Libraries at the Crossroads of the Digital Content Divide: Pathways for Information Continuity in a Youth-Led Geospatial Technology Program

K-12 Digital Skills Programs as Preparation for Engineering Study: A Systematic Literature Review

“…It is still worthwhile to look at the outcome statements collected (shown in Table 1). Proposed outcomes ranged from "provide a place to host the classes for the cyber classroom" [23] to "use digital technologies to advance [youth's] educational, occupational, and civic engagement aims [by] create[ing] a community-based geographic information system" [24]. As regions and schools vary on their access to technology and needs from it, so do the programs.…”

“…Another trend seen in outcomes is the emergence of programs for underrepresented groups in STEM fields. This includes students with other barriers to technology [23,25], minorities [24,26], students with disabilities [27], and other sociodemographic factors [28]. Four of the six aforementioned programs were in the USA, while only 36% of the total studies looked at in this review came from the USA, suggesting that these factors might be more prevalent, acknowledged, or at least researched, in the United States.…”

University Library Services to Engineering Summer Campers

“…Some university libraries have been able to offer more in-depth experiences than a tour or other short visit. Temple University has hosted a program where high school students used geospatial tools to map locations within Philadelphia that are significant in African American history, and then used library resources to study those sites [18]. Some academic libraries have developed ways to include library services and information literacy into STEM summer camps for younger students.…”