Highlights of the President’s FY 2009 IMLS budget request include the following:
* $214,432,000 for library grant programs, an increase of $14,469,000 from the FY 08 appropriation for the same purposes. This includes an increase of $10.6 million for the Grants to States program, bringing it to $171,500,000. This amount will enable the full implementation of a law passed in 2003 to provide a more equitable distribution of state formula grants. The request also includes $26,500,000 for the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program.
* $39,897,000 for museum grants, an increase of $8.6 million from the FY 08 appropriation for the same purposes. The request includes $3.8 million for Conservation Project support, $22.2 million for Museums for America, $2.1 million for 21st Century Museum Professionals, and $1.35 million for Museum Grants for African American History and Culture.
* This request includes $2.5 million for collecting public library and state library statistics, $500,000 to launch a pilot program on museum data collection, and $1,000,000 to study and report on the state of libraries and museums in the United States.
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