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Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2024
The Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE) is leading the development of the Agency's first Learning Agenda, which is organized around actionable learnings to three research and evaluation priorities: child reading literacy, future of museums and equity grantmaking. The Learning Agenda's primary…
Descriptors: Museums, Public Libraries, Federal Aid, Emergent Literacy
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Agyekum, Boadi – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2022
Public libraries in Hamilton provide countless services to different users, particularly older immigrants. The library system proves to be an inclusive learning space, promoting lifelong learning for all. The paper explores the relationship between public library use, lifelong learning and community development. In addition, it demonstrates the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Libraries, Users (Information), Librarians
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Adetayo, Adebowale Jeremy; Gbotoso, Arinola Oluwatoyin – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
Patronage of public libraries in Nigeria has declined over the years and is in urgent need of revitalization. Outreach efforts would revitalize the interest of university students in the patronage of public libraries in Nigeria because they need access to resources, especially when on holidays. The study investigates the outreach programs used to…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Library Services, Public Libraries, Users (Information)
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Leung, Lok-Man; Chiu, Dickson; Lo, Patrick – School Library Research, 2020
The purpose of the research was to explore the collaboration between public libraries and schools in Hong Kong from the perspective of school librarians. Three school librarians were interviewed (semi-structured), and their responses were thematically analyzed. Collaboration between public libraries and the three schools was well received and…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Public Libraries, Librarians, Institutional Cooperation
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 2019
This resource was designed to be used by individuals and groups as an ongoing reflection tool. Inclusion is not a one-size-fits-all concept, nor a complete-and-move-on challenge. The checklist and supporting resources are meant to help individual libraries evaluate current services as well as plan for the future. Ultimately, changes and…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Public Libraries, Library Services, Check Lists
Horrigan, John B. – Pew Research Center, 2016
The analysis in this report is based on a Pew Research Center survey conducted March 7-April 4, 2016, among a national sample of 1,601 adults, 16 years of age or older, living in all 50 United States and the District of Columbia. Fully 401 respondents were interviewed on landline telephones, and 1,200 were interviewed on cellphones, including 667…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, National Surveys, Interviews, Public Opinion
Afterschool Alliance, 2017
How do afterschool programs view their local public libraries? Are they working with them, and in what ways? These are the questions that the Afterschool Alliance, along with its partners at the Space Science Institute's National Center for Interactive Learning (NCIL) and the American Library Association, wanted to answer. Overall, the goal is to…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Public Libraries, Partnerships in Education, Library Services
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Guo, Siao-Cing; Lan, Yu-Ju – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
This study aims to investigate the influence of story creation on young EFL learners' reading performance. Action research was adopted to examine the effects of two different story reading projects in a library setting in Taiwan. Each project comprised a group of 19 young EFL learner from Grades 4 to 6 (aged 10-12). The first group's activities…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Simulation
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Molteni, Valeria E.; Goldman, Crystal; Oulc'hen, Enora – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014
The King Library in San José, California, is a unique combination of academic and public library. It serves the diverse populations of the City of San José and San José State University (SJSU). This article provides analysis of data collected in a study on the concept of "library as place" and SJSU students' sense of belonging toward the…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Academic Libraries, Public Libraries, Shared Resources and Services
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Behr, Michele; LaDell-Thomas, Julie – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2014
A significant number of distance students report they "stray" from their home universities by using local libraries, despite the fact that distance education librarians work hard to provide customized resources and services tailored to their programs and needs. Are public libraries and special libraries able to meet the research needs of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, College Students, Public Libraries, Electronic Libraries
Wanucha, Meghan; Hofschire, Linda – Library Research Service, 2013
In 2008, researchers at the Library Research Service (LRS) undertook the "U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies" study, with the intent to document the use of various Internet technologies on the websites of public libraries throughout the nation (Lietzau, 2009). The results of that study set a baseline for the adoption…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Internet, Web 2.0 Technologies, Electronic Libraries
Sloan, Kay; Randall, Michelle – National Endowment for the Arts, 2009
In July 2008, over 14,000 public libraries throughout the U.S. received, free of charge, a set of fourteen Audio Guides introducing them to The Big Read. Since 2007, when the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, in partnership with Arts Midwest, debuted The Big Read, the program has awarded grants to…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), World Literature, Museums, Public Libraries
California State Library, 2009
The California State Library is charged with performing the following activities as defined by law. The State Library, under the direction and control of the State Librarian, an appointee of the Governor, has responsibility: (1) To collect, preserve, generate and disseminate a wide array of information; (2) To serve as the central reference and…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, State Government, Library Services, Information Seeking
Lietzau, Zeth – Online Submission, 2009
The use of interactive web technologies on public library web sites in the United States has been a topic of much discussion in recent years, and a shift in certain types of user services is underway. Terms like "Web 2.0" and even "Library 2.0" have become common in library literature and at conferences as those on the early…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Technology Uses in Education, Internet, Web Sites
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Bland, Les, Comp. – Association of Research Libraries, 2009
"ARL Statistics 2007-2008" is the latest in a series of annual publications that describe collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities for the 123 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Of these, 113 are university libraries; the remaining 10 are public, governmental, and nonprofit research libraries. Data reported…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Statistics, Unit Costs, Tables (Data)
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