Northern Kentucky University (Northern Kentucky University, W. Frank Steely Library)

Northern Kentucky University (NKU), partnering with Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) and the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, will provide scholarships for undergraduate degrees to 50 library staff members working in the high-poverty rural sections of eastern and far western Kentucky. To meet their educational needs, the partners will further develop existing online programs, including the state's compulsory online public library certification program, the online associate's degree in library technology at BCTC, and a new "completer's program" in library informatics at NKU, which is designed to provide a bachelor's degree to those who already have an appropriate associate's degree.