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[Federal Register: May 11, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 90)]
[Notices]               
[Page 26283]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

 
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: IMLS Digital 
Collections and Content: Opening History of Evaluation

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation 
for the Arts and the Humanities.

ACTION: Notice, request for comments, collection of information.

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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), as part 
of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, 
conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general 
public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed 
and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This pre-clearance 
consultation program helps to ensure that requested data can be 
provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial 
resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, 
and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be 
properly assessed. By this notice, IMLS is soliciting comments 
concerning a proposed evaluation that would collect information to 
assess the usefulness to reference-service providers in museums and 
libraries of the IMLS Digital Collections and Content project's Opening 
History resource.
    A copy of the proposed information collection request can be 
obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES 
section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before July 5, 2010. IMLS is particularly 
interested in comments that help the agency to:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information including the validity 
of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques, or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Kim Miller, Management Analyst, Institute 
of Museum and Library Services, 1800 M St., NW., Washington, DC 20036. 
Telephone: 202-653-4762, Fax: 202-653-4600 or by e-mail at 
kmiller@imls.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the information collection is 
to continue the development of the Institute of Museum and Library 
Services' Digital Collections and Content (DCC) project, which has 
created two publicly available portals to digital collections hosted at 
institutions across the country: (1) IMLS DCC, a publicly available 
registry of IMLS National Leadership Grant (NLG) and Library Services 
and Technology Act (LSTA) digital collections and a repository of item-
level metadata available from these collections; and (2) Opening 
History, a publicly available registry of digital U.S. History 
collections from cultural heritage institutions and a repository of 
item-level metadata from these collections. The DCC, which is available 
to the public via the Internet, provides important information about 
and access to the digital collections funded through IMLS grant 
programs. Opening History, also available to the public via the 
Internet, provides possibly the largest aggregation of digital 
collections focusing on U.S. History. The proposed information 
collection, which is the subject of this notice, would collect 
information to assess the usefulness to reference-service providers in 
museums and libraries of the IMLS DCC Opening History resource.
    Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
    Title: IMLS Digital Collections and Content Opening History 
Evaluation
    OMB Number: To be determined.
    Agency Number: 3137.
    Frequency: One-time survey of no more than 450 reference-service 
providers.
    Affected Public: General public, libraries, museums.
    Number of Respondents: To be determined.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: To be determined.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: To be determined
    Total Costs: To be determined.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chuck Thomas, Senior Program Officer, 
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 1800 M Street NW., 9th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20036. Telephone: 202/653-4663. E-mail: 
cthomas@imls.gov.

    Dated: May 5, 2010.
Kim A. Miller,
Management Analyst, Institute of Museum & Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2010-11027 Filed 5-10-10; 8:45 am]
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