Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: 2022-2024 IMLS Native Hawaiian Library Services Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity, 64169-64170 [2020-22393]
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use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Title of Collection: Cognitive and
Psychological Research.
OMB Number: 1220–0141.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Private Sector.
Total Respondents: 8,133.
Frequency: One time.
Total Responses: 8,133.
Average Time per Response: 20.66
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,800 hours.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of
October 2020.
Eric Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems.
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THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library
Services
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests: 2022–2024 IMLS
Native Hawaiian Library Services Grant
Program Notice of Funding
Opportunity
Institute of Museum and
Library Services, National Foundation
for 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
SUMMARY:
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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 offer a grant program targeted
to the needs of Native Hawaiian
libraries, aligned to the updated IMLS
strategic plan for FY2018–2022—IMLS
Native Hawaiian Library Services Grant
Program. 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
December 4, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Connie
Bodner, Ph.D., Director of Grants Policy
and Management, 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 at
202–653–4636, by email at cbodner@
imls.gov, or by teletype (TTY/TDD) for
persons with hearing difficulty at 202–
653–4614. Office hours are from 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony D. Smith, Associate Deputy
Director for Discretionary Programs,
Office of Library Services, Institute of
Museum and Library Services, 955
L’Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000,
Washington, DC 20024–2135. Mr. Smith
can be reached by telephone at 202–
653–4716, by email at asmith@imls.gov,
or by teletype (TTY/TDD) for persons
with hearing difficulty at 202–653–
4614. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IMLS is
particularly interested in public
comment 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
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collection techniques, or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
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 purpose of this collection is to
support existing Native Hawaiian
library operations and maintain core
library services, particularly as they
relate to the following goals in the
Museum and Library Services Act (20
U.S.C. 9141).
1. Expanding services for learning and
access to information and educational
resources in a variety of formats
(including new and emerging
technology), in all types of libraries, for
individuals of all ages in order to
support such individuals’ need for
education, lifelong learning, workforce
development, economic and business
development, health information,
critical thinking skills, digital library
skills, and financial literacy and other
types of literacy skills.
2. Establishing or enhancing
electronic and other linkages and
improved coordination among and
between libraries and entities, as
described in 20 U.S.C. 9134(b)(6), for
the purpose of improving the quality of
and access to library and information
services.
3. Providing training and professional
development, including continuing
education, to enhance the skills of the
current library workforce and
leadership, and advance the delivery of
library and information services; and
enhancing efforts to recruit future
professionals, including those from
diverse and underrepresented
backgrounds, to the field of library and
information services.
4. Developing public and private
partnerships with other agencies, tribes,
and community-based organizations.
5. Targeting library services to
individuals of diverse geographic,
cultural, and socioeconomic
backgrounds, to individuals with
disabilities, and to individuals with
limited functional literacy or
information skills.
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6. Targeting library and information
services to persons having difficulty
using a library and to underserved
urban and rural communities, including
children (from birth through age 17)
from families with incomes below the
poverty line (as defined by the Office of
Management and Budget and revised
annually in accordance with 42 U.S.C.
9902(2)) applicable to a family of the
size involved.
7. Developing library services that
provide all users access to information
through local, State, regional, national,
and international collaborations and
networks.
8. Carrying out other activities
consistent with the purposes of the
Library Services and Technology
subchapter of the IMLS statute (20
U.S.C. 9121). Nonprofit organizations
that primarily serve and represent
Native Hawaiians (as the term is defined
in 20 U.S.C. 7517) are eligible to apply
for funding under the Naı¨ve Hawaiian
Library Program.
This action is to renew the forms and
instructions for the Notice of Funding
Opportunities for the next three years.
Agency: Institute of Museum and
Library Services.
Title: 2022–2024 IMLS Native
Hawaiian Library Services Grant
Program Notice of Funding
Opportunity.
OMB Number: 3137–0102.
Frequency: Once per year.
Affected Public: Nonprofit
organizations serving Native Hawaiians.
Number of Respondents: 7.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 40 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 280
hours.
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: October 6, 2020.
