[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79649-79650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22257]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Request: National
Museum Survey
AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Submission for OMB Review, request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announces
that the following information collection request has been submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This annual survey
will collect statistically valid data on the U.S. museum sector, which
does not currently exist. The data will describe the scope, scale and
nature of museums' presence and reach within the U.S. This program
helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. The
purpose of this Notice is to solicit comments about this assessment
process, instructions, and data collections. This is the second notice
for public comment. A copy of the proposed information collection
request can be obtained by contacting
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the individual listed below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted to the office
listed in the ADDRESSES section below on or before October 30, 2024.
OMB is particularly interested in comments that help the agency to:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology (e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses).
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection request by selecting ``Institute of
Museum and Library Services'' under ``Currently Under Review;'' then
check ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. Once you have
found this information collection request, select ``Comment,'' and
enter or upload your comment and information. Alternatively, please
mail your written comments to Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for Education, Office of Management
and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or call (202) 395-7316.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jake Soffronoff, Survey Methodologist,
Office of Research and Evaluation, Institute of Museum and Library
Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC
20024-2135. Mr. Soffronoff can be reached by telephone at 202-653-4648,
or by email at [email protected]. Persons who are deaf or hard of
hearing (TTY users) may contact IMLS at 202-207-7858 via 711 for TTY-
Based Telecommunications Relay Service.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IMLS is the primary source of federal
support for the nation's libraries and museums. We advance, support,
and empower America's museums, libraries, and related organizations
through grant making, research, and policy development. To learn more,
visit www.imls.gov.
Current Actions: This Notice proposes the clearance of a new
information collection--the National Museum Survey (NMS). As noted in
the 60-day notice, IMLS will be conducting a voluntary survey of
museums that aims to capture the scope and scale of museums' presence
and reach within the United States over time. This annual survey will
collect statistically valid data on the U.S. museum sector, which does
not currently exist. The data will describe the scope, scale and nature
of museums' presence and reach within the U.S. NMS data will be useful
to museum practitioners, policymakers at the federal, state, and local
levels, the public, researchers, and journalists, and will be used for
planning, research, evaluation, and policymaking.
The 60-day Notice was published in the Federal Register on April
30, 2024 [89 FR 34277 (Document Number 2024-09276)]. We received one
comment under this Notice. That comment came from a representative of
the American Library Association who wanted to ensure that museums
located within libraries were included in, and eligible for, the NMS.
The representative subsequently provided a list of such institutions
for IMLS to cross-reference against the agency's list of museums to
whom the NMS will be administered. Any such institutions that were not
already included were added to IMLS' list.
Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Title: National Museum Survey.
OMB Control Number: 3137-NEW.
Agency Number: 3137.
Respondents/Affected Public: IMLS plans to conduct a census of all
eligible U.S. museums representing a broad range of museum disciplines,
including zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, and arboretums; nature
and science centers; history museums and historic sites; art museums;
children's museums; natural history museums; and general and
specialized museums.
Institutions must meet all the following criteria to be eligible
for selection:
Be a unit of federal, state, local, or tribal government,
or a not-for-profit institution.
Serve the public in a physical location it owns or
operates.
Provide exhibitions and programs.
Primarily function to house, display, and care for animate
or inanimate objects that form the core of its exhibitions, programs,
and research.
Under normal circumstances, be open to the public 90 days
or more per year, either through specific hours of operation or by
appointment.
Have at least one staff member, or the full-time
equivalent, whether paid or unpaid.
IMLS will request that a senior administrator at each institution
be responsible for the completion of the survey at their institution.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: The survey's expected
response rate is 35 percent, leading to approximately 7,500 completed
cases.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average Minutes per Response: 1 hour.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 7,500.
Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: n/a.
Total Annual Cost Burden (dollars): $431,718.75 (7,500 hrs x
$57.56/hr). $57.56 represents a simple average of hourly mean wage
figures for government, academic, and company/enterprise managers
(https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes113012.htm).
Total Annual Federal Costs: $323,533.21.
Dated: September 24, 2024.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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