Carol Smallwood received a MLS from Western Michigan University, MA in History from Eastern Michigan University. Librarians as Community Partners: an Outreach Handbook; Bringing the Arts into the Library are recent ALA anthologies. Others are: Women on Poetry: Writing, Revising, Publishing and Teaching (McFarland, 2012); Marketing Your Library (McFarland, 2012); Library Services for Multicultural Patrons: Strategies to Encourage Library Use (Scarecrow Press, 2013). Her library experience includes school, public, academic, special, as well as administration and being a consultant; she’s a poetry Pushcart nominee.Vera Gubnitskaia, a manager at the Orange County Library System, Florida, obtained her library degrees from Moscow Institute of Culture (Russia) and Florida State University. Vera worked in public and academic libraries in Russia and USA. She co-edited Marketing You Library (McFarland 2012) and Continuing Education for Librarians (McFarland 2013). Her chapters appeared in the Librarians as Community Partners (ALA 2010) and in Library Management Tips that Work (ALA 2011). Her reviews were published by the Journal of International Women’s Studies and Small Press Review.

f you are considering developing a STEM program for your library, this book is an excellent place to start. Through this useful guide, the editors show how librarians are avidly involved in the national STEM education movement. The editors have organized 25 chapters into 8 parts, covering an array of STEM activities for libraries. The authors guide you through their projects, how they got started, and what choices they made. Drawing upon their first-hand experiences, they communicate both successes and pitfalls encountered along the way. . . .The book presents constructive ideas and methods to integrate quality STEM programs in an effective way. Librarians are featured as creators, innovators, and mentors in learning environments centered on creativity. This how-to resource is highly recommended for a wide audience of librarians who are sure to motivate future scientists, computer professionals, engineers, and mathematicians.

• Table of ContentsForewordPaula M. StormPrefaceVera Gubnitskaia and Carol SmallwoodAcknowledgementsPart IRange and ScopeWonderWorks: Preschoolers Playing with STEMCarissa ChristnerCreating STEM Kits for Teen ProgramsKelly CzarneckiDigging into Reading: A Worm’s PerspectiveBarbara Fiehