MEDIA ADVISORY
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Eileen Maxwell, emaxwell@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
IMLS to Launch Museums and Libraries Engaging America’s Youth Initiative
| WHO: |
Mary Chute, Acting Director of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), will present a new agency
initiative: Museums and Libraries Engaging America’s Youth. |
| WHAT: |
6th Meeting of the IMLS National Museum and Library Services Board |
| WHERE: |
IMLS, 1800 M Street NW, 9th Floor, Washington, DC, 20036 |
| WHEN: |
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
|
10:45 a.m.
Board Room |
National experts will brief the audience about the challenges facing America’s youth:
- J. Robert Flores, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
- Karen Pittman, Executive Director, Forum for Youth Development
|
| NOON |
Presentation of the IMLS Museums and Libraries Engaging America’s Youth Initiative
Mary Chute, Acting Director, IMLS
|
12: 30 p.m.
Committee
Room |
Question and Answer Session
Mary Chute and other senior IMLS officials will take questions from the audience about the IMLS Museums and Libraries Engaging
America’s Youth Initiative. |
We know that youth face tremendous challenges to succeed in school and in life. As a nation we are increasingly aware of
the value of effective community institutions in engaging youth, both in school and out of school. Serving youth is core to the mission
of most museums and libraries and IMLS has a long history of grant making, research, and convening experts to support this mission. This
initiative will examine what works, share best practices, encourage more effective programming, and build bridges among libraries, museums
and public policy makers. |
