Institute of Museum and Library Services

IMLS, LSTA, and Public Libraries

In 1996, then-president Bill Clinton signed the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). This act provides federal funding for libraries through the Grants to States…

Barry TrottMay 12, 2025

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

Those Who Served, Those Who Fell: War and the Yearbook

As the holiday season comes and goes, our thoughts turn to those who are away from home and those who will never see home again.…

Rose SchooffDecember 19, 2018

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

W.C. and Earl and the Popular Girl: The Virginia Yearbook Project

In the summer of 2012, the Library Development and Networking Division started a project that included loaning scanners and computers to Virginia libraries in the…

Rose SchooffAugust 31, 2016