The adelina coppin alvarado library at the university of puerto rico in ponce will plan to design a bilingual and culturally responsive information literacy curriculum framework and a corresponding…

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the University of Puerto Rico in Ponce $371,368 on September 1, 2026, through the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to develop a bilingual and culturally responsive information literacy curriculum framework for public high schools in Puerto Rico.

The Adelina Coppin Alvarado Library at the university will lead planning and design activities in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Department of Education and six to ten public high schools, guided by an advisory panel of teachers, school librarians, accessibility specialists, and project leadership. Deliverables include a needs assessment report, a resource inventory with identified gaps, a literature review and options matrix, and a bilingual curriculum framework specifying competencies, learning outcomes, and an assessment strategy. These planning products are intended to support a future implementation proposal.

Performance occurs in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The period of performance runs through August 31, 2028. National Leadership Grants support projects addressing critical needs in the museum and library fields with potential to advance practice and strengthen services through models, tools, research findings, services, practices, or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated.

The adelina coppin alvarado library at the university of puerto rico in ponce will plan to design a bilingual and culturally responsive information literacy curriculum framework and a corresponding assessment strategy for public high schools in puerto rico. This project will collaborate with the puerto rico department of education and six to ten public high schools and will be guided by an advisory panel composed of teachers, school librarians, accessibility specialists, and project leadership. The project will produce a set of planning deliverables that may in the future enable an implementation proposal. These include a needs assessment report; a resource inventory with identified gaps; a literature review and options matrix; and a bilingual curriculum framework that specifies competencies, learning outcomes, and an assessment strategy.