IMLS and StoryCorps
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Each year, select museums and libraries with outstanding records of community service receive the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation’s highest honor for museums and libraries. Beginning with the 2009 awardees, personal stories demonstrating the ongoing impact of these award-winning institutions are being documented through a cooperative agreement between IMLS and StoryCorps, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of Americans from all backgrounds and beliefs.
Read about the partnership on the StoryCorps Blog
Click here to listen to 2010 Medal Winners
Click here to listen to 2009 Medal Winners
2011 Medal Winners - Listen Online:
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Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Lewis Ginter Volunteer Manager Darlene Van Laan talks to teacher Lisa Watts, with her pupil Chris Corsello (pictured.) The three talk about how Chris, who is autistic and semi-nonverbal, has become more confident and proud since volunteering at Lewis Ginter.
Length: 4:53
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Brooklyn Museum
Best friends and colleagues Joan Darragh and Duncan Hazard talk about working together on a competition to design a new master plan for the Brooklyn Museum and their favorite "behind-the-scenes" museum spaces.
Length: 4:55
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Alachua County Library District
Ann Le Zotte, a poet, met Shelley Mickle, a novelist, when they both read their work in a public program at the Library, 25 years ago. Today Ann is librarian and teacher, and in her StoryCorps interview with Shelley she talks about being deaf, the daily challenges she faces, and how it inspired her advocacy and service work for the deaf community.
Length: 7:28
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Erie Museum of Art
Deb Sementelli-Hoenes teaches drawing and painting at the Erie Museum of Art. In conversation with her colleague and friend, Sarah Buyer, Deb recalls a few particularly memorable students and life models, the transformation the museum has undergone during her tenure, and why art is important.
Length: 5:25
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San Jose Public Library
San Jose Public Library Director Jane Light and Assistant Director Ned Himmel talk about their love of libraries and their work as librarians.
Length: 5:48
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Weippe Public Library and Discovery Center
Library patron Jean Marie Heinbuch talks with her spouse Ron "Ronzo" Repphun about their life "off the grid" in Weippe, ID.
Length: 6:30
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About StoryCorps
StoryCorps’ mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, preserve, and share their stories. StoryCorps is currently one of the fastest-growing nonprofits in the country. Each week, millions of Americans listen to StoryCorps’ award-winning broadcasts on NPR’s Morning Edition. Fifty of StoryCorps’ most emblematic stories have been collected in the New York Times bestseller, Listening Is an Act of Love (Penguin Press). A follow-up book, Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps (Penguin Press), published in Spring 2010, features inspiring stories by and about mothers. StoryCorps’ major funders include: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), The Atlantic Philanthropies, The Ford Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, The Kaplen Foundation, and Joe and Carol Reich. StoryCorps also relies on the support from its participants and listeners. For more information, or to listen to stories online, visit www.storycorps.org.