45146 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 172 / Wednesday, September 5, 2018 / Notices 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Request: Proposed 

Research Project: The Social WellBeing Impact (SWI) of Libraries and 

Museums Study 

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services, National Foundation 

on the Arts and the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice, request for comments on 

this collection of information. 

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. 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 plan to conduct a research study 

entitled ‘‘The Social Well-being Impact 

(SWI) of Libraries and Museums Study’’. 

The study will be designed to 

demonstrate the impact of libraries and 

museums on community well-being. 

This builds upon prior work 

synthesized in the 2016 IMLS 

‘‘Strengthening Networks, Sparking 

Change’’ report. 

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 

November 1, 2018. 

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: Dr. 

Sandra Webb, Director, Office of Grants 

Policy and Management, Institute of 

Museum and Library Services, 955 

L’Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, 

Washington, DC 20024–2135. Dr. Webb 

can be reached by Telephone: 202–653– 

4718 Fax: 202–653–4608, or by email at 

swebb@imls.gov, or by teletype (TTY/ 

TDD) for persons with hearing difficulty 

at 202–653–4614. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Marvin Carr, Senior Advisor, Office of 

the Director, Institute of Museum and 

Library Services, 955 L’Enfant Plaza 

North SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 

20024–2135. Dr. Carr can be reached by 

Telephone: 202–653–4752 Fax: 202– 

653–4608, or by email at mcarr@

imls.gov, or by teletype (TTY/TDD) for 

persons with hearing difficulty at 202– 

653–4614. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Institute of Museum and Library 

Services is the primary source of federal 

support for the nation’s libraries and 

museums. We advance, support, and 

empower America’s museums, libraries, 

and related organizations through grant 

making, research, and policy 

development. Our vision is a nation 

where museums and libraries work 

together to transform the lives of 

individuals and communities. To learn 

more, visit www.imls.gov. 

II. Current Actions 

The Institute of Museum and Library 

Services (IMLS) is proposing a research 

project that looks beyond economic 

impact to the community relationships 

that are generated by museums and 

libraries and how the impact of those 

organizations affects a community’s 

well-being. Since 2016, IMLS has 

engaged in a project entitled 

‘‘Community Catalyst’’ which has 

shown that libraries and museums use 

community activities and strategic 

partnerships to address community 

concerns along a social well-being 

spectrum. Stakeholders from the library 

and museum fields have expressed a 

need for a national study that looks 

beyond economic impact of their 

institutions to the impact on 

employment, health and welfare, 

environment, crime, civic engagement, 

etc. all parts of social well-being. 

Previous research has focused on the 

economic impact of a single library or 

a subset of museums. The research 

study will used publicly available data 

bases at the county level to develop a 

sampling plan for in-depth targeted case 

studies of the relationship between the 

presence of museums and libraries and 

the indices of the social well-being 

indicators. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: Proposed Research Project: The 

Social Well-being Impact (SWI) of 

Libraries and Museums Study. 

OMB Number: 3137–TBD. 

Frequency: Once. 

Affected Public: Community 

stakeholders at the county level, 

museum and library staff, local 

government officials. 

Number of Respondents: # of sites 10– 

20. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: TBD. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: TBD. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: n/a. 

Total Annual costs: TBD. 

Public Comments Invited: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB’s clearance of this 

information collection. 

Dated: August 29, 2018. 

Kim Miller, 

Grants Management Specialist, Institute of 

Museum and Library Services. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19141 Filed 9–4–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7036–01–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts 

30-Day Notice for the ‘‘Agency 

Initiatives Poetry Out Loud or the 

Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge 

for High School Students’’ 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Arts. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Endowment for 

the Arts (NEA) has submitted the 

following public information collection 

request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995: 

Applications from students for Poetry 

Out Loud, the Musical Theater 


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