June 2006 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Announcement

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Arizona

University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science -
Award Amount: $959,254; Applicant Match:$628,147.00
Grant Category: Programs to Build Insitutional Capacity

Contact: Dr. Jana Bradley
Professor and Director
janabrad@email.arizona.edu
P.O. Box 3308
Tucson, AZ 85722-3308

Project Title: "Building Capacity for Digital Information Management"
The University of Arizona, School of Information Resources and Library Science, will partner with the University of Arizona Office of Continuing Education and Outreach and the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records to develop and administer a new post-baccalaureate certificate program. Six hundred students will be introduced to the theoretical knowledge, conceptual framework, and practical skills required to create, maintain, and curate collections of digital information. Funding will be used to develop four new courses in digital collection development and curation, to adapt existing courses in digital collections for use within the certificate program, and to recruit and retain a professor.

University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science -
Award Amount: $932,094; Applicant Match:$211,908.00
Grant Category: Masters Level Programs

Contact: Leslie Kent-Kunkel
Assistant Director
lkunkel@email.arizona.edu
P.O. Box 3308
Tucson, AZ 85722-3308

Project Title: "Developing a Diverse Cadre of Librarians for Small and Rural Libraries in Arizona."
The University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science will partner with Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records to increase the number of librarians with master’s degrees serving Arizona’s rural communities. Funding will provide 25 or more full fellowships to Master of Library Science candidates representing the diversity of the communities served. The availability of distance education and newly relaxed residency requirements at the University of Arizona permit candidates to earn their degrees while serving as staff members or interns in small and rural libraries. Upon graduation, candidates are expected to work with rural or underserved populations in Arizona.

Colorado

University of Colorado at Boulder Library - Boulder, CO
Award Amount: $264,084; Applicant Match:$267,744.00
Grant Category: Continuing Education

Contact: Mr. Timothy Byrne
Head, Government Publications Department
(303)492-4375; Tim.Byrne@Colorado.edu
3100 Marine Street
572 UCB, Room 481
Boulder, CO 80309-0572

Project Title: "Government Information in the 21st Century"
The University of Colorado at Boulder Library will partner with Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records; New Mexico State Library; Wyoming State Library; and Utah State University Library to create a multistate, multitype library training program that will train reference and public service librarians in the use of electronic federal government information resources. This program will increase the confidence of existing government publication librarians, increase the knowledge of more than 500 general librarians, and create an online learning and support environment.

District of Columbia

Association of Research Libraries - Washington, DC
Award Amount: $468,452; Applicant Match:$105,982.00
Grant Category: Masters Level Programs

Contact: Mr. Jerome Offord
Director of Diversity Initiatives
(202)296-2296; jerome@arl.org
21 Dupont Circle, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036

Project Title: "ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce"
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) will address the growing need for specialized librarians to help users who create and need access to digital resources and scientific data. The primary goal of the project is to educate, develop, and hire new librarians from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, specifically those with a background in applied and natural sciences. Forty-five graduate students will receive stipends, mentoring, and leadership development experiences to launch their careers in an ARL library.

Florida

Florida State University College of Information - Tallahassee, FL
Award Amount: $943,052; Applicant Match:$373,443.00
Grant Category: Masters Level Programs

Contact: Dr. Nancy Everhart
Associate Professor
(850)644-8122; everhart@ci.fsu.edu
118 N. Woodward Ave.
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4166

Project Title: "1-2-3 LEAD: SLMS for the 21st Century: Leaders Educated to Make a Difference"
The Florida State University College of Information will partner with six Florida school districts--Broward, Gadsden, Leon, Pinellas, Polk, and Santa Rosa County--and Florida A & M, a historically black university, to recruit and educate 30 teacher-leaders to become library leaders. Participants will complete Florida State University’s online master’s degree program and obtain Florida certification as school library media specialists. They will also attend two summer leadership workshops led by the Educational Testing Service and the American Association of School Librarians, attend relevant workshops, and present or volunteer at state and national conferences. All graduates will be placed in school media positions upon completion of the program and certification.

