WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 1 00:00:00.390 --> 00:00:01.390 Institute of Museum and Library Services 2020 Grants to States All States Conference May 2 00:00:01.390 --> 00:00:02.390 13, 2020 Virtual Proceedings by: CASET Associates, Ltd. caset@caset.net 3 00:00:02.390 --> 00:00:03.390 Agenda Item: IMLS Web Tools: Overview and Demonstration 4 00:00:03.390 --> 00:00:04.390 MS. 5 00:00:04.390 --> 00:00:05.390 DEVOE: It is 3:05 and I want to welcome you back from our break. 6 00:00:05.390 --> 00:00:07.189 If you were tuned in yesterday, Dennis Nangle, one of our program officers has been on paternity 7 00:00:07.189 --> 00:00:14.600 leave, but before he went on his leave time he recorded a segment that weíre going to 8 00:00:14.600 --> 00:00:16.369 listen to in this next session. 9 00:00:16.369 --> 00:00:24.880 Before we tee that up, we know that there has been some audio and video issues for some 10 00:00:24.880 --> 00:00:30.539 of you out in the field, we know that others of you are hearing everything just fine. 11 00:00:30.539 --> 00:00:37.980 This is a typical bandwidth issue, perhaps Wednesday afternoon is turning out to be worse 12 00:00:37.980 --> 00:00:38.989 than yesterday, Tuesday afternoon. 13 00:00:38.989 --> 00:00:42.289 But in addition to logging off and logging on again, which is always an option, it kind 14 00:00:42.289 --> 00:00:54.609 of refreshes things, if you are on any kind of VPN network it might be smart to just log 15 00:00:54.609 --> 00:00:59.850 out of that and try accessing the conference just from your internet connection and realizing 16 00:00:59.850 --> 00:01:08.840 you might not have access to all your applications that way, but youíll get a clear sound and 17 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:11.250 video experience if you try that. 18 00:01:11.250 --> 00:01:13.340 So one option for you. 19 00:01:13.340 --> 00:01:21.250 So again weíre going to have a recorded demonstration of some web tools, and we will have a couple 20 00:01:21.250 --> 00:01:28.369 of knowledge checks built into this throughout so watch for some poll questions, and we will 21 00:01:28.369 --> 00:01:32.470 check in with you at a few points in this presentation. 22 00:01:32.470 --> 00:01:36.820 So Mitchell, we are ready to play the video. 23 00:01:36.820 --> 00:01:37.820 MR. 24 00:01:37.820 --> 00:01:45.439 NANGLE: Hello, welcome to this brief presentation about web tools for grant administration and 25 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:46.439 research. 26 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:52.079 I am happy once again to join you virtually as I provide a mini presentation/demonstration 27 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:55.130 of different web tools that might be helpful for you. 28 00:01:55.130 --> 00:02:01.439 As you can see from the title, theyíre broken down into two primary areas, either administration, 29 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:07.340 that can help you with just the day to day grant administration functions, and then the 30 00:02:07.340 --> 00:02:11.599 research element, which actually might help you, tools that might help you make more data 31 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:18.170 driven decisions based on various factors, if itís your subgrants, if itís other priorities 32 00:02:18.170 --> 00:02:27.209 that you want to focus on with your own grant funds, these tools might be helpful for you. 33 00:02:27.209 --> 00:02:31.110 The first tool I want to talk about is the Grants to States Manual. 34 00:02:31.110 --> 00:02:36.069 I would say this is our primary administrative tool. 35 00:02:36.069 --> 00:02:40.750 It takes the place of what was formerly the extranet, some of you who have been here for 36 00:02:40.750 --> 00:02:45.600 a couple of years might remember that the former extranet was behind a password, it 37 00:02:45.600 --> 00:02:51.540 was on the IMLS website, it has since migrated to the Grants to States Manual, and that is 38 00:02:51.540 --> 00:02:57.140 not password protected, so itís pretty easy to access, and it is the primary source of 39 00:02:57.140 --> 00:02:58.739 guidance for your grant. 40 00:02:58.739 --> 00:03:03.500 And what that means is you might have seen this in some of the grant reward language, 41 00:03:03.500 --> 00:03:09.420 but itís already, instead of other grant programs that have terms and conditions, our 42 00:03:09.420 --> 00:03:14.250 terms and conditions are all laid out in the policies and the guidance that are in the 43 00:03:14.250 --> 00:03:15.870 Grants to States manual. 