TY - JOUR
T1 - Training for Librarians
T2 - An Analysis of the Institute of Museum and Library Services Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
AU - Gao, Wenli
AU - Wu, Jingjing
AU - Xiao, Jingshan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, © 2020 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2020/4/2
Y1 - 2020/4/2
N2 - The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a major funding agency for museums and libraries in the United States, offers a variety of grant programs. The Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (LB21) is one of the IMLS programs that focuses on training. Through analyzing awarded grants from 2003 to 2018, this project investigated the grant award distribution among different organizations and analyzed trends over time. Results indicated that researchers from higher education institutions received most of the grant money, and were relevantly concentrated among these institutions. Results for higher education grants in recent years also showed that collaborative projects among different institutions generally received large grants. Some recurring themes for recently awarded grants were also discussed. Findings from this project provide an overview of LB21 grant distribution and themes, and helps librarians and administrators identify training needs, and inspiring new grant ideas.
AB - The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a major funding agency for museums and libraries in the United States, offers a variety of grant programs. The Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (LB21) is one of the IMLS programs that focuses on training. Through analyzing awarded grants from 2003 to 2018, this project investigated the grant award distribution among different organizations and analyzed trends over time. Results indicated that researchers from higher education institutions received most of the grant money, and were relevantly concentrated among these institutions. Results for higher education grants in recent years also showed that collaborative projects among different institutions generally received large grants. Some recurring themes for recently awarded grants were also discussed. Findings from this project provide an overview of LB21 grant distribution and themes, and helps librarians and administrators identify training needs, and inspiring new grant ideas.
KW - Grant analysis
KW - Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
KW - training needs
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85078050684&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01930826.2020.1711660
DO - 10.1080/01930826.2020.1711660
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078050684
VL - 60
SP - 282
EP - 294
JO - Journal of Library Administration
JF - Journal of Library Administration
SN - 0193-0826
IS - 3
ER -