<div dir="ltr">This report aims to address one of the biggest challenges facing libraries and cultural heritage organizations: <b><font color="#ff0000">how to move their special collections into the 21st century through digitization while developing successful strategies to make sure those collections remain accessible and relevant over time.</font></b> Through a cooperative agreement as part of the National Leadership Grants Program, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), in partnership with Ithaka S+R, to undertake in-depth case studies of institutions that have worked to build the audience, infrastructure, and funding models necessary to maintain and grow their digital collections.<div>
<br><a href="http://www.sr.ithaka.org/research-publications/searching-sustainability">http://www.sr.ithaka.org/research-publications/searching-sustainability</a></div></div>