Advocacy
National Museum and Library Services Board Nominations
The US Senate confirmed five presidential nominees to serve as members of the National Museum and Library Services Board. The board advises the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal agency that is the primary source of federal funds for the nation's museums and libraries. The five nominees are: Katherine M. B. Berger, trustee, Berger Collection Educational Trust; Karen Brosius, executive director, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina; Ioannis N. Miaoulis, president and director, Museum of Science, Boston; Christina Orr-Cahall, director, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida; and Kevin Starr, professor, University of Southern California.The National Museum and Library Services Board is a twenty-four member advisory body that includes the director and deputy directors of the IMLS, the chair of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, and twenty presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed members of the general public who demonstrate expertise in or commitment to library or museum services.