STEM Learning in Public Libraries: New Perspectives on Collaboration from a National Conference

September 1st, 2016 | RESEARCH

The informal STEM education (ISE) field is a landscape that includes a variety of institutions beyond schools, including museums, science centers, zoos, youth and adult organizations, documentary film producers—and public libraries (J. H. Falk, Randol, and Dierking 2012). Libraries across the country have been reimagining their community role and leveraging their resources and public trust to strengthen communnity-based learning and foster critical thinking, problem solving, and engagement in STEM.

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Team Members

Keliann LaConte, Author, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Paul Dusenbery, Author, Space Science Institute

Citation

Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 1089-9367

Publication: Informal Learning Review
Number: 140
Page(s): 21-27

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: AISL
Award Number: 1413783

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STEM Learning in Libraries: A National Conference on Needs, Opportunities, and Future Directions

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Audience: Educators | Teachers | General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals | Scientists
Discipline: General STEM
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Conferences | Exhibitions | Library Exhibits | Library Programs | Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Public Programs