Third party posting -----Original Message----- From: Eileen Maxwell [mailto:emaxw...@imls.gov] Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:15 PM To: Eileen Maxwell Subject: IMLS Conservation Project Support Program Deadline Extended for Museums in Declared Disaster Areas
The following is a press release from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). An HTML version of the release can be read on the IMLS Web site at: http://www.imls.gov/whatsnew/current/090105.htm FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 1, 2005 Press Contacts 202-653-4632 Eileen Maxwell, emaxw...@imls.gov Mamie Bittner, mbitt...@imls.gov IMLS Conservation Project Support Program Deadline Extended for Museums in Declared Disaster Areas Washington, D.C.-Mary Chute, Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), announced today that the application deadline for the agency's Conservation Project Support grant program has been extended from October 1 to November 1 for museums in the counties that have been declared disaster areas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (see list below). Conservation Project Support grants help museums undertake their most critical conservation activities to ensure the safekeeping of the nation's cultural, scientific, historic, and artistic heritage for a lifetime of learning for today's, and future, generations. "The devastation in New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities is beyond belief," said Mary Chute. "Our hearts go out to the people and families affected by this catastrophe. As the situation is assessed throughout the coming days and weeks, we will work in coordination with others to make services and information available to the numerous museums and libraries along the Gulf Coast, which are integral community centers, to help them begin recovering from Katrina." 2005 Federally Declared Disaster Areas As of 9/1/2005: (Additional designations may be made at a later date after further evaluation.) Alabama Counties Baldwin, Clarke, Choctaw, Mobile, Sumter, and Washington Counties Florida Counties Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties Louisiana Parishes Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Caddo, Calcasieu, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, Desoto, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, LaSalle, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Orleans, Ouachita, Pointe Coupee, Plaquemines, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John, St. Landry, St. Mary, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Tensas, Terrebonne, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, Winn, and West Feliciana Parishes Mississippi Counties Adams, Amite, Attala, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Clay, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Itawamba, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lee, Lincoln, Lowndes, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Stone, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Webster, Wilkinson, and Winston Counties The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an independent federal grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities. The Institute fosters leadership, innovation, and a lifetime of learning by supporting the 15,000 museums and 122,000 libraries in America. The Institute also encourages partnerships to expand the educational benefit of libraries and museums. To learn more about the Institute, please visit http://www.imls.gov ### Eileen Maxwell Public Affairs Officer Institute of Museum and Library Services 1800 M Street, NW 9th Floor Washington, DC 20036-5802 202-653-4632 202-653-4600(fax) emaxw...@imls.gov Subscribe to Primary Source, the IMLS monthly e-mail newsletter, for important museum and library news: http://www.imls.gov/utility/subscribe.htm. The information contained in this electronic mail message (including any attachments) is confidential information that may be covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC Sections 2510-2521, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above, and may be privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify me and delete the original message. Thank you --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
