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Umaine Fogler Library And Partners Awarded Prestigious Imls Grant, Joe Car, Marilyn Lutz, Mamie Bittner

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The University of Maine’s Fogler Library in partnership with the Bagaduce Music Lending Library and the Bangor Public Library received a two-year, $344,270 federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant to design and implement an interactive, multimedia digital music library of images of scores with associated sound renditions, cover art, and lyrics. Users will be able to view, play, and print scores. “This grant will allow us to give easier and instant access to our rich collection to the music teaching community,” Kurt Stoll, executive director of the Bagaduce Music Lending Library says. “With important early works deteriorating …