Idaho

Pacific Northwest Library Association - Boise, ID
Award Amount: $58,500; Applicant Match:$60,200.00
Grant Category: Continuing Education

Contact: Ms. Mary DeWalt
Director, Ada Community Library
(208)362-0181x23; mdewalt@adalib.org
10664 West Victory Road
Boise, ID 83709-3962

Project Title: "PNLA Leads"
The Pacific Northwest Library Association will develop and present a weeklong leadership institute to degreed and nondegreed library staff throughout five states and two Canadian provinces in the northwest region. The institute will develop and enhance skills and aptitudes, build a library network, reach isolated rural library staff, and address the important issue of succession planning through retention and development of talented staff within all types of libraries in the region.

Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and
Award Amount: $972,839; Applicant Match:$609,241.00
Grant Category: Pre-Professional Programs

Contact: Rae-Anne Montague
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
(217)244-0577; rae@uiuc.edu
1901 S. First, Suite A
Champaign, IL 61820

Project Title: "Library Access Midwest Program (LAMP)"
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information and the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Science will develop the Library Access Midwest Program (LAMP), a regional alliance that will attract 20 promising college students to careers in librarianship. Special emphasis will be placed on recruiting students from statistically and historically underrepresented populations. In addition to the direct effect it will have on these 20 students and their contributions to the library field, LAMP is designed to be a replicable model for other regions.

University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign - Champaign, IL
Award Amount: $91,561; Applicant Match:$95,665.00
Grant Category: Continuing Education

Contact: Ms. Nuala Koetter
Head, Digital Services and Development Unit
(217)333-9048; nabennet@express.cites.uiuc.edu
1901 S. First, Suite A
Champaign, IL 61820

Project Title: "Metadata for You and Me: A Training Program for Shareable Metadata"
The University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign will partner with Indiana University for a training program that will address the needs of library, museum, and cultural heritage professionals in the creation, development, and use of shareable descriptive metadata. The project team will develop and conduct weeklong online training courses that professionals can take at their own pace to learn what constitutes shareable metadata, how to think critically about their metadata within their local context, and how to produce shareable metadata. In addition, the team will hold a series of onsite workshops at different locations around the nation to train cultural heritage professionals in the development and use of shareable metadata.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate School of Library and
Award Amount: $852,503; Applicant Match:$382,749.00
Grant Category: Programs to Build Insitutional Capacity

Contact: Dr. P. Heidorn
Associate Professor
(217)244-7792; pheidorn@uiuc.edu
1901 S. First, Suite A
Champaign, IL 61820

Project Title: "Centuries of knowledge"
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will develop a new concentration in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science that establishes educational collaborations with premier science data centers across the country. The project will prepare a new generation of library and information science professionals to curate materials from databases and other formats. It will include paid fellowships for 24 students.

Chicago Public Schools, Department of Libraries and Information Services -
Award Amount: $310,769; Applicant Match:$236,878.00
Grant Category: Masters Level Programs

Contact: Mr. Paul Whitsitt
Director, Libraries and Information Services
(773)553-6210; pkwhitsitt@cps.k12.il.us
1326 West 14th Place
Room 216
Chicago, IL 60608-2106

Project Title: "Chicago Teacher-Librarians for the 21st Century ("CTL21")"
The Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries and Information Services will partner with Dominican University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science to address the shortage of certified elementary school librarians serving a diverse student population in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Fifteen teachers will receive master’s degrees in library and information science, full school librarian certification, mentor support, and professional development training. The main project objective is to increase the number of certified school library media specialists working in CPS elementary school libraries, meeting the need for more racial and culturally diversity.

Iowa

University of Iowa, School of Library and Information Science - Iowa City, IA
Award Amount: $918,589; Applicant Match:$198,077.00
Grant Category: Masters Level Programs

Contact: Padmini Srinivasan
Professor
(319)335-5708; padmini-srinivasan@uiowa.edu
3087 Main Library
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52240-1420

Project Title: "Recruiting and Educating the 21st Century Digital Librarian"
The University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science will collaborate with four units within the University of Iowa--the UI Libraries, Academic Technologies, the WiderNet Project, and the International Writing Program--to recruit and train 20 librarians with a special emphasis on digital librarianship. While earning master’s degrees in library and information science, the recruits will also gain experience by participating in a clinical rotation model and working on specific digital library projects with the partner organizations.

