tag: IMLS
Blog Post
June 27, 2019
Measures that Matter: Review of State Public Libraries Survey Now Available
Last Tuesday, the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) released Measures that Matter Action Plan Step 2.1: A Review of State Public Library Survey Data Elements. We were excited to conduct this phase of work on COSLA’s behalf and believe the findings from this important systematic review of current state public library surveys, as well as states’ data collection and reporting practices, will be helpful for a wide range of libraries.
Past Event
February 20, 2019
Christine Wolff-Eisenberg Leads Workshop at Achieving the Dream
Community College Libraries & Academic Support for Student Success
On February 20, Christine Wolff-Eisenberg, along with Jean Amaral (Borough of Manhattan Community College), Dr. Braddlee (Northern Virginia Community College), and Christie Flynn (Pierce College) will lead a workshop at the 15th Annual Achieving the Dream Conference in Long Beach, California. For more information, and to register, please see the conference website. Workshop description Amplifying the Student Voice: Community College Libraries & Academic Support for Student Success To continue evolving in support of their students, community colleges and their academic…
Blog Post
July 5, 2018
Strengthening Library Education
New Report from IMLS
Last November, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) convened experts to explore how to strengthen the formal education component of the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grant program to best support library and information science programs to meet the needs of students and libraries while increasing diversity within the library and archives professions. I’m excited to share that this report which I coauthored, “Positioning Library and Information Science Graduate Programs for 21st Century…