University of Illinois

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Library and Information Science and the University of Illinois Extension’s statewide 4-H network, will partner to reach youth and youth leaders with engaging, educational activities to recruit underserved youth into Library Information Science (LIS). Five Illinois communities—Champaign-Urbana, Chicago, Danville, East St. Louis, and Rockford—with a high concentration of minority, low-income, and English-language-learner populations will pilot the program. Junior high and high school youths will participate in a variety of activities designed to give them familiarity with a range of information science topics, and a variety of LIS careers. The project will also produce a curriculum for use elsewhere.