Interview: Arkansas State Library
December 15, 2014Carolyn Ashcraft, State Librarian, Arkansas State Library
Supporting Literacy Tutors
December 9, 2014Ed. Note: This blog was originally posted on the OCTAE Blog.
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Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future
December 5, 2014By Matthew Birnbaum Senior Evaluation Officer, IMLS I had the privilege of participating in the 28th annual conference of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) in Denver, October 15-18. Attracting thousands of domestic and international evaluators from education, government, nonprofit organizations and private firms, the meeting is the world's premiere evaluation conference.
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Interview: Vermont Department of Libraries
December 3, 2014Martha Reid, State Librarian, Vermont Department of Libraries
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New Funding Available for Programs that Serve Disconnected Youth
November 26, 2014Five Federal agencies, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), are coming together with a new opportunity to help communities overcome the obstacles they face in achieving better outcomes for disconnected youth. The funding will support efforts to help young people between the ages of 14 and 24, especially those who are low-income, homeless, in foster care, in the juvenile… Read more
Operation AmeriCorps Competition Launches
November 24, 2014Ed. Note: This blog was originally posted on Corporation for National & Community Service Blog.
Museums and Libraries: Be a Part of our Brain Building Journey
November 21, 2014By Ellen Galinsky President and Co-Founder of Families and Work Institute We are starting an exciting new endeavor, and want you to join us! In our studies at Families and Work Institute (FWI), we often ask people to come up with a word that describes life today.
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Interview: Colorado State Library
November 21, 2014Eugene Hainer, Director and State Librarian, Colorado State Library
Introducing: The Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection
November 18, 2014Elizabeth B. DeBold, Project Coordinator Kenneth J. Woo, Doctoral Fellow for Research and Education The Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection is a grant-funded project to provide digital access to publications of and about religious bodies in North Carolina. Partner institutions at Duke, UNC, and Wake Forest University, contributed the largest portion of the items in this collection, but… Read more
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Libraries and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
November 13, 2014This article is cross-posted on the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education blog hosted by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor blog.