Kim Miller,
Senior Grants Management Specialist,
Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library
Services
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests: 2022–2024 IMLS
Native American Library Services
Basic Grant Program Notice of
Funding Opportunity
Institute of Museum and
Library Services, National Foundation
for 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. By this notice,
IMLS is soliciting comments concerning
a plan to offer a grant program targeted
to the needs of Native American
libraries, aligned to the updated IMLS
strategic plan for FY2018–2022, IMLS
Native American Library Services Basic
Grant Program. 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
December 4, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Connie
Bodner, Ph.D., Director of Grants Policy
and Management, 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 at
202–653–4636, by email at cbodner@
imls.gov, or by teletype (TTY/TDD) for
persons with hearing difficulty at 202–
653–4614. Office hours are from 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony D. Smith, Associate Deputy
Director for Discretionary Programs,
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Office of Library Services, Institute of
Museum and Library Services, 955
L’Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000,
Washington, DC 20024–2135. Mr. Smith
can be reached by telephone: 202–653–
4716, by email at asmith@imls.gov, or
by teletype (TTY/TDD) for persons with
hearing difficulty at 202–653–4614.
Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
IMLS is particularly interested in
public comment 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.
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 purpose of this collection is to
support existing Native American
library operations and maintain core
library services, particularly as they
relate to the following goals in the
Museum and Library Services Act (20
U.S.C. 9141).
1. Expanding services for learning and
access to information and educational
resources in a variety of formats
(including new and emerging
technology), in all types of libraries, for
individuals of all ages in order to
support such individuals’ need for
education, lifelong learning, workforce
development, economic and business
development, health information,
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THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: 2022-2024
IMLS Native Hawaiian Library Services Grant Program Notice of Funding
Opportunity
AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation
for 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. By
this notice, IMLS is soliciting comments concerning a plan to offer a
grant program targeted to the needs of Native Hawaiian libraries,
aligned to the updated IMLS strategic plan for FY2018-2022--IMLS Native
Hawaiian Library Services Grant Program. 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 December 4, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Connie Bodner, Ph.D., Director of Grants
Policy and Management, 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 at 202-653-4636, by email at [email protected], or by teletype
(TTY/TDD) for persons with hearing difficulty at 202-653-4614. Office
hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony D. Smith, Associate Deputy
Director for Discretionary Programs, Office of Library Services,
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW,
Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024-2135. Mr. Smith can be reached by
telephone at 202-653-4716, by email at [email protected], or by teletype
(TTY/TDD) for persons with hearing difficulty at 202-653-4614. Office
hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IMLS is particularly interested in public
comment 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.
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 purpose of this collection is to support existing Native
Hawaiian library operations and maintain core library services,
particularly as they relate to the following goals in the Museum and
Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9141).
1. Expanding services for learning and access to information and
educational resources in a variety of formats (including new and
emerging technology), in all types of libraries, for individuals of all
ages in order to support such individuals' need for education, lifelong
learning, workforce development, economic and business development,
health information, critical thinking skills, digital library skills,
and financial literacy and other types of literacy skills.
2. Establishing or enhancing electronic and other linkages and
improved coordination among and between libraries and entities, as
described in 20 U.S.C. 9134(b)(6), for the purpose of improving the
quality of and access to library and information services.
3. Providing training and professional development, including
continuing education, to enhance the skills of the current library
workforce and leadership, and advance the delivery of library and
information services; and enhancing efforts to recruit future
professionals, including those from diverse and underrepresented
backgrounds, to the field of library and information services.
4. Developing public and private partnerships with other agencies,
tribes, and community-based organizations.
5. Targeting library services to individuals of diverse geographic,
cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals with
disabilities, and to individuals with limited functional literacy or
information skills.
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6. Targeting library and information services to persons having
difficulty using a library and to underserved urban and rural
communities, including children (from birth through age 17) from
families with incomes below the poverty line (as defined by the Office
of Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with 42
U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a family of the size involved.
7. Developing library services that provide all users access to
information through local, State, regional, national, and international
collaborations and networks.
8. Carrying out other activities consistent with the purposes of
the Library Services and Technology subchapter of the IMLS statute (20
U.S.C. 9121). Nonprofit organizations that primarily serve and
represent Native Hawaiians (as the term is defined in 20 U.S.C. 7517)
are eligible to apply for funding under the Na[iuml]ve Hawaiian Library
Program.
This action is to renew the forms and instructions for the Notice
of Funding Opportunities for the next three years.
Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Title: 2022-2024 IMLS Native Hawaiian Library Services Grant
Program Notice of Funding Opportunity.
OMB Number: 3137-0102.
Frequency: Once per year.
Affected Public: Nonprofit organizations serving Native Hawaiians.
Number of Respondents: 7.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 40 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 280 hours.
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: October 6, 2020.
Kim Miller,
Senior Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library
Services.
[FR Doc. 2020-22393 Filed 10-8-20; 8:45 am]
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