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* [http://www.imls.gov/about/national_digital_platform.aspx National Digital Platform Priority]:
** [http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/2015_IMLSFocusNDPReport.pdf National Digital Platform Report]
** [http://blog.imls.gov/?p=5738 First Four funded National Digital Platform Grant Proposals]
*Grant Programs
** [http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=9 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program]:
** [http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=14 National Leadership Grants for Libraries]:
** [http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=19 Sparks! Ignition Grants]:

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-* [http://www.imls.gov/about/national_digital_platform.aspx National Digital Platform Priority]:
+* [http://www.imls.gov/about/national_digital_platform.aspx National Digital Platform Priority]:The national digital platform is a way of thinking about and approaching the digital capability and capacity of libraries across the US. In this sense, it is the combination of software applications, social and technical infrastructure, and staff expertise that provide library content and services to all users in the US. As libraries increasingly use digital infrastructure to provide access to digital content and resources, there are more and more opportunities for collaboration around the tools and services that they use to meet their users’ needs. It is possible for each library in the country to leverage and benefit from the work of other libraries in shared digital services, systems, and infrastructure.
 ** [http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/2015_IMLSFocusNDPReport.pdf National Digital Platform Report]
 ** [http://blog.imls.gov/?p=5738 First Four funded National Digital Platform Grant Proposals]
 *Grant Programs
-** [http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=9 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program]:
+** [http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=9 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program]: The Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program supports projects to recruit and educate the next generation of librarians, faculty, and library leaders; and to support early career research. It also assists in the professional development of librarians and library staff.
-** [http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=14 National Leadership Grants for Libraries]:
+** [http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=14 National Leadership Grants for Libraries]: National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG) support projects that address challenges faced by the library and archive fields and that have the potential to advance practice in those fields. Successful proposals will generate results such as new tools, research findings, models, services, practices, or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend the benefits of federal investment.
-** [http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=19 Sparks! Ignition Grants]:
+** [http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=19 Sparks! Ignition Grants]: Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries are a special funding opportunity within the IMLS National Leadership Grants for Libraries program. These small grants encourage libraries and archives to test and evaluate specific innovations in the ways they operate and the services they provide. Sparks Grants support the deployment, testing, and evaluation of promising and groundbreaking new tools, products, services, or organizational practices. You may propose activities or approaches that involve risk, as long as the risk is balanced by significant potential for improvement in the ways libraries and museums serve their communities. Successful proposals will address problems, challenges, or needs of broad relevance to libraries and/or archives. A proposed project should test a specific, innovative response to the identified problem and present a plan to make the findings widely and openly accessible.

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