44 00:03:15.870 --> 00:03:25.909 Many of you are probably already aware of where the Grants to States Manual is located 45 00:03:25.909 --> 00:03:27.569 on IMLS website. 46 00:03:27.569 --> 00:03:34.099 But as you can see from the breadcrumb trail up here you start at the grant area and then 47 00:03:34.099 --> 00:03:38.831 grant programs, and then thereís a grant to states section, and then thereís the Grant 48 00:03:38.831 --> 00:03:40.650 to States Manual. 49 00:03:40.650 --> 00:03:45.730 I highly recommend once you navigate here to just bookmark the URL, itís much easier 50 00:03:45.730 --> 00:03:47.110 that way. 51 00:03:47.110 --> 00:03:52.099 I just wanted to kind of show you some of the various sections, how the manual is broken 52 00:03:52.099 --> 00:03:53.329 down. 53 00:03:53.329 --> 00:04:00.540 Thereís a couple of really valuable areas that you might see yourself returning to a 54 00:04:00.540 --> 00:04:02.510 lot. 55 00:04:02.510 --> 00:04:07.200 You can see some of the information about the five year plan guidelines are here under 56 00:04:07.200 --> 00:04:11.970 Five Year Plan and Evaluation, thatís pretty straightforward. 57 00:04:11.970 --> 00:04:17.720 This area in particular can be very helpful, thereís a lot of fluctuating timelines both 58 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:23.750 for both of the grants that youíre managing at the same time, so clicking on these calendars 59 00:04:23.750 --> 00:04:27.850 helps kind of remind you of the various due dates. 60 00:04:27.850 --> 00:04:31.940 A lot of our guidance is listed here. 61 00:04:31.940 --> 00:04:36.460 So if you have questions about some cost questions that are coming your way, whether itís at 62 00:04:36.460 --> 00:04:41.140 the state library or from a sub recipient, this is a place to look first. 63 00:04:41.140 --> 00:04:44.670 Weíre happy to help you with any questions you have, but sometimes itís helpful to look 64 00:04:44.670 --> 00:04:49.540 at the existing guidance thatís already here. 65 00:04:49.540 --> 00:04:56.330 And also, too, a lot of helpful information can be found under Presentations and Conferences. 66 00:04:56.330 --> 00:05:01.330 All of the content from previous Grants to States conferences are in this section right 67 00:05:01.330 --> 00:05:06.730 here, so by clicking on these links it will take you to a page thatís dedicated to all 68 00:05:06.730 --> 00:05:07.850 of the information. 69 00:05:07.850 --> 00:05:15.490 These can be a little hard to find sometimes, so I like to point out where these are specifically. 70 00:05:15.490 --> 00:05:20.651 The next tool I want to briefly touch on is the System for Award Management website, our 71 00:05:20.651 --> 00:05:21.651 SAM.gov. 72 00:05:21.651 --> 00:05:26.790 Iím sure that an overwhelming majority of you are very familiar with SAM.gov. 73 00:05:26.790 --> 00:05:32.560 I wonít spend too much time on this, I just want to highlight how critical this system 74 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:36.240 is for our grant award process. 75 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:43.930 We cannot administer or provide any additional grant awards until an entity has an active 76 00:05:43.930 --> 00:05:47.660 same.gov registration. 77 00:05:47.660 --> 00:05:52.660 And I just want to briefly cover the system and also discuss how it interacts with our 78 00:05:52.660 --> 00:05:58.430 eGMS system on the administrative end. 79 00:05:58.430 --> 00:06:03.930 So SAM.gov is a fairly straightforward system, and all youíll typically use it for is to 80 00:06:03.930 --> 00:06:08.000 ensure that your entity is registered and eligible for federal assistance. 81 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:12.770 So I just wanted to briefly point out how it interacts with INLSís grant award process 82 00:06:12.770 --> 00:06:14.570 via eGMS. 83 00:06:14.570 --> 00:06:19.341 So prior to making annual Grants to States awards or any awards that come from the Grants 84 00:06:19.341 --> 00:06:26.780 to States Office, we do what is called a pre-award check, and that includes using eGMS to check 85 00:06:26.780 --> 00:06:31.750 each state library entity for a current and active SAM registration. 86 00:06:31.750 --> 00:06:37.530 So these screenshots show how the data on sam.gov synchronizes with eGMS system as we 87 00:06:37.530 --> 00:06:39.940 verify your records. 88 00:06:39.940 --> 00:06:46.200 And I also wanted to point out SAM.govís help section, specifically the full user guide 89 00:06:46.200 --> 00:06:48.140 for non-federal entities. 90 00:06:48.140 --> 00:06:56.670 I really recommend saving the PDF of this right there on that download PDF section or 91 00:06:56.670 --> 00:07:00.140 linking this in any internal administration manuals. 