North Carolina Central University

Building upon a previously-funded project, North Carolina Central University’s School of Library and Information Science, along with a wide range of North Carolina academic, public, and school library partners, will recruit and provide scholarships for Master’s of Library Science degrees to 20 minority students from 12 North Carolina counties. This extended, research-oriented Master’s program will focus on studying the “face-to-face” roles of the library, often abbreviated as “library as place,” as well as issues relating to diversity in librarianship. Library partners will provide students with work experiences, mentors, and opportunities for greater interaction between the academy and practice in their research.