The Measuring Up: Assessing Use of Digital Repositories and the Resulting Impact Project has received an IMLS Grant.
Here's an excerpt from the announcement:
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a $500,000, three-year National Leadership Grant to four partner organizations-the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Montana State University, OCLC Research, and the University of New Mexico-to perform research and recommend best practices that will improve data collection and information sharing for institutional repositories and digitized collections.
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