Kansas

Emporia State University School of Library and Information Management -
Award Amount: $857,754; Applicant Match:$518,375.00
Grant Category: Masters Level Programs

Contact: Dr. John Agada
Professor
(620)341-5234; agadajoh@emporia.edu
1200 Commercial St.
Emporia, KS 66801-5087

Project Title: "Emporia Diversity Initiative: Matching Recruitment with Retention Strategies"
The Emporia State University School of Library and Information Management will lead a project designed to recruit, train, and retain 18 local minority library staff and students for library service in Kansas, Colorado, and Oregon. Candidates will receive full scholarships and earn undergraduate, master’s, or doctoral library degrees. Formal partners include the Oregon State Library, the Multnomah County Public Library, Portland Community College Library, the libraries of the University of Colorado at Boulder and Denver, the University of Kansas Libraries, Kansas City Kansas Public Library, and the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library.

Michigan

Wayne State University Libraries - Detroit, MI
Award Amount: $851,018; Applicant Match:$366,606.00
Grant Category: Masters Level Programs

Contact: Mr. Jeffrey Trzeciak
Associate Dean
(313)577-6013; ae5308@wayne.edu
5057 Woodward
Suite 6420
Detroit, MI 48202-3622

Project Title: "Recruiting and Educating the 21st Century Fine and Performing Arts Librarian"
Wayne State University Libraries will establish a Detroit-based collaborative to educate new librarians about fine and performing arts librarianship. Official partners include the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the Michigan Opera Theater. Stipends will be used to attract 12 individuals, with an emphasis on underrepresented groups, and place them in mentor relationships with senior librarians. In addition to earning master’s degrees in library and information science from Wayne State University, the recruits will receive practical training from mentors in the following areas: building and organizing a new library; managing an orchestra library; providing services in a well-established library; and providing services to faculty in an academic environment.

Minnesota

College of St. Catherine - St. Paul, MN
Award Amount: $778,251; Applicant Match:$724,936.00
Grant Category: Pre-Professional Programs

Contact: Dr. Mary Wagner
Professor and Chair, MLIS
(651)690-6843; mmwagner@stkate.edu
2004 Randolph Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105

Project Title: "The Urban Library Program"
Building upon an earlier IMLS-funded project, the College of St. Catherine will partner with Saint Paul Public Library and Minneapolis Public Library to further develop and refine the Urban Library Program (ULP), a model for the recruitment, education, hiring, and retention of library paraprofessionals. In its first two years ULP has fielded more than 100 applications and has admitted 33 students. The first group of eight students graduated in June 2005. This second phase of ULP will help to ensure that jobs will exist for these students when they complete the program, that barriers to library employment will be lowered or eliminated for diverse members of the Twin Cities community, and that educational opportunities will be available to all who seek them.

Missouri

University of Missouri at Columbia, School of Information Sciences and Learning
Award Amount: $615,365; Applicant Match:$202,815.00
Grant Category: Doctoral Programs

Contact: Dr. John Budd
Professor
(573)882-3258; BuddJ@missouri.edu
Office of Sponsored Program Administration
310 Jesse Hall
Columbia, MO 65211-1230

Project Title: "Educating Doctoral Student to Prepare the Next Generation of Public and Academic "
The University of Missouri at Columbia School of Information Sciences and Learning Technologies will recruit and educate nine library doctoral students. The goal of the project is to prepare the students to join faculties and to educate others in library and information science, particularly in public and academic library environments. Three new seminars will also be developed on the themes of intellectual freedom, libraries and learning communities, and categorization and classification.

Nevada

Nevada State Library and Archives - Carson City, NV
Award Amount: $696,378; Applicant Match:$446,322.00
Grant Category: Masters Level Programs

Contact: Ms. Sara Jones
Administrator and State Librarian
(775)684-3315; sfjones@clan.lib.nv.us
100 North Stewart Street
Carson City, NV 89701

Project Title: "Mining the 21st Century Librarian II: A Collaboration to Recruit and Educate Diverse "
The Nevada State Library and Archives, in collaboration with the University of Nevada – Las Vegas Libraries, the University of North Texas School of Library Science, and the Las Vegas – Clark County Library District, will build upon a successful multilibrary collaboration begun in 2002 and supported by IMLS in 2004. The funds will be used to recruit 40 diverse students from Nevada, Utah, and other western states for enrollment in the fall of 2007; increase the level of grant support available to students pursuing library master’s degrees in those states; and provide an enriched educational experience through in-depth special topic seminars and professional development support.

