Institute of Museum and Library Services
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services is a U.S. federal agency that provides grants, policy leadership, and support to museums and libraries to enhance learning, innovation, and cultural preservation nationwide.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Institute of Museum and Library Services canonical | 5 |
| IMLS | 1 |
| National Leadership Grants for Libraries | 1 |
| National Leadership Grants for Museums | 1 |
| Native American Library Services grants | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1357508 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Institute of Museum and Library Services Context triple: [National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, relatedAgency, Institute of Museum and Library Services]
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A.
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent U.S. federal agency that supports research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities through competitive grants.
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B.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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C.
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled is a U.S. federal program that provides free accessible reading materials, including braille and audio books, to people with visual or print disabilities.
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D.
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a leading professional organization in the United States that promotes libraries and librarianship, sets standards for library education, and accredits library and information science programs.
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E.
American Alliance of Museums
The American Alliance of Museums is a national organization that develops standards, offers resources, and administers a widely recognized accreditation program to support and advance museums in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Institute of Museum and Library Services Target entity description: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is a U.S. federal agency that provides grants, policy leadership, and support to museums and libraries to enhance learning, innovation, and cultural preservation nationwide.
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A.
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent U.S. federal agency that supports research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities through competitive grants.
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B.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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C.
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled is a U.S. federal program that provides free accessible reading materials, including braille and audio books, to people with visual or print disabilities.
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D.
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a leading professional organization in the United States that promotes libraries and librarianship, sets standards for library education, and accredits library and information science programs.
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E.
American Alliance of Museums
The American Alliance of Museums is a national organization that develops standards, offers resources, and administers a widely recognized accreditation program to support and advance museums in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
grantmaking agency
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independent federal agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Institute of Museum and Library Services
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
IMLS
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| awardGiven | National Medal for Museum and Library Service ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataCollection |
Museum data and research initiatives
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Public Libraries Survey ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
community engagement
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digital inclusion ⓘ lifelong learning ⓘ preservation of cultural heritage ⓘ |
| foundedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| fundingProgram |
Grants to States program
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Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program ⓘ Museums for America ⓘ Institute of Museum and Library Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
National Leadership Grants for Libraries
Institute of Museum and Library Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
National Leadership Grants for Museums
Institute of Museum and Library Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Native American Library Services grants
Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services grants ⓘ |
| governedBy | National Museum and Library Services Board ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| hasMission | to advance, support, and empower America’s museums, libraries, and related organizations ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1996 ⓘ |
| isSuccessorOf |
Institute of Museum Services
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Office of Education in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
surface form:
Library Programs Office of the U.S. Department of Education
|
| legalBasis | Museum and Library Services Act ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
grantmaking
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policy leadership ⓘ research and data collection on museums and libraries ⓘ technical assistance to museums and libraries ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| oversees | Grants to State Library Administrative Agencies ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
United States government
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surface form:
U.S. federal government
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| purpose |
enhance learning
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promote innovation ⓘ support cultural preservation ⓘ support libraries ⓘ support museums ⓘ |
| reportsTo | President of the United States ⓘ |
| sector |
cultural heritage
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education ⓘ information services ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
libraries in the United States
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museums in the United States ⓘ tribal libraries and museums ⓘ |
| supervises |
Office of Library Services
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Office of Museum Services ⓘ |
| website | https://www.imls.gov/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Institute of Museum and Library Services Description of subject: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is a U.S. federal agency that provides grants, policy leadership, and support to museums and libraries to enhance learning, innovation, and cultural preservation nationwide.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965
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relatedAgency
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Institute of Museum and Library Services
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subject surface form:
National Endowment for the Arts
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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abbreviation
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Institute of Museum and Library Services
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this entity surface form:
IMLS
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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fundingProgram
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Institute of Museum and Library Services
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this entity surface form:
National Leadership Grants for Libraries
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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fundingProgram
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Institute of Museum and Library Services
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
National Leadership Grants for Museums
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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fundingProgram
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Institute of Museum and Library Services
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Native American Library Services grants
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
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hasPart
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Institute of Museum and Library Services
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National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
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operatesThrough
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Institute of Museum and Library Services
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