ALA Emerging Leaders Group F
Revision of IMLS 21st Century Librarian Grant
Application for ASCLA
Team Members
Edward Garcia
Arianne Hartsell-Gundy
Jessica Hernandez
J.P. Porcaro
Jennifer Walker
edprism@gmail.com
hartsea@muohio.edu
jnhernan@email.arizona.edu
jporcaro@njcu.edu
jenwann@yahoo.com
Project Description
Work on revising the 21st Century Librarian grant proposal, so that it may be submitted
by ASCLA to the IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program in December 2010.
The proposal, if funded, would support scholarships and assistive services for persons
with disabilities to attend graduate school and obtain their MLS.
Selected Survey Results
We decided to create two surveys to learn more about the issues involved with this grant.
One survey was designed for officials at ALA Accredited MLS Programs to learn more
about how library school programs are currently preparing students to work with people
with disabilities. The second survey was designed for current library science students to
learn about how many students are interested in working with people with disabilities.
Selected Bibliography
American Library Association. Library Services for People with Disabilities Policy.
2006. Web. 26 May 2010.
Barlow, Cara. “Don’t Just Serve People with Disabilities---Hire Them.” American
Libraries 26.8 (1995): 772. LISTA. Web. 26 May 2010.
Bonnici, Laurie J., Stephanie L. Maatta, and Muriel K. Wells. “U.S. National
Accessibility Survey: Librarians Serving Patrons with Disabilities.” New Library
World 10.11/12 (2009): 512-528. LISTA. Web. 26 May 2010.
Deines-Jones, Courtney, ed. Improving Library Services to People with Disabilities.
Oxford: Chandos Publication, 2007. Print.
“Disability.gov: Connecting the Disability Community to Information & Opportunities.”
Web. 26 May 2010.
Koulikourdi, Anna. “Library Education and Disability Issues.” Education for Information
26.3-4 (2008): 203-212. ERIC. Web. 26 May 2010.
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics.
Annual Disability Statistics Compendium, 2009. Web. 26 May 2010.