New Jersey

New Jersey State Library - Trenton, NJ
Award Amount: $999,861; Applicant Match:$222,833.00
Grant Category: Masters Level Programs

Contact: Ms. Kathleen Peiffer
Deputy Director
(609)292-9623; kpeiffer@njstatelib.org
P.O. Box 520
Trenton, NJ 08625

Project Title: "Building the Multicultural, Multilingual New Jersey Library Staff"
The New Jersey State Library will collaborate with Rutgers University School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Thomas Edison State College, Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, and New Jersey Library Association to recruit urban public librarians. Building on a current IMLS grant, the project’s main goal is to increase minority and bilingual staff in New Jersey’s urban public libraries. The project provides assistance in the form of scholarships and time off for 25 diverse New Jersey urban library employees to achieve their next level of library education. Five urban public library staff members will earn an AA degree; eight current BA students who already have 60 credits will earn a BA degree; ten BA graduates will earn a master’s degree in library science; one current PhD student will finish the program; and one new PhD student will receive an assistantship.

New York

Rochester City School District - Rochester, NY
Award Amount: $276,633; Applicant Match:$330,839.00
Grant Category: Masters Level Programs

Contact: Ms. Linda Cruttenden
Director of Library Services
(585)262-8733; linda.cruttenden@rcsdk12.org
131 West Broad Street
Rochester, NY 14614

Project Title: "Preparing Librarians for Upstate Schools 2 (PLUS 2)"
Rochester City School District will partner with Greece Central School District and Syracuse University to educate and recruit future librarians. Building on a previous IMLS-funded project, these funds will provide tuition support for 16 current New York State-certified teachers in the Rochester City and Greece Central School District to attend the master’s degree program in school library media services at Syracuse University. Eight participants will be minorities and two will be bilingual in Spanish and English. In addition, the project will facilitate a campaign targeting undergraduate students at the 13 Rochester-area colleges to raise their awareness about a career in school library media services.

Syracuse University School of Information Studies - Syracuse, NY
Award Amount: $398,612; Applicant Match:$118,245.00
Grant Category: Research

Contact: Dr. Ruth Small
Professor
(315)443-6144; drruth@syr.edu
Office of Sponsored Programs
113 Bowne Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1200

Project Title: "New York State's School Libraries and Library Media Specialists: An Impact Study"
The Syracuse University School of Information Studies will conduct a research project to provide the library community with information needed to support successful recruitment and education of the next generation of librarians. The project will establish baseline data on the impact of school library services, programs, and resources on student achievement and motivation. The findings will also be useful to school library preparation programs for reassessing their curricula and course content.

Syracuse University School of Information Studies - Syracuse, NY
Award Amount: $936,338; Applicant Match:$865,273.00
Grant Category: Programs to Build Insitutional Capacity

Contact: Dr. Bruce Kingma
Associate Dean & Professor
(315)443-7170; brkingma@syr.edu
Office of Sponsored Programs
113 Bowne Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1200

Project Title: "WISE+"
The Syracuse University School of Information Studies will collaborate with the University of Illinois and the University of Pittsburgh to build upon and enhance a successful IMLS-funded project that increases the diversity of and access to course offerings in library and information science (LIS). Specifically, the project seeks to support partnerships between LIS schools and library associations to increase course offerings to graduate students and current librarians, to train faculty and doctoral students to teach specialized online courses, and to build a digital repository of learning objects from this collection of courses.

North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library
Award Amount: $562,041; Applicant Match:$578,734.00
Grant Category: Programs to Build Insitutional Capacity

Contact: Dr. Helen Tibbo
Professor
(919)962-8063; tibbo@ils.unc.edu
104 Airport Drive, Suite 2200
CB# 1350
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1350

Project Title: "Preserving Access to Our Digital Future: Building an International Digital Curation "
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS) will partner with the National Archives and Records Administration to develop an openly accessible graduate-level curriculum to prepare students to work in the field of digital preservation. While much work has been done in this new field, little has been accomplished in the way of new education to prepare the first generation of digital curators to work in trusted digital repositories. With an advisory board of key international experts in the field, this project will provide funds for an initial group of five Carolina Digital Curation Fellows who will integrate the curriculum, advertise the existence of the programs at SILS, and draw attention to the need for digital curation. Two symposia will also bring the issues of digital curation and this curriculum to the broader library, archives, and museum communities as well as the public.