92 00:07:00.140 --> 00:07:06.160 It provides helpful explanations of the various statuses the registration goes through, and 93 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:12.590 also because thereís a newer element with having to provide a notarized letter to verify 94 00:07:12.590 --> 00:07:14.890 that you are representing your entity accurately. 95 00:07:14.890 --> 00:07:21.970 Itís just nice to have that guide, because Iím aware that in several state library agency 96 00:07:21.970 --> 00:07:27.010 organizations there can be a great number of people who are tasked with managing the 97 00:07:27.010 --> 00:07:31.420 SAM registration. 98 00:07:31.420 --> 00:07:37.270 The third and final administrative tool I wanted to point out is the Federal Funding 99 00:07:37.270 --> 00:07:44.240 Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System, FSRS for short. 100 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:48.920 As you can see the URL is right there, FSRS.Gov. 101 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:59.850 This applies to state libraries who offer grants or give subawards of $25,000 per award. 102 00:07:59.850 --> 00:08:04.100 And this really helps assist in federal government transparency efforts. 103 00:08:04.100 --> 00:08:12.210 The data that is submitted through FSRS.Gov directly gets uploaded to USASpending.Gov. 104 00:08:12.210 --> 00:08:20.620 So this is really more of a due diligence responsibility, and we use this site for that 105 00:08:20.620 --> 00:08:23.340 purpose. 106 00:08:23.340 --> 00:08:29.910 So much like SAM.gov, using FSRS is relatively straightforward and a routine process, so 107 00:08:29.910 --> 00:08:37.610 thereís not too much to cover here beyond just wanting to highlight that also like sam.gov 108 00:08:37.610 --> 00:08:43.050 their help information is actually very valuable and pretty robust and has a lot of really 109 00:08:43.050 --> 00:08:44.450 good information. 110 00:08:44.450 --> 00:08:49.800 But it seems like once you actually log in it becomes difficult to know where that help 111 00:08:49.800 --> 00:08:50.940 material went. 112 00:08:50.940 --> 00:08:55.260 When youíre just in the landing page itís much easier to see where the FAQs are and 113 00:08:55.260 --> 00:09:00.050 where some of the training materials are, but once you actually log in, it kind of disappears. 114 00:09:00.050 --> 00:09:05.610 So I just wanted to point out that thereís a tiny link on the bottom of the page when 115 00:09:05.610 --> 00:09:09.770 youíre logged in that says resources page, and I think that can be pretty helpful. 116 00:09:09.770 --> 00:09:14.860 Thereís a lot of great reference guides, even further down which you canít see in 117 00:09:14.860 --> 00:09:20.220 this screenshot, but thereís more technical guides, and one of the guides is for doing 118 00:09:20.220 --> 00:09:21.770 batch uploads. 119 00:09:21.770 --> 00:09:26.440 So I just wanted to point out that if some of you are giving a lot of awards at once, 120 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:33.300 and some of them are maybe higher dollar awards, it might be easier to just do a batch upload 121 00:09:33.300 --> 00:09:37.550 as you give the awards out. 122 00:09:37.550 --> 00:09:39.330 MS. 123 00:09:39.330 --> 00:09:46.100 DEVOE: We are going to take a poll break. 124 00:09:46.100 --> 00:09:52.500 A state receives an allowable cost question from a subrecipient. 125 00:09:52.500 --> 00:10:01.170 Which section of the Grants to States Manual might be the best place to start: Five Year 126 00:10:01.170 --> 00:10:07.050 Plan and Evaluation, Award Cycle Calendar, IMLS Guidance, Presentations and Conferences? 127 00:10:07.050 --> 00:10:16.580 So the poll is out, ready for you to answer, and weíre getting a bunch of answers coming 128 00:10:16.580 --> 00:10:27.390 through, weíll give it a few more seconds, letting you all respond. 129 00:10:27.390 --> 00:10:36.960 I feel like weíve reached a point where weíve got most of our votes in now, so weíll broadcast 130 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:38.120 the results. 131 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:43.520 We can see that most of you would have looked in the place that we would have suggested, 132 00:10:43.520 --> 00:10:50.290 which is the IMLS Guidance Section, which has information about allowable costs. 133 00:10:50.290 --> 00:10:54.830 There are other sections of the manual that you might find helpful in this regard too, 134 00:10:54.830 --> 00:10:56.650 but that would be our answer. 