Project Grant RE0612006812

This $149,748 Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313) will allow Ithaca College's Project Look Sharp, in partnership with the American Association of School Librarians and the National Association for Media Literacy Education, to develop a nationwide plan for school librarians to access training, resources and support to be stronger and more effective leaders of media literacy in their schools....

The American Library Association (ALA) was awarded a $869,732 Project Grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313) to implement a program to equip library workers with skills and knowledge related to intellectual freedom, access to information, privacy, censorship, free speech, and legal matters. The project will feature synchronous and asynchronous online and in-person training opportunities, utilizing a peer...

The University of South Carolina College of Information, in collaboration with the University of Kentucky, received a $190,917.79 award under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313) administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The three-year project, "Demonstrating Your Data: An Evidence-Based Practice Curriculum for School Librarians," will develop a free, online professional development curriculum to advance secondary school librarians'...

Brown University Library, in partnership with the HBCU Library Alliance, will establish structures of reciprocal support for developing the next generation of library leaders and fostering transformation in academic libraries through a $100,000 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313). The two-year project will plan and pilot a set of in-person and virtual developmental activities for emerging library leaders,...

The California Library Association will receive $837,782 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program to collaborate with the National Summer Learning Association and WebJunction on the Building Equity-Based Summers project. This project will provide training and resources to library staff nationwide to develop equity-focused summer services for youth and families from underserved communities. Key activities include...

The Boston Library Consortium, in partnership with the Professional Development Alliance of Library Consortia, received a $149,879 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313). The grant will fund the design, pilot, and assessment of a three-day Leadership Academy for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) library support staff supervisors without Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS)...

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), a nonprofit membership organization, was awarded a $249,531 Project Grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian (LB21) Program (CFDA 45.313). The grant will support the development of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Institute targeted at academic and research librarians and archivists. The institute will build upon a previous IMLS planning grant and curriculum based on the...

The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries received a $241,147 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian (LB21) program. The grant will fund the implementation of a training program and curriculum to prepare library practitioners to meet the evolving open science needs and expectations of the research communities they support. The project aims to build understanding of the open science ecosystem, including core principles and...

The New York State Archives Partnership Trust will receive $238,590 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313) to train librarians, archivists, and historians and make primary source materials available online for educators and students. The two-year project will develop curriculum for a training program and identify repositories holding resources on marginalized groups. Trainees will upload primary sources to the New...

The New York Library Association, in partnership with Urban Librarians Unite, received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313). This 2-year grant will pilot the Library Worker Support Network, a virtual peer support group program for library workers across the United States to address the issue of trauma in library work. Key project activities include researching best practices for...