NDP at Three: the First Three Years of IMLS
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NDP at Three The First Three Years of IMLS Investments to Enhance the National Digital Platform for Libraries SEPTEMBER 2017 NDP AT THREE | 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL DIGITAL PLATFORM ....................................................................................... 4 Establishing the National Digital Platform ................................................................................................... 4 Focal Areas ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 Building Equitable Digital Communities ....................................................................................................... 5 Expanding Digital Cultural Heritage Capacities ............................................................................................ 6 Opening Scholarly Communications ............................................................................................................ 6 BUILDING EQUITABLE DIGITAL COMMUNITIES ............................................................................................. 7 Overview of Funded Projects ........................................................................................................................ 8 Project Themes .............................................................................................................................................. 8 Expanding Broadband Access and Connectivity ........................................................................................... 8 Enabling Library Support of Open Educational Resources (OER) ................................................................. 8 Broadening Access to eBooks ........................................................................................................................ 8 Emerging areas .............................................................................................................................................. 9 Universal Design in Digital Library Systems .................................................................................................. 9 Public Data and Civic Engagement ............................................................................................................... 9 Understanding Data Literacy, Library Values, and User Privacy ................................................................... 9 EXPANDING DIGITAL CULTURAL HERITAGE CAPACITIES ..............................................................................10 Overview of Funded Projects ....................................................................................................................... 11 Project Themes ............................................................................................................................................. 11 Building Shared Digital Collections Infrastructures ..................................................................................... 11 Developing Hands-On Training for Digital Collections Stewardship .......................................................... 11 Enabling Computational Processing and Description ................................................................................. 11 Emerging Areas ............................................................................................................................................12 Supporting Community-Based Digital Collections ......................................................................................12 Collaborating to Address Complex Content Types .......................................................................................12 Syncing National Systems with Local Practices ...........................................................................................12 OPENING SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS ...................................................................................................13 Overview of Funded Projects .......................................................................................................................13 Project Themes .............................................................................................................................................13 Interoperable Tools and Services to Support Researchers ............................................................................13 Establishing Data Services to Support Reproducible Research ................................................................... 14 Librarians Engaging in the Full Research Life Cycle ................................................................................... 14 Emerging Areas ........................................................................................................................................... 15 Expanding Library Publishing Partnerships ................................................................................................ 15 Data Science in Library Science .................................................................................................................. 15 MOVING FORWARD ..................................................................................................................................... 16 APPENDIX A: BUILDING EQUITABLE DIGITAL COMMUNITIES ................................................................... 17 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program .............................................................................................. 17 Planning Grants ........................................................................................................................................... 17 2 | NDP AT THREE National Forum Grants ................................................................................................................................ 17 Project Grants .............................................................................................................................................. 17 Research Grants ........................................................................................................................................... 19 National Leadership Grants for Libraries .................................................................................................... 19 Planning Grants ........................................................................................................................................... 19 National Forum Grants ............................................................................................................................... 20 Project Grants ............................................................................................................................................. 20 Research Grants .......................................................................................................................................... 22 APPENDIX B: EXPANDING DIGITAL CULTURAL HERITAGE CAPACITIES ...................................................... 23 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program ............................................................................................. 23 Planning Grants .......................................................................................................................................... 23 National Forum Grants ............................................................................................................................... 23 Project Grants ............................................................................................................................................. 23 Research Grants .......................................................................................................................................... 23 National Leadership Grants for Libraries ................................................................................................... 25 Sparks Grants .............................................................................................................................................. 25 Planning Grants .......................................................................................................................................... 26 National Forum Grants ................................................................................................................................ 27 Project Grants ............................................................................................................................................. 29 Research Grants .......................................................................................................................................... 32 APPENDIX C: OPENING SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS .......................................................................... 34 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program ............................................................................................. 34 Planning Grants .......................................................................................................................................... 34 National Forum Grants ............................................................................................................................... 34 Project Grants ............................................................................................................................................. 34 National Leadership