The Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal program, has awarded grants totaling $20.3-million to 31 institutions to train librarians and to support library programs across the country. The grants, which were announced last week, are going mostly to colleges and universities.
Among the grantees is the University of Texas at Austin. The campus will receive about $1-million to educate four doctoral students to lead the way in digital librarianship. The students will be trained to understand: multimedia collections, digital library services, the link between physical and digital libraries, and evaluating digital libraries.—Andrea L. Foster
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