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New Grants Help Museums and Libraries Connect Youth with Friends, Learning, and Mentors to Link their Passions to Future Success

November 8, 2012 07:57 AM
Learning Labs Foster Creativity and Collaboration through Creation in STEM and Beyond. Read More

 
Girl reading books in library
Blog Post: Meeting the Needs of 21st Century Teens

May 3, 2013 12:32 PM
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Summit on Libraries & Teens was the first conversation point in a yearlong National Forum that continues with a virtual town hall meeting on May 21. Read More

 
EF Media Lab / Photo: Ben Filio
Blog Post: With Digital Technologies, Can School Libraries Help Transform Learning?

March 13, 2013 03:09 PM
Educators from across the country are using digital technologies to create more opportunities for experiential, hands-on learning. Read More

 
Marcia Mardis
Blog Post: A More Powerful School Library Catalogue

January 25, 2013 08:03 AM
The Digital Libraries to School Libraries (DL2SL) project launches its updated digital resource cataloging tool, Web2MARC. Read More

 
Students from the Borough of Manhattan Community College CLIP program at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan
October 2012: Where to Learn English? A Museum Of Course


Art museums can be excellent English literacy classrooms. An innovative program that partners university and community college ESL programs with New York City art museums is finding that works of art generate excellent discussions for students of English. Read More

 
students use computers in the museum
February 2012: Tubman African American Museum Takes Exhibits Beyond Museum Walls


The Tubman African American Museum is giving “community outreach” a new meaning. While looking to expand its audience and provide education beyond the museum walls, the museum developed an “Arts & History Outreach Program” that is doing just that. Read More

 
GoKids program at the Boston Children’s Museum
January 2012: Boston Children’s Museum Finds Community is Great Teacher


When the Boston Children’s Museum’s KidPower—a new health exhibit—became the anchor exhibit of its new wing, the Museum’s new health focus was literally front and center. They joined the ranks of children’s museums that are becoming a national force in combating childhood obesity and at the same time found they could learn valuable lessons from their local community. Read More