The Institute for Museums and Library Services recently released its list of June 2009 grant recipients (http://www.imls.gov/news/2009/061709b_list.shtm). One of these awards is a nearly $1M grant to Denver Public Library (principal investigator is DPL’s Kristen Svendsen); grant partners include REFORMA-Colorado, the Colorado Association of Libraries, and the University of Denver. The purpose of the grant is to increase the number of librarians with the skills and knowledge to serve linguistically and culturally diverse communities. The money will be used to pay full-tuition and scholarships for 18 students to obtain their master’s degrees at the University of Denver’s library school. (This is the 3rd such grant received by DPL; it is known locally as “Leaders III”.)
Ten students have been awarded scholarships and will attend library school in Fall 2009; an additional 8 students will be selected to attend library school in Fall 2010. One of the requirements of the scholarship is to become a member of REFORMA. Therefore, the REFORMA-Colorado Chapter will be growing by at least 18 members over the next two years!
The “Leaders III” students who will attend library school at DU in Fall 2009:
Corey Baker
Nicanor Diaz
Kristin Grabarek
Rebekah Henderson
Oksana Hoard
Natalie Romano
Milton Salazar
Bridget Tetteh
Regina Ward
Jill Wilson
Thanks to Lando Archibeque for submitting this blog entry.
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