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Library Patrons attend a Critical Path Center open house.
Never Too Late to Learn: Philadelphia Program Delivers Digital Literacy Among Adult Learners
How do you use a computer or write an email? An IMLS grant is teaching community members the valuable digital skills they need in today’s world.
Visitors use the interactive map at the Sealaska Heritage Institute’s exhibit “Our Grandparents’ Names on the Land”.
Filling In the Map: Presenting and Preserving Native Alaskan History
“Our Grandparents’ Names on the Land,” a Native American Museum Services Grant to the Sealaska Heritage Institute, brings interactive stories of the past into the present.
Athens-Clarke County Library Interns
Transforming a Library, Changing Lives: Empowering At-Risk Youth to Become Leaders
Here’s how mentorship and after-school clubs are lifting up young people in Georgia.
Photo courtesy of Yuma County Library District
From Book Delivery to Virtual Scavenger Hunts: How Arizona is Helping Libraries and Communities Stay Connected
Libraries are discovering new, creative approaches to reach their communities during this time of social distancing.
The Old Manse Downstairs Parlor Exhibit
Conservation in Concord: Bringing Alive a Gathering Place of 19th-Century Literary Legends
The Old Manse, famed gathering place for Emerson and Thoreau, cataloged and conserved its treasured book and art collection thanks to an IMLS grant.
Girl writing on window, Colusa Indian Community Council
How the Colusa Indian Community is Bringing Youth Together Across the Digital Divide
In a time of social distancing, a tribal library felt the loss of social connection among their youth—so they’ve found new ways to connect.
StoryWalk Ponca City
Tai Chi, Tango, and Transformation: How Oklahoma Libraries are Inspiring Healthy Communities
The Oklahoma Department of Libraries is encouraging patrons to move more, eat better, and address their mental health—and it’s never been more critical.
Children participating in Code Club. (Photo courtesy of Prenda)
Coding at Every Library: Empowering Kids in Rural Communities Across the Country
The North Dakota State Library's National Leadership Grant is expanding kids' coding clubs in 100 rural communities across America.
Participants in the 2018 cohort
All About Assessment: Creating a Research-Driven Community of Librarianship
The Institute for Research Design in Librarianship at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, gathers together librarians from across the country for a transformative learning experience.
People sitting at a restaurant table during a food tour
How Museum Tours are Lifting Up Seattle's Historic Chinatown-International District
The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience launched a two-year project that transformed its tour program to help empower the community, uplift local businesses, and preserve its rich history.

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