Notice of Proposed Information Collection Request: Proposed Needs Assessment Study: Measures That Matter-Assessing Public Libraries' Activities Related to Workforce Development, 51496-51497 [2020-18302]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library
Services
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Request: Proposed Needs
Assessment Study: Measures That
Matter—Assessing Public Libraries’
Activities Related to Workforce
Development
Institute of Museum and
Library Services, National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Notice, request for comments on
this collection of information.
AGENCY:
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.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before
October 19, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Dr.
Connie Bodner, 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. Bodner can be reached by
Telephone: 202–653–4636, by email at
cbodner@imls.gov, or by teletype (TTY/
TDD) for persons with hearing difficulty
at 202–653–4614.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Mathew Birnbaum, Supervising Social
Science Researcher, Office of Impact
Assessment and Learning, Institute of
Museum and Library Services, 955
L’Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000,
Washington, DC 20024–2135. Dr.
Birnbaum can be reached by Telephone:
202–653–4760, by email at mbirnbaum@
imls.gov, or by teletype (TTY/TDD) for
persons with hearing difficulty at 202–
653–4614.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By this
notice, IMLS is soliciting comments
concerning a plan to conduct a needs
assessment study entitled ‘‘Measures
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that Matter: Assessing Public Library
Activities Related to Workforce
Development.’’ The study is intended to
develop a meaningful approach to
measuring the contributions of librarybased workforce development activities.
It also is intended to assess whether this
approach could be used to measure
additional library activities that seek to
contribute to other dimensions of social
wellbeing in the nation’s communities.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the individual listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
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
In partnership with the Chief Officers
of State Library Associations (COSLA),
IMLS launched Measures that Matter in
2016, an initiative for coordinating
conversations about existing approaches
to gathering and using data to improve
alignment of public library services,
programs, and collections with
communities’ needs and emerging
opportunities. An outgrowth of this
effort, this proposed 18-month
assessment seeks to pilot an approach
for measuring the contributions of
library-based workforce development
activities and also for ascertaining
whether this approach can be used for
measuring other library activities
intended to influence various
dimensions of community wellbeing.
This proposed investigation will
identify a representative sample of
libraries and complete case studies
about them using a mix of research
methods involving reviews of secondary
and administrative data, surveys,
interviews and focus groups.
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
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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).
Agency: Institute of Museum and
Library Services.
Title: Proposed Needs Assessment
Study: Measures that Matter—Assessing
Public Libraries’ Activities Related to
Workforce Development.
OMB Number: 3137–TBD.
Frequency: Once.
Affected Public: Public library staff at
local and state levels, public officials
and service providers involved with
workforce development efforts at the
libraries, and residents participating in
the libraries’ workforce development
activities.
Number of Libraries in Sample: 10–
15.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
600–900.
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 17, 2020.
Kim Miller,
Senior Grants Management Specialist,
Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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Under the Antarctic Conservation Act
of 1978
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ACTION:
The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is required to publish
a notice of permit applications received
to conduct activities regulated under the
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.
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the Antarctic Conservation Act in the
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submit written data, comments, or
views with respect to this permit
application by September 21, 2020. This
application may be inspected by
interested parties at the Permit Office,
address below.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Permit Office, Office of
Polar Programs, National Science
Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue,
Alexandria, Virginia 22314.
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Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at
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ACApermits@nsf.gov.
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National Science Foundation, as
directed by the Antarctic Conservation
Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541, 45 CFR
670), as amended by the Antarctic
Science, Tourism and Conservation Act
of 1996, has developed regulations for
the establishment of a permit system for
various activities in Antarctica and
designation of certain animals and
certain geographic areas a requiring
special protection. The regulations
establish such a permit system to
designate Antarctic Specially Protected
Areas.
DATES:
Application Details
Permit Application: 2021–004
1. Applicant: Grant Ballard, Point Blue
Conservation Science, 3820 Cypress
Dr. #11, Petaluma, CA 94954.