135 00:10:56.650 --> 00:11:04.470 So now weíll resume the show. 136 00:11:04.470 --> 00:11:10.900 MR. 137 00:11:10.900 --> 00:11:22.010 NANGLE: So now that we have covered all of the administrative tools for this session, 138 00:11:22.010 --> 00:11:25.600 weíre going to pivot over to the research related tools. 139 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:30.140 And the first one that I would like to discuss is Library Search and Compare. 140 00:11:30.140 --> 00:11:35.960 The URL is listed right there for your reference, and itís a database of all of the data that 141 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:43.310 comes out of the public library survey, and it only has the most current PLS data in there, 142 00:11:43.310 --> 00:11:49.200 so itís replaced every time thereís newly verified data, and itís very helpful for 143 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:54.300 finding local data about libraries across the country, and thereís also as the name 144 00:11:54.300 --> 00:12:01.390 implies thereís some good comparative ways to look at similar types of libraries and 145 00:12:01.390 --> 00:12:05.960 seeing how they stack up against each other. 146 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:11.779 So this is what Library Search and Compare looks like when you first click on the link. 147 00:12:11.779 --> 00:12:19.380 And itís basically by default a big listing of all of the results for public library data, 148 00:12:19.380 --> 00:12:24.050 and this is pulled from the Public Library Survey, and it has the data from the most 149 00:12:24.050 --> 00:12:27.160 recent finalized results. 150 00:12:27.160 --> 00:12:32.290 And so in order to refine this list if you wanted to dig a little bit deeper and kind 151 00:12:32.290 --> 00:12:38.180 of wade through the over 9000 results, you can use this refinement panel up here. 152 00:12:38.180 --> 00:12:43.150 Itís fairly straightforward, for a lot of them youíll just click on it and either check 153 00:12:43.150 --> 00:12:47.930 some boxes based on what you want to kind of refine the results by, and then for some 154 00:12:47.930 --> 00:12:53.930 of the number based ones theyíll allow you to define a range if you want to see it that 155 00:12:53.930 --> 00:12:54.930 way. 156 00:12:54.930 --> 00:13:01.970 And so when you begin to define results, letís say I wanted to look at city libraries, as 157 00:13:01.970 --> 00:13:11.670 it refines, and now thereís 587 results, you can begin to click into different results 158 00:13:11.670 --> 00:13:13.431 and see more detail about this. 159 00:13:13.431 --> 00:13:19.170 And so it can be helpful, especially when youíre looking at outlets next to each other 160 00:13:19.170 --> 00:13:25.650 like this, you can compare some of the different details there and see kind of how the trends 161 00:13:25.650 --> 00:13:32.310 fluctuate, and you can also shift the different trend data as you need to look at them. 162 00:13:32.310 --> 00:13:34.720 And thereís also a lot of download options. 163 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:39.120 So you see a download button here, but there are download buttons in other areas as well. 164 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:47.070 If I return to the search results and I just wanted to see letís say city libraries in 165 00:13:47.070 --> 00:13:51.350 Alabama, that will take my results down to 19. 166 00:13:51.350 --> 00:13:56.720 I can compare these, and I can see more data all at once. 167 00:13:56.720 --> 00:14:03.720 So there are a lot of different things that you can do to refine your results and look 168 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:05.290 at interesting comparisons. 169 00:14:05.290 --> 00:14:11.290 Itís helpful, especially service area population stands out right away, where you can see those 170 00:14:11.290 --> 00:14:12.709 differences. 171 00:14:12.709 --> 00:14:16.920 And then once you have a good comparative set that you like you might want to return 172 00:14:16.920 --> 00:14:19.680 to, you can download this comparison as well. 173 00:14:19.680 --> 00:14:24.140 So there are a number of things that you can do with library search and compare, and it 174 00:14:24.140 --> 00:14:29.000 might be helpful for some of the administrative or grant related decisions that you might 175 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:32.190 need to make. 176 00:14:32.190 --> 00:14:37.130 The next research tool that I wanted to share with all of you is the SPR Public View. 177 00:14:37.130 --> 00:14:43.800 This may be a very familiar tool for many of you, but something I just wanted to cover 178 00:14:43.800 --> 00:14:50.690 in the broader suite of tools that will be useful to you, and itís a public facing database 179 00:14:50.690 --> 00:14:56.230 of all of the SPR project information that you all have submitted through the internal 180 00:14:56.230 --> 00:15:02.760 side of the SPR, and this covers project data from as far back as 2014 until 2018, because 181 00:15:02.760 --> 00:15:09.480 we just accepted the overwhelming majority of the SPR reports. 