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<p><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><br>
<span class="copy">August 9, 2012</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">IMLS Press Contact</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><br>
202-653-4630<br>
Mamie Bittner, <a href="mailto:mbittner@imls.gov"><span style="color:#0D6573">mbittner@imls.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="midboldbrown" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">August 2012 Project Profile: Keeping Oral History Alive in a Digital World</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="copy1"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">Recorders and preservers of oral history are benefiting from the wealth of resources offered by Michigan State University’s “Oral History in the Digital Age” project,
 which assists practitioners and addresses core issues influencing the field in the 21st century.
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">About the Institute of Museum and Library Services
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. Through grant making, policy development, and research, we help communities and individuals thrive through broad public
 access to knowledge, cultural heritage, and lifelong learning. To learn more about IMLS, please visit
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