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Milwaukee Public Library to accept $27,800 Wisconsin Coastal Management grant for Great Lakes marine collection
Summary
The committee approved a resolution to accept $27,800 from the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program to inventory and improve storage conditions for the Great Lakes Marine Collection at Central Library.
The Community Economic Development Committee voted to accept a $27,800 grant from the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program to support archival work for the Milwaukee Public Library’s Great Lakes Marine Collection.
Sarah Oshinsky, business finance manager for the Milwaukee Public Library, told the committee the funding "will allow us to inventory and improve storage conditions for the collection, which will help preserve the items long term and make them more accessible to the community." Bob Yeager, library services manager for special collections and archives, and Emily Niera, public service area manager for Central Library, joined the presentation.
Nut graf: The grant will fund archival inventory and improved storage at Central Library for items in the Great Lakes Marine Collection, a special collection used for research and public access.
During the meeting Alderman Jackson moved adoption of the resolution; the committee recorded "hearing no objections" and the resolution was placed on file and approved.
Ending: The library will proceed with the inventory and storage work funded by the grant; the committee recorded formal adoption of the acceptance resolution during the meeting.