182 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:14.560 And so this is really helpful because thereís an ability to filter by several facets that 183 00:15:14.560 --> 00:15:16.740 are already found in the SPR. 184 00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:22.250 So if youíre wondering why weíre asking you about intents and focal areas and beneficiaries 185 00:15:22.250 --> 00:15:27.480 and whether something is exemplary, this all shows up in the public view. 186 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:33.210 And thereís also a nice state summary feature, and you can even compare those summaries across 187 00:15:33.210 --> 00:15:35.480 states and across fiscal years. 188 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:41.000 So Iíll show that right now. 189 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:45.520 This is what the landing page for the SPR Public View database looks like. 190 00:15:45.520 --> 00:15:52.310 This is another database and resource that I recommend saving the URL as a bookmark or 191 00:15:52.310 --> 00:15:57.350 a desktop shortcut just because right now there is so much content on the IMLS website 192 00:15:57.350 --> 00:16:02.860 for grants to states related materials that right now this particular resource is not 193 00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:08.080 right at the forefront, so it would just be easier to refer to later with the bookmark. 194 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:12.930 And so as you can see itís a very straightforward system, thereís one search bar, you can put 195 00:16:12.930 --> 00:16:17.610 any kind of key word or search term that youíre looking for in there, and what you can do 196 00:16:17.610 --> 00:16:23.850 is either refine by a fiscal year or the specific state that you want to look at, or you can 197 00:16:23.850 --> 00:16:30.270 leave these alone and just search across all years and states, or you can leave this blank 198 00:16:30.270 --> 00:16:33.240 and choose one of these or both. 199 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:39.070 You canít just click go and see everything, you have to either refine by year or state, 200 00:16:39.070 --> 00:16:42.700 and you can do both, thatís fine as well. 201 00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:47.390 Another area, before we get into what the search results look like, is this view summaries 202 00:16:47.390 --> 00:16:52.120 link is a little bit out of the way, so I just like to point it out, and if you click 203 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:58.680 on that itís interesting because it shows a unique set of data related to the information 204 00:16:58.680 --> 00:17:04.910 that you input into the SPR, specifically also the subaward info section, this is a 205 00:17:04.910 --> 00:17:10.430 dedicated area of the SPR, and if you are giving out subawards they definitely should 206 00:17:10.430 --> 00:17:11.870 be filled out. 207 00:17:11.870 --> 00:17:24.189 And so I just want to show an example of Delaware in 2017, click on this, youíll see that immediately 208 00:17:24.189 --> 00:17:29.010 you can see the amount of projects that Delaware funds with LSTA funds and how much theyíve 209 00:17:29.010 --> 00:17:31.970 received and how much theyíve put in match. 210 00:17:31.970 --> 00:17:36.080 And then also whatís interesting is showing the projects and how much theyíve aligned 211 00:17:36.080 --> 00:17:38.370 to the various focal areas. 212 00:17:38.370 --> 00:17:44.120 Whatís cool about this is that you can get a snapshot view, you can also select multiple 213 00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:51.190 states if you wanted to see, and so adding California to the mix adds a lot more allotment 214 00:17:51.190 --> 00:17:54.610 funds, a lot more projects and subawards and things like that. 215 00:17:54.610 --> 00:17:58.080 And you can see how the focal areas shuffle out too. 216 00:17:58.080 --> 00:18:01.130 So thatís an interesting feature that might be helpful for you. 217 00:18:01.130 --> 00:18:11.330 And again, just looking at the projects here, Iím just going to pick 2018 and Florida, 218 00:18:11.330 --> 00:18:13.990 and you can see how the results look. 219 00:18:13.990 --> 00:18:18.220 So you can see the abstract here by showing and hiding it there, if you wanted to get 220 00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:23.080 a quick sense of whatís in the particular project. 