Kent State University (Kent State University, School of Information)

Kent State University proposes to recruit and educate eighteen youth services librarians with an emphasis on the use of museums. The selected students will receive scholarships to complete their master’s degrees in library and information science through a combination of distance education throughout the academic year and two four-week summer sessions on campus, with a focus on using new technologies and applications such as wikis, podcasts and blogs. The project will increase the number of professional librarians in the area of youth services, and will potentially enhance awareness of museums and increase their use by young people.