How Libraries Can Better Serve the Homeless
A UT graduate student has studied how libraries can better serve poor and homeless people in their communities.
Baker Center Becomes Diplomacy Lab Partner with US Department of State
The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy has been selected as a partner in the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomacy Lab program. The Diplomacy Lab helps the State Department broaden its research base and more effectively respond to a variety of global challenges.
UT Wins Grant to Look at Rural Public Libraries’ Role in Economic Development
Two UT faculty members have received a $49,557 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to look at the role rural public libraries play in the economic development of the Appalachian region.
Information and Library Science Grants to Support Rural Librarians, Hispanic Educators and Students
The Center for Information and Communication Studies has received funding for projects to support rural librarians and increase the number of Hispanic library science faculty members. The grants were announced by the Institute of Museum and Library Services as two of the thirty-two Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grants totaling $10.3 million.