UH Mānoa's Library and Information Science Program receives $249,918 grant

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Contact:
Violet H Harada, (808) 956-5814
Prof & Assoc Prog Chair, Library and Information Science Program
Posted: Sep 25, 2009

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Library and Information Science Program (LIS) has received a National Leadership grant of $249,918 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for a project entitled, “Pathways to Excellence and Achievement in Research and Learning (PEARL).”  Violet Harada, LIS professor, is the principal investigator. Co-investigators are Margit Watts, College of Education; Michael Brian Ogawa, College of Natural Sciences-Department of Information and Computer Sciences; Jodie Mattos, University of Hawaiʻi Libraries; and Randy Hensley, Baruch College, New York.

The PEARL team will design and implement a training program for high school teachers and librarians to address “expectation gaps” between high school and post-high school pursuits. A training guide will be produced that focuses on the mastery of 21st century skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, interpreting information, and analytic reasoning. The project will be cooperatively developed with the Hawaiʻi Department of Education (DOE) as part of the DOE’s Senior Project initiative.

IMLS is the primary source of federal funds for the nation’s museums and libraries. The National Leadership grant is considered the capstone program for IMLS, providing the agency’s highest level of support for innovative projects with national impact that create important research, tools, and models for library and museum programs across the country.
 

For more information, visit: http://www.imls.gov/news/2009/092409b.shtm