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Michelle K. Conners – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, digital literacy has become a fundamental skill for active participation in society. Maine's public libraries recognize this reality and have taken steps to provide digital literacy education to their communities. However, these efforts are hindered by a lack of resources necessary to meet the…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Literacy Education, Public Libraries, Community Education
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Sein Oh; Lorri Mon – Information and Learning Sciences, 2024
Purpose: By examining types of literacies taught by public libraries and the modes through which these programs were offered, this study aims to explore how public libraries might integrate data literacy training for the general public into existing library educational programs. Design/methodology/approach: This study examined programs offered in…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Data Use, Library Services, Community Education
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Derek T. M. Daskalakes; Maria Cahill – Journal of Early Intervention, 2024
Public library storytimes provide rich learning opportunities for young children and their caregivers, yet little is known about how inclusive they are for children with disabilities and developmental delays (CwD/DD). The purpose of this study was to identify and describe ways that librarians support the inclusion of CwD/DD and their caregivers in…
Descriptors: Librarians, Story Reading, Public Libraries, Inclusion
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2024
This research brief highlights how public libraries ensured patrons continued access to library services during the pandemic through 2021.
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Access to Information, COVID-19, Pandemics
Sindy Lopez; Sage Love; Melissa Blankstein – ITHAKA S+R, 2024
There are many intersections between public and community college libraries, both in the populations they serve and their functions within their local communities. Both types of libraries play a crucial role in supporting the diverse needs of their communities, serving as hubs for education, information, and essential services. Maximizing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Public Libraries, Community Colleges, Institutional Cooperation
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2024
The Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE) is leading the development of the Agency's first Learning Agenda, which is organized around actionable learnings to three research and evaluation priorities: child reading literacy, future of museums and equity grantmaking. The Learning Agenda's primary…
Descriptors: Museums, Public Libraries, Federal Aid, Emergent Literacy
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Melissa Gross; Don Latham; Brittany Baum; Lauren Crabtree; Karen Randolph – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2024
Recent semi-structured interviews with 28 librarians and branch managers on the placement of social workers in public libraries revealed a need for library and information science (LIS) programs to better prepare students for their role as social service information providers and to provide models for working with and supervising social workers in…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Administration, Public Libraries, Social Services
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Kailea Saplan; Sam Abramovich; Peter Wardrip – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
Public libraries have embraced the popularity of maker education and makerspaces by integrating maker education in their program offerings, and by developing makerspaces that enable patrons to tinker and create products. But less attention has been paid to supporting librarians and maker educators in assessing the impact of these spaces. To expand…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Design, Shared Resources and Services, Library Personnel
Sari Widman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Public libraries, important spaces for accessing assistance and resources, are increasingly focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) and hands-on learning (Lee & Phillips, 2019). While they are promising spaces for STEAM learning that supports marginalized communities and multi-generational engagement, this…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Public Libraries, Equal Education
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Melissa Stormont; Maria Cahill; Bobbie Sartin Long; Denice Adkins; Alicia K. Long; Derek T. M. Daskalakes; Caroline Gooden; Carol Russell – Young Exceptional Children, 2024
Public libraries offer a wide range of developmental support and learning opportunities for young children with and without disabilities. Libraries in many communities function as hubs and places of support for parenting, literacy, education, technology, as well as general local, and health information. A research team recently conducted focus…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Community Information Services, Early Childhood Teachers, Disabilities
Lindsey Kimery; Jenny Winston – Knowledge Quest, 2024
This article describes the partnership between Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) and the Nashville Public Library (NPL) called Limitless Libraries. Through this resource-sharing partnership, learners can access the NPL collection, connecting them to books and other materials outside the walls of their schools. This breaks down barriers to…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Library Materials
Jane McGrail – ProQuest LLC, 2024
For members of the dominant culture, libraries produce largely positive affective responses (Farkas). However, researchers and practitioners in the field of library science have identified a need to make library resources more accessible to patrons from marginalized communities who are excluded from library spaces by institutional policies and…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Library Services, Access to Information, Equal Education
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Roseanne M. Perkins; Brook E. Sawyer – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Understanding how to successfully train storytime providers is crucial to the goal of offering high-quality early literacy programs in public library settings. As part of a larger study, nine early-career public library storytime providers were interviewed to learn what contextual factors are important to improve their knowledge, practice, and…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Education, Story Reading, Reading Aloud to Others
Sue McDowall – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2024
This research report, produced for National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa (National Library), focused on a Putoi Rito Communities of Readers project carried out in Dargaville in 2023-24. Putoi Rito is a National Library initiative that works with communities to design, develop, and deliver support for reading engagement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Recreational Reading
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Yong Ju Jung; Soo Hyeon Kim; Gi Woong Choi – Information and Learning Sciences, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to revisit previous design principles and guidelines for online makerspaces in public libraries (Kim et al., 2020) and expand the design principles with more updated implications and examples from the literature published during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: The authors reviewed…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Services, Electronic Libraries, Cooperative Learning