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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><br>
December 19, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">IMLS Press Contact</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><br>
202-653-4799<br>
Giuliana Bullard, <a href="mailto:gbullard@imls.gov"><span style="color:#0D6573">gbullard@imls.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">IMLS Website Contact</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><br>
202-653-4626<br>
Ellen Arnold Losey, <a href="mailto:earnold-losey@imls.gov"><span style="color:#0D6573">earnold-losey@imls.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="midboldbrown" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">IMLS Welcomes Input on Its Website Redesign</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">Washington, DC</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">—The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has begun an effort to redesign its main
website, <a href="http://www.idevmail.net/link.aspx?l=1&d=73&mid=333802&m=2444">
<span style="color:#0D6573">www.imls.gov</span></a>. The agency’s website users are important stakeholders in inspiring libraries and museums to advance innovation, lifelong learning, and cultural and civic engagement. In order to achieve this mission, we are
looking for input on ways to improve the IMLS website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">In accordance with the President’s May 23, 2012 memorandum,
<a href="http://www.idevmail.net/link.aspx?l=2&d=73&mid=333802&m=2444"><span style="color:#0D6573">Building a 21st Century Digital Government</span></a>, IMLS continues to develop its digital services and use emerging technologies to serve the public as effectively
as possible. The agency’s website is one of the primary public sources of information about IMLS. The redesign effort will help us ensure the quality and accessibility of our online information, publish content in open formats, make our content searchable,
use analytics to improve customer experience, and optimize the site for mobile use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">We want to know more about our current website visitors, and how they use
<a href="http://www.idevmail.net/link.aspx?l=3&d=73&mid=333802&m=2444"><span style="color:#0D6573">www.imls.gov</span></a>, in order to build a website that best meets their needs. We are asking for input into the website redesign via an online survey, which
we estimate will take 10 minutes to complete. The survey will remain open through January 9, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><a href="http://www.idevmail.net/link.aspx?l=4&d=73&mid=333802&m=2444"><span style="color:#0D6573">Click here to take the 10-minute survey</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">Please note:</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"> IMLS will use responses gathered through these data collections only to inform the redesign of the IMLS
website. We will not publish nor make publicly available any of the data gathered through this collection (OMB clearance 3137-0081; Exp. 7/31/17).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">About the Institute of Museum and Library Services
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><br>
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's
<a href="http://www.idevmail.net/link.aspx?l=5&d=73&mid=333802&m=2444"><span style="color:#0D6573">123,000 libraries</span></a> and
<a href="http://www.idevmail.net/link.aspx?l=6&d=73&mid=333802&m=2444"><span style="color:#0D6573">35,000 museums</span></a>. Our mission is to inspire libraries and museums to advance innovation, lifelong learning, and cultural and civic engagement. Our grant
making, policy development, and research help libraries and museums deliver valuable services that make it possible for communities and individuals to thrive. To learn more, visit
<a href="http://www.idevmail.net/link.aspx?l=7&d=73&mid=333802&m=2444"><span style="color:#0D6573">www.imls.gov</span></a> and follow us on
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Library Support and Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">ann.reed@state.or.us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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