North Carolina Central University School of Library and Information Science -
Award Amount: $439,688; Applicant Match:$316,454.00
Grant Category: Masters Level Programs

Contact: Dr. Irene Owens
Dean
(919)530-6485; iowens@nccu.edu
P.O. Box 19586
Durham, NC 27707-3129

Project Title: "Library as Place: North Carolina Central University Diversity Scholars"
The North Carolina Central University School of Library and Information Science will partner with public and school library systems from five counties in central North Carolina to recruit 20 minority students to earn master’s degrees in library and information science. Partners include Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center, Hyconeechee Regional Library, Durham County Library, the Public Schools of Robeson County, and Wake County Public Libraries. Scholarships will allow the students to research themes in public and school libraries while earning their degrees. Students will be expected to return to their libraries of origin or to public and school library systems in North Carolina upon graduation.

East Carolina University, Department of Library Science - Greenville, NC
Award Amount: $668,222; Applicant Match:$69,463.00
Grant Category: Masters Level Programs

Contact: Dr. John Harer
Library Science Program Coordinator
(252)328-4389; harerj@mail.ecu.edu
2503 Joyner Library
Greenville, NC 27858-0353

Project Title: "COLRS: Community Oriented Librarian Recruitment Scholarship"
The Department of Library Science within the East Carolina University College of Education will fund the recruitment and education of up to 45 new school library media specialists. Recruits are needed to address the shortage of qualified professionals in North Carolina school districts, especially in rural areas. This program provides participants with scholarships to attend East Carolina University and assists in the completion of an online master’s degree in library science. Candidates are required to work in a rural North Carolina area for at least three years following graduation. Official partners include East Carolina University’s Joyner Library Teaching Resources Center, North Carolina School Library Media Association, and Latham Clinical Schools Network.

Ohio

Kent State University School of Library and Information Science - Kent, OH
Award Amount: $626,632; Applicant Match:$254,277.00
Grant Category: Continuing Education

Contact: Dr. Greg Byerly
Associate Professor
(330)672-2782; gbyerly@kent.edu
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, OH 44242-0001

Project Title: "Crossing Boundaries, Bridging the Gap: Connecting Museums Schools, and Libraries"
The Kent State University School of Library and Information Science will collaborate with INFOhio to enhance collaboration between 540 K–12 educators, school library media specialists, and museum professionals through continuing education. Partnership training workshops will make teachers and school library media specialists aware of the resources for schools and collaborative practices, and provide time for teams to begin developing a collaborative instructional unit. The project will also establish museum-school institutes, featuring nationally recognized speakers on both museum resources for schools and collaborative practices. A third major activity will be the establishment of a Web-based clearinghouse for projects, products, and information related to all aspects of museum-school cooperation.

Oklahoma

Rose State College - Midwest City, OK
Award Amount: $52,397; Applicant Match:$61,440.00
Grant Category: Pre-Professional Programs

Contact: Ms. Sharon Saulmon
Director, Learning Resources Center
(405)736-0259; ssaulmon@rose.edu
6420 SE 15th Street
Midwest City, OK 73110-2799

Project Title: "Information Matrix Camp"
Rose State College will partner with the Oklahoma Library Association to host a weeklong summer youth camp for 90 middle school students (30 each summer) ages 12 to 15. The goals of the camp are to promote librarianship and to encourage teens to consider library careers. In addition to library-related activities that demonstrate the fun aspects of librarianship, field trips to libraries and museums in central Oklahoma will enable students to learn about the different types of libraries and library careers available.

