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The Institute of Museum and Library
Services honors 10 of the nation's

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Museum and libraries for their
extraordinary contributions to the

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communities they serve imls is the
nation's primary source of federal

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support for museums and
libraries we congratulate the winners of

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the 2012 National medal for Museum and
Library

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service the booth he youth Museum in
Malden Missouri has only three full-time

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staff and three part-time staff members
yet it entertains educates and inspires

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insatiable curiosity to 30,000 visitors
each year this vibrant Children's

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Science Museum combines science
Exploration with a thirst for adventure

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through Innovative exhibits like bym
Children's Village this island Mars a

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space adventure and making tracks on the
Lewis and Clark Trail

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California's Contra Costa County Library
is reshaping how residents access

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Library services on the go snap and go a
smartphone application using a Quick

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Response Code enables the library's card
carrying commuters to carry the library

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with them people can access ebooks the
catalog and other features when and

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where they want them not just when
libraries are open a new program called

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discover and go offers Library users and
underserved population with aroundthe

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clock access to downloadable free passes
to a wide range of cultural institutions

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such as museums and galleries throughout
the Bay

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Area Cumberland County Public Library in
North Carolina is a safety net to a

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community distressed by economic
downturn at the heart of Workforce

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Development the library offers job
skills training entrepreneurial

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opportunities and one-on-one assistance
and biannual job fairs vital to every

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facet of life children engage in
experiments and Robotics that stimulate

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learning in science technology
engineering and math with Fort Bragg

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nearby the library also lends support to
military families in transition from

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active duty to retirement the library's
award-winning programs Foster literacy

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celebrate Arts culture and North
Carolina's Rich

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history the Garfield Park Conservatory
is a source of real ride to a

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neighborhood that had been in Decline
the conservatory works with residents to

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transform vacant Lots into vibrant
Gardens the staff instructs Elementary

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School teachers on how to use the
conservatory's resources in their

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classrooms and children visit
self-guided stations with activities

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ranging from planting to crafts high
school students have the opportunity to

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be trained in environmental and
arts-based instruction helping them

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prepare for college and the workforce
the Long Island children's museum

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Delights more than
250,000 visitors annually with its

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Hands-On exhibits and local educational
Outreach programs meeting the needs of

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our diverse Community the museum
provides kindergarten Readiness programs

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to Spanish and Haitian Creole speaking
immigrant families school programs share

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the Museum's Resources with teachers to
help engage their students in scientific

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inquiry the museum also supports
families in crisis through strategies

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encouraging healthy parent and child
interactions and the museum staff

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empowers teens to teach sustainability
lessons to visitors in the Museum's

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popular outdoor exhibit called our
backyard the Museum of Contemporary Art

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North Miami serves one of America's most
diverse areas the museum provides

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educational programming that aims to
improve literacy and keep students in

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school all in an effort to encourage
students to take pride in their

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community Through artic expression the
program staff also works to empower

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women and ease feelings of isolation
through the universal language of art

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women on the rise is an acclaimed
outreach program training local female

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artists how to work with children in
juvenile detention centers about

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expressing themselves through
ART Narita Community Library serves the

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546 citizens of Narita Colorado an
isolated uranium mining Community which

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is experienced significant economic
booms and busts the library is a central

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hub for the town and offers programs
that focus on early literacy and

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parenting continuing education computer
skills and Workforce Development it is

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the nation's largest straw bale library
and utility savings from the

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eco-friendly construction are used to
promote lifelong learning and access to

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the world
Beyond in Seattle Washington Pacific

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Science Center seeks to go beyond on
just teaching visitors about science its

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portal to the public program connects
the public with cuttingedge science by

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training scientists to demonstrate and
explain their research Discovery Corp

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gets students excited about the world
around them and teaches invaluable job

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and life skills and Professor Well's
Academy of health and science emphasizes

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not only an accumulation of health facts
but it also explores the impact of

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personal choices in building healthier
lives in Lowden County Virginia Parkview

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High School library media center caters
to a diverse student population where

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74% of the students or minorities and
more than half of the student body

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qualifies for free or reduced lunch the
library creates a welcoming and Lively

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environment acting as a Crossroads of
academic and social interaction for the

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entire School Community the library
teaches interactive digital research and

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reading skills to prepare students for
success in the 21st century the school

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library media center offers extended
hours before and after school a concert

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series and intergenerational reading
opportunities through its teens to

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preschool or story
hours shayer North Hills library in Glen

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Shaw Pennsylvania boasts a bustling
environment where families battle over

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book trivia teens enjoy all day reading
marathons and adults explore their

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creativity through ART and music
inspired by their tagline books and so

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much more this Place library has created
extensive Outreach to schools and

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Community sites they celebrate reading
and engage their community in a holistic

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all-encompassing approach to library
service The Institute of Museum and

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Library Services is proud to honor the
outstanding winners of the 2012 National

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medal for Museum and Library service
this presentation was created for the

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Institute of Museum and Library Services
by history