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Library and afterschool partnerships: How afterschool providers are working together with public libraries

September 1, 2017 | Public Programs, Exhibitions
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, our goal is to build bridges between the afterschool and library fields, so that both can share knowledge and resources to better serve our youth. While our work together has primarily focused on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education through NCIL’s project, STAR_Net (Science-Technology Activities and Resources Library Education Network) the questions posed in our survey of afterschool providers offers a broader glimpse into the many types of partnerships happening with public libraries, as well as ideas for future growth. Note that we kept our discussion of the findings brief, but you can find the full set of survey results in the Appendix, starting on page 12.

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  • Afterschool Alliance
    Author
  • REVISE logo
    Principal Investigator
  • Robert Jakubowski
    Co-Principal Investigator
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    Co-Principal Investigator
  • Laine Castle
    Co-Principal Investigator
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    Co-Principal Investigator
  • Citation

    Funders

    NSF
    Funding Program: AISL
    Award Number: 1421427
    Funding Amount: $2,993,877.00
    Resource Type: Research | Reference Materials | Research and Evaluation Instruments | Survey | Evaluation Reports | Summative
    Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM | Geoscience and geography | Space science | Technology
    Audience: General Public | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators | Learning Researchers
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Afterschool Programs | Library Programs | Exhibitions | Library Exhibits
    Access and Inclusion: Low Socioeconomic Status | Rural | Urban

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