Pennsylvania

Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation - Philadelphia, PA
Award Amount: $999,069; Applicant Match:$855,125.00
Grant Category: Masters Level Programs

Contact: Mr. Kevin Vaughan
Associate Director
(215)686-5305; vaughank@library.phila.gov
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1189

Project Title: "A Regional Initiative: Growing New Leaders Today for the Library of the Future"
The Free Library of Philadelphia, in collaboration with Bucks County Free Library, Chester County Library System, Delaware County Library System, and Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library, will use grant funds to recruit and train librarians throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, with an emphasis on children’s and teen librarians. The project’s goals include increasing the number of professional children’s and teen librarians; increasing the number of professional librarians in leadership roles; growing the leadership skills of current librarians through mentorship; promoting children’s and teen librarianship as a career; and creating a national model for regional collaboration. Thirty-five recruits, the majority of whom will be current library staff members, will receive scholarships to obtain master’s degrees in library science from accredited programs.

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts - Philadelphia, PA
Award Amount: $199,648; Applicant Match:$216,262.00
Grant Category: Continuing Education

Contact: Ingrid Bogel
Executive Director
(215)545-0613; ibogel@ccaha.org
264 South 23rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-5530

Project Title: "A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media"
The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, working with numerous collaborators, will develop and present a two-day national training program for librarians and archivists on the task of preserving their audio and audiovisual collections. Collaborators on this project include PALINET, Kilgarlin Center at University of Texas, SOLINET, OCLC CAPCON Service Center, Harvard University Library, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the University of Denver. The workshop will be offered at seven sites in each of the country’s major regions. Scholarships will be offered to encourage attendance by students in graduate library programs, young professionals, and staff at institutions demonstrating financial need. A distance education component will be developed and launched in the third year of the program.

Drexel University College of Information Science and Technology - Philadelphia,
Award Amount: $242,995; Applicant Match:$202,099.00
Grant Category: Research

Contact: Dr. Jung-ran Park
Assistant Professor
(215)895-1669; jung-ran.park@cis.drexel.edu
3201 Arch Street, Suite 100
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2875

Project Title: "Metadata Creation and Metadata Quality Control across Digital Collections: Evaluation of"
In this early career development project, the Drexel University College of Information Science and Technology will fill a critical research gap by evaluating the current practice of metadata creation and quality control measures libraries employ. The project will examine current practices; identify factors hindering consistent, accurate, and complete metadata description; and assess new competencies and skill sets needed by cataloging professionals. This research is a necessary step toward achieving semantic interoperability in metadata creation.

University of Pittsburgh School of Information Science - Pittsburgh, PA
Award Amount: $999,771; Applicant Match:$176,188.00
Grant Category: Doctoral Programs

Contact: Dr. Toni Carbo
Professor
(412)624-9310; tcarbo@sis.pitt.edu
602 IS Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Project Title: "Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship Program"
The University of Pittsburgh School of Information Science will partner with the American Library Association on a project to increase racial and ethnic diversity in library and information sciences doctoral programs. Building on the success of the Spectrum Scholarship program, which has awarded more than 340 scholarships to date, the Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship Program will award 10 fellowship packages, including full tuition and a yearly stipend. With matching support pledged by nine other institutions, this program will also support the fellows’ professional development by offering opportunities for involvement in research and leadership activities. By the end of this three-year project, the university anticipates that it will have improved diversity in the library field, not only by supporting these 10 students, but by serving as a model and inspiration for other initiatives nationwide.

South Carolina

University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science -
Award Amount: $720,665; Applicant Match:$720,818.00
Grant Category: Doctoral Programs

Contact: Dr. Daniel Barron
Professor
(803)777-3858; ddbarron@gwm.sc.edu
901 Sumter St., Suite 501
Columbia, SC 29208

Project Title: "Creating the Teacher Scholar for Children, Families, and Literacy in School and Public "
The University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science will provide doctoral education for at least seven future library and information science faculty members who will focus their teaching, research, and professional service on the information, literacy, and reading needs of children and families in public and school libraries. Upon successful completion of the program, the doctoral graduates will be placed in diverse university settings, where they will contribute to enhancing the research productivity of the field as well as the education of master’s-level professionals.

