An American Future: Library Service Opportunities for Immigrant Youth
An intern peers between shelves in the library stacks


Liberty’s Promise, an immigrant youth service organization, teamed with the Fairfax County Public Library system to create an internship program that delivered benefits for the library, the interns, and the community. Read More

 
January 2013: Ancient Mammoth, Newfound Paleontological Pride
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Dee, a Columbian Mammoth, was 65 to 70 when he died approximately 11,600 years ago. In 2010, Dee was reborn as the centerpiece of a major Ice Age exhibit at the Tate Geological Museum at Casper College.​ Read More

 
December 2012: Multiplying Multiculturalism: One Museum Plots a Course to Promote Cultural Preservation Statewide
Marion McGee, the assistant director, and Althemese Barnes, the founder of the John G. Riley House and Museum.


As a small museum grew into a multi-dimensional center of historic and cultural preservation, it faced a challenge. The museum’s founder needed to expand professional capacity and put in place a leader to succeed her. Read More