Activity for Which Permit Is
Requested: Take, Harmful Interference,
Enter Antarctic Specially Protected
Areas (ASPAs), Import into USA. The
applicant proposed to enter ASPA 121,
Cape Royds, ASPA 124, Cape Crozier,
and ASPA 105, Beaufort Island, to
conduct research on the role of
environmental factors on foraging, diet,
growth, and survival of Adelie
penguins. Research activities would
include installing weighbridges,
resighting banded birds, and following
birds through incubation and chickrearing until late January. The applicant
and agents would attach logging and
tracking devices on breeding adults and
collect fecal samples from adults and
chicks during the brooding and
guarding stage, then would attach longterm GPS-Argos tags and geolocating
dive recorders on adult penguins. The
applicant and agents would measure
and band 200 chicks at Cape Royds and
500 chicks at Cape Crozier each season,
and would deploy GPS-Argos tags on
molted juveniles. The applicant and
agents would also conduct similar
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research at Cape Bird, but the work
would be conducted outside the ASPA
boundary. To survey the large colonies
at Cape Royds and Cape Crozier in a
timely manner, the applicant and agents
would employ multiple, self- and
collectively-aware remotely piloted
aircraft (RPAS) simultaneously. The
RPAS will be piloted by trained,
experienced, and certified operators and
the operations will also involve
additional visual observation of penguin
behavior. For the surveys, the RPAS
launch site would be at least 20 meters
away from nesting birds and the RPAS
would be operated at 50 meters above
ground level and nest birds to help
ensure minimal disturbance. Surveys at
Cape Crozier have the potential to
disturb south polar skuas nesting near
the penguin colony. Images obtained
from the surveys would be used to
estimate the number of nesting adults
and chicks, as well as nesting density.
The applicant and agents would access
the general areas by helicopter and
would enter the ASPAs on foot. The
applicant would maintain a webcam
(PenguinCam) positioned slightly inside
the Cape Royds ASPA boundary.
Location: ASPA 121, Cape Royds,
Ross Island; ASPA 124, Cape Crozier,
Ross Island; ASPA 105, Beaufort Island;
Cape Bird (outside ASPA boundary).
Dates of Permitted Activities: October
15, 2020–February 15, 2025.
Erika N. Davis,
Program Specialist, Office of Polar Programs.
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National Science Foundation.
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ACTION:
The National Science
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of the Senior Executive Service
Performance Review Board.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Branch Chief, Executive
Services, Division of Human Resource
Management, National Science
Foundation, Room W15219, 2415
Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA
22314.
SUMMARY:
Ms.
Jennifer Munz at the above address or
(703) 292–2478.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Request: Proposed Needs
Assessment Study: Measures That Matter--Assessing Public Libraries'
Activities Related to Workforce Development
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.
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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 pre-clearance 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.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before October 19, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Dr. Connie Bodner, 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.
Bodner can be reached by Telephone: 202-653-4636, by email at
[email protected], or by teletype (TTY/TDD) for persons with hearing
difficulty at 202-653-4614.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mathew Birnbaum, Supervising
Social Science Researcher, Office of Impact Assessment and Learning,
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW,
Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024-2135. Dr. Birnbaum can be reached by
Telephone: 202-653-4760, by email at [email protected], or by teletype
(TTY/TDD) for persons with hearing difficulty at 202-653-4614.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By this notice, IMLS is soliciting comments
concerning a plan to conduct a needs assessment study entitled
``Measures that Matter: Assessing Public Library Activities Related to
Workforce Development.'' The study is intended to develop a meaningful
approach to measuring the contributions of library-based workforce
development activities. It also is intended to assess whether this
approach could be used to measure additional library activities that
seek to contribute to other dimensions of social wellbeing in the
nation's communities. A copy of the proposed information collection
request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
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
In partnership with the Chief Officers of State Library
Associations (COSLA), IMLS launched Measures that Matter in 2016, an
initiative for coordinating conversations about existing approaches to
gathering and using data to improve alignment of public library
services, programs, and collections with communities' needs and
emerging opportunities. An outgrowth of this effort, this proposed 18-
month assessment seeks to pilot an approach for measuring the
contributions of library-based workforce development activities and
also for ascertaining whether this approach can be used for measuring
other library activities intended to influence various dimensions of
community wellbeing. This proposed investigation will identify a
representative sample of libraries and complete case studies about them
using a mix of research methods involving reviews of secondary and
administrative data, surveys, interviews and focus groups.
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
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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).
Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Title: Proposed Needs Assessment Study: Measures that Matter--
Assessing Public Libraries' Activities Related to Workforce
Development.
OMB Number: 3137-TBD.
Frequency: Once.
Affected Public: Public library staff at local and state levels,
public officials and service providers involved with workforce
development efforts at the libraries, and residents participating in
the libraries' workforce development activities.
Number of Libraries in Sample: 10-15.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 600-900.
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 17, 2020.
Kim Miller,
Senior Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library
Services.
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