From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 20:30:20 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [141.239.157.163] (account joan@cni.org HELO [172.16.0.2]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9) with ESMTPSA id 29108551 for cni-announce@cni.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:00:42 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: IMLS Learning in Libraries Focus Report X-Original-Message-Id: <7122467A-D756-42C2-A1FC-3358B62B0577@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:00:40 -0400 X-Original-To: "cni-announce@cni.org (cni-announce@cni.org)" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) Dear cni-announce subscribers: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has issued a report = prepared by OCLC Research summarizing their meeting of thought leaders = to discuss " Learning in Libraries." The focus meeting was held in = Kansas City in May. One of the themes from the report urges libraries to "design = participatory learning programs that demonstrate innovation and = scalability." The panel I moderated at the meeting highlighted that = theme and featured lively presentations on projects from speakers from = the University of Nevada, Reno, the Westport Library, and Library as = Incubator Project. The presentations are summarized in the report. IMLS suggests that the report might be useful background for those = preparing proposals for some of their grant programs. You can download the report from a link on a blog post from IMLS: = http://blog.imls.gov/?p=3D5999 Joan Lippincott CNI=