221 00:18:23.080 --> 00:18:28.960 And based on the content of the search results you will see various refinement areas that 222 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:30.110 you can choose from. 223 00:18:30.110 --> 00:18:33.740 So if you wanted to see all of Floridaís projects related to lifelong learning you 224 00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:39.300 can select that and refine it, and intense and all of that, so it keeps going, you can 225 00:18:39.300 --> 00:18:43.900 really drill down and get really specific as you choose. 226 00:18:43.900 --> 00:18:46.500 So this is great. 227 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:51.390 You can also print these results, you can export them as an Excel spreadsheet if you 228 00:18:51.390 --> 00:18:57.059 would like to, and itís just a really dynamic tool and itís very helpful. 229 00:18:57.059 --> 00:19:03.450 And like I said if you click on a particular project you can copy and paste the URL that 230 00:19:03.450 --> 00:19:07.800 goes with this project and share it with folks as needed. 231 00:19:07.800 --> 00:19:13.600 The last tool I want to share with everyone is the Awarded Grants Search Tool. 232 00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:18.920 This is really helpful, itís a quick and comprehensive database of IMLSí discretionary 233 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:22.860 awards both in the library and museums idea of things. 234 00:19:22.860 --> 00:19:29.400 And I indicate that itís discretionary awards, there are kind of ìstubî records of grants 235 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:33.860 to state awards, but it doesnít get into the project level, and thatís why we have 236 00:19:33.860 --> 00:19:39.410 the SPR public view, because the scale of the grants to states awards are pretty massive, 237 00:19:39.410 --> 00:19:45.030 and so this is more useful specifically for looking up discretionary awards. 238 00:19:45.030 --> 00:19:51.460 And it includes the ward amount, the recipient, and then project abstracts, and occasionally 239 00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:57.530 there are links to the full proposals as well. 240 00:19:57.530 --> 00:20:01.220 This is what the awarded grant search site looks like. 241 00:20:01.220 --> 00:20:06.130 As you can see from the breadcrumb trail up here it is under grants and then right away 242 00:20:06.130 --> 00:20:10.360 you see the link for search awarded grants, so itís easy to find. 243 00:20:10.360 --> 00:20:14.310 And these are the different fields that you can choose to refine your search. 244 00:20:14.310 --> 00:20:18.770 You can choose any that you would like or as few as you would like. 245 00:20:18.770 --> 00:20:25.070 The grant programs are listed here, which is helpful if you wanted to start across that. 246 00:20:25.070 --> 00:20:28.000 Something else thatís interesting about this search is that you can search by issue area, 247 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:33.520 if you wanted to filter and see whatís going on with digital initiatives or STEM, maybe 248 00:20:33.520 --> 00:20:36.710 early learning, you can filter that way. 249 00:20:36.710 --> 00:20:40.960 Something else I wanted to show is the program categories. 250 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:46.880 So even within the National Leadership Grants thereís specific subcategories like community 251 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:49.950 catalysts and the new app program. 252 00:20:49.950 --> 00:20:55.130 So if I wanted to click on community memory and that be the only thing that I search, 253 00:20:55.130 --> 00:21:00.300 and hit apply, the results show down here, which is really helpful, it shows you the 254 00:21:00.300 --> 00:21:07.730 ward amount, the specific log number, and the abstract as well as the proposal if you 255 00:21:07.730 --> 00:21:10.299 wanted to get into the specifics of the project. 256 00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:16.330 What is also helpful is these download CSV or download doc options. 