The
Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums
that connect people to information and ideas. Read
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Acting Director's Message
In my son’s personal archives is a school library license, a tiny cardboard rectangle that states that the bearer “knows how to use the library carefully and courteously and is welcome to be there.” David received his ‘license to learn’ from Bernice Williams, the school librarian at Barcroft Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, back in 1984 when he was just nine years old. Read
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The Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills
initiative underscores the critical role our nation’s
museums and libraries play in helping citizens build such
21st century skills as information, communications and technology
literacy, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity,
civic literacy, and global awareness. Read
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Students Know Best When It Comes to Online Homework Help
The public library systems in New York City were surprised
when their award-winning HomeworkNYC.org site was not popular with students.
Using an IMLS planning grant to conduct focus groups with students, the libraries
discovered that, in the era of social networking, students don’t want another
Web site to go to — but they will use a homework help app on a social networking site. Read more
