1. Digitizing Cultural Heritage The Institute of Museum and Library Services Washington, DC

2. Collections Federal State Local Public Private Federal State Local Public Private

3. Funders Federal Agencies Foundations

4. Organizations

5. Federal Cultural Agencies Library of CongressLibrary of Congress National EndowmentsNational Endowments IMLSIMLS

6. 2002 LSTA $192 million LSTA $192 million MSA $24 million MSA $24 million IMLS Resources

7. IMLS Grants to State Libraries

8. IMLS National Leadership Grants for Libraries & Museums

9. 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

10. Research Research Education

11. Best Practices

12. Models of Collaboration

14. A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections: Good collectionsGood collections Good objectsGood objects Good metadataGood metadata Good projectsGood projects http://www.imls.gov

15. Protocol Version 2.0 http://www.openarchives.org/ OAI/2.0/openarchivesprotocol. htm The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting

16. University of Illinois at Urbana- hampaign IMLS Metadata Harvesting Project

17. Revolutionize Learning

18. Capture the Museum Experience

19. Preserve Languages

20. Collaboration Collaboration + Good Practices + Good Practices + Public Interest + Public Interest = ?

21. Digital Opportunity?

22. More about IMLS: http://www.imls.gov Grant GuidelinesGrant Guidelines Electronic newsletterElectronic newsletter PublicationsPublications ConferencesConferences