Urban Libraries

Urban Libraries Council will build programs and partnerships that will result in greater availability of STEM learning programs for low-income middle school youth. The project seeks to encourage public libraries to promote STEM equity and extend teen programs to the "tween" years, and it will highlight to policy and decision makers the opportunity and impact of library-school partnerships for STEM learning. It will result an online resource guide for library practitioners and their local partners with case studies of pilot projects, as well as a webinar series to help library-school partners adopt effective strategies. In addition to supporting the development of pilot library-school partnerships that implement complementary STEM programs, the project aims to document learnings and best practices.