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Utah State Library outlines $2 million in annual IMLS funds, training and new initiatives
Summary
Marilee Cannon, the Utah State Library’s development manager, described how the development team administers roughly $2,000,000 in annual IMLS funds, runs statewide training (including Uplift and Niche Academy), completed a 100% technology inventory survey and plans a seasonal ‘hygge’ outreach campaign.
Marilee Cannon, library development manager at the Utah State Library, outlined how her office supports libraries statewide by administering IMLS funds, running training programs and offering direct consulting to library directors.
"The biggest piece of that job is to collect data for IMLS from all the public libraries in the state," Cannon said, describing data collection that covers circulation, collections, budgets, programs and visits. She explained some of the collected data "is used to help calculate federal dollars to states." Cannon said the library oversees roughly "$2,000,000 every year" in IMLS-related funds that pay for internal subscriptions like OverDrive and for competitive grants to local libraries.
The development team also manages statewide training. Cannon described…
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