257 00:21:16.330 --> 00:21:22.330 So once youíve created a search you can actually download a CSV copy of it, or a Word document 258 00:21:22.330 --> 00:21:24.510 if oyu wanted to look at it that way. 259 00:21:24.510 --> 00:21:34.970 So again, this is a nice way of looking at kind of the broader spectrum of what IMLS 260 00:21:34.970 --> 00:21:40.050 is awarding beyond just grants to states, and it could be helpful for various research 261 00:21:40.050 --> 00:21:43.890 that you might be doing. 262 00:21:43.890 --> 00:21:49.850 The third research tool that I wanted to share briefly is the IMLS Data Catalog. 263 00:21:49.850 --> 00:21:54.110 This is especially helpful because it is very well curated. 264 00:21:54.110 --> 00:22:00.910 It is essentially a catalog with links of all of the data products that are available 265 00:22:00.910 --> 00:22:06.560 to you in the event that you needed to really dig into data and do a lot of comparative 266 00:22:06.560 --> 00:22:07.560 work. 267 00:22:07.560 --> 00:22:14.630 And so in the subsequent slide where we go over and demo the site itself, youíll see 268 00:22:14.630 --> 00:22:22.990 more, but what is nice is in particular to the state library need is it has the raw data 269 00:22:22.990 --> 00:22:28.450 for the public library survey, it has information about the state library administrative agency 270 00:22:28.450 --> 00:22:35.020 survey, and also the IMLS funding reports by state. 271 00:22:35.020 --> 00:22:40.110 So very briefly this is what the data catalog looks like on the IMLS website. 272 00:22:40.110 --> 00:22:45.930 As you can see by the breadcrumb trail up here you start in data and then you see the 273 00:22:45.930 --> 00:22:50.080 data catalog link right there, so itís pretty easy to navigate to. 274 00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:55.840 This is basically a list of links of different data products that IMLS has to offer. 275 00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:59.600 We already went through library search and compare, but you can find a link here which 276 00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:03.260 might be a convenient way of coming back to that. 277 00:23:03.260 --> 00:23:08.900 Then there is the PLS Survey Data, this one also could be particularly of interest to 278 00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:14.890 all of you, the Statewide Library Administrative Agency Survey, and then other data products 279 00:23:14.890 --> 00:23:16.050 as well. 280 00:23:16.050 --> 00:23:19.980 Something I wanted to make sure I highlight at the very bottom of this list are the IMLS 281 00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:21.280 funding reports by state. 282 00:23:21.280 --> 00:23:29.640 Some of you may recall that a couple years back Matt and the data team did funding reports 283 00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:35.530 and visualized how theyíre laid out by state, and these can be very handy for looking at 284 00:23:35.530 --> 00:23:39.780 the broader picture of IMLS funding, not just grants to states but the other sources of 285 00:23:39.780 --> 00:23:45.770 funding as well, and you can actually see links to these in your state profiles as well. 286 00:23:45.770 --> 00:23:47.470 So they come up in multiple locations. 287 00:23:47.470 --> 00:23:53.250 But I just wanted to let you know that those are also available through the data catalog 288 00:23:53.250 --> 00:23:56.640 all in one place. 289 00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.640 MS. 290 00:23:57.640 --> 00:24:04.260 DEVOE: We have come to our next poll. 291 00:24:04.260 --> 00:24:11.340 If you wanted to see examples of Discretionary Grant Proposals, where would you look? 292 00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:15.030 Library Search and Compare, SPR Public View, Awarded Grants Search, or the IMLS Data Catalog? 293 00:24:15.030 --> 00:24:18.020 So the poll is open, you can submit your votes. 294 00:24:18.020 --> 00:24:19.510 We have results coming in. 295 00:24:19.510 --> 00:24:28.690 Thank you to all of those still tuned in and engaged with this session. 296 00:24:28.690 --> 00:24:34.960 We are getting some good results. 297 00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:50.920 And I feel like we have most of the results in, 298 00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:55.400 so why donít we broadcast those results? 299 00:24:55.400 --> 00:25:04.480 And you have overwhelmingly selected Awarded Grants Search, which is indeed where we would 300 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:08.890 suggest looking for examples of discretionary grant proposals. 301 00:25:08.890 --> 00:25:11.770 Great job everyone. 302 00:25:11.770 --> 00:25:16.759 We are now at the end of this session and taking another 10 minute break.