Tennessee

Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development
Award Amount: $89,165; Applicant Match:$86,612.00
Grant Category: Continuing Education

Contact: Timothy Caboni
Assistant Dean
(615)343-2493; timothy.c.caboni@vanderbilt.edu
Station B 357749
110 21st Avenue S, Suite 937
Nashville, TN 37235-7749

Project Title: "Peabody Professional Institutes for Academic Library Leadership."
Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development will design and lead an intensive five-day summer institute for academic library leadership. Ten full scholarships will be awarded to leaders of libraries in historically black colleges and universities, tribal colleges, and Hispanic-serving institutions, or minority librarians who meet the criteria for acceptance into the institute. The scholars will explore the role of the library in furthering the goals and priorities of the parent institution, identify strategies for positioning the academic library as an agent for change within a higher education institution, and enhance participants’ ability to articulate persuasively the need for strengthened support for academic library services and resources.

Texas

El Paso Public Library Association - El Paso, TX
Award Amount: $804,270; Applicant Match:$622,625.00
Grant Category: Pre-Professional Programs

Contact: Ms. Sherry Lambert
Executive Director
(915)541-0070; slambert50L@netscape.net
501 North Oregon Street
El Paso, TX 79901-1103

Project Title: "Library Leadership Development Institute - Grow our Own Area Librarians (GOAL) "
The El Paso Public Library Association, Inc., will partner with the regional El Paso Area Libraries Consortium and People Skills, Inc., to establish a Library Leadership Development Institute, which will conduct two programs in the nine-county Trans-Pecos border region of Texas. One program is designed to identify at least 100 individuals--students, teachers, library workers, and other adults--who show an interest in and an aptitude for becoming librarians and to give them hands-on library experience as volunteers or scholarship-paid workers, while they receive training about career options in the field. The other program identifies at least 15 college students pursuing library and information science degrees and provides them with financial assistance, guidance, counseling, mentoring, job placement, and other help.

Houston Public Library - Houston, TX
Award Amount: $435,200; Applicant Match:$349,187.00
Grant Category: Masters Level Programs

Contact: Ms. Rose Trevino
Coordinator of Youth Services
(832)393-1398; Rose.Trevino@cityofhouston.net
500 McKinney
Houston, TX 77002-2530

Project Title: "Fountain of Youth"
The Houston Public Library will partner with the University of North Texas School of Library and Information Science to recruit and educate 15 youth services librarians. The diverse pool of scholarship recipients will comprise ten current Houston Public Library staff members without master’s degrees in library and information science (MLIS) and five applicants from outside the library system. Special emphasis will be on recruiting applicants who are bilingual in Spanish, Chinese, or Vietnamese to better serve the diverse local community. In addition to receiving an MLIS degree from the University of North Texas with a concentration in youth services, the participants will attend specialized training sessions related to youth services and librarianship, receive ongoing mentoring, and be provided with employment opportunities at the Houston Public Library and other library systems upon completion of the program.

Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin – Madison School of Library and Information Studies -
Award Amount: $246,718; Applicant Match:$12,203.00
Grant Category: Research

Contact: Dr. Kristin Eschenfelder
Assistant Professor
(608)263-2105; eschenfelder@wisc.edu
750 University Avenue
4th Floor
Madison, WI 53706-1490

Project Title: "Technological Protection Measures and Research Libraries: Current Applications, and "
In this early career development project, the University of Wisconsin – Madison School of Library and Information Studies will conduct a three-stage research project to investigate the impact of technological protection measures (TPMs) on the development and use of digital content by libraries in the United States. The study will examine the use of TPMs by research and academic libraries and investigate the impact of TPMs on learning, teaching, and scholarship.

Wyoming

Western Council of State Libraries - Cheyenne, WY
Award Amount: $594,757; Applicant Match:$876,714.00
Grant Category: Continuing Education

Contact: Ms. Susan McVey
Director
(405)521-2502; smcvey@oltn.odl.state.ok.us
c/o Wyoming State Library, attn: Lesley Boughton
2301 Capitol Ave.
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0060

Project Title: "Preserving Language, Memory and Lifeways: A Continuing Education Project for 21st "
The Western Council of State Libraries will partner with the American Indian Library Association, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, and Oregon State Library to provide educational opportunities to 1,000 tribal and nontribal library staff members that will result in improved delivery of library, media, and information services to Native Americans. The objective is to ensure that Native Americans attain access to library and information services that are recognized as basic to all Americans. Project activities include the sponsorship of national conferences, three immersion institutes, and a comprehensive Web site.