interesting. I also wonder whether it
>would be possible for the AAM to develop an advisory service similar to
>that of ALAWON -- by the time anything appears in AVISO it is old; by the
>time it hits MUSEUM NEWS it is ancient. ALAWON has a very effective
>electronic journal that I intend to subscribe to.
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>Byron A. Johnson, Exec. Dir.
>Tampa Bay History Center
>johnsob2 at firnvx.firn.edu
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