Moore awarded IMLS grant

Dr. Jennifer Moore, associate professor in SLIS, and Dr. Joe Sanchez, assistant professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at Queens College, were awarded $150,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services Laura Bush 21^st Century Librarian Program to host a national forum on integrating computational thinking into LIS youth services courses.

The forum, a series of virtual and face-to-face workshops, will bring together interdisciplinary faculty (from Learning Sciences, Educational Technology, and Library and Information Science), pre-service librarians, and in-service librarians to collaboratively develop a framework for a model curriculum, course modules, or class activities integrating computational thinking (CT) into Library and Information Science (LIS) youth services courses. Materials created in this forum will be shared within the Libraries Ready to Code (RtC) website to complement the resources already available to the library community. Forum findings will also be disseminated within the LIS community through journal articles, conference presentations, and other venues. Materials may also be used by ALA's Washington Office for advocacy and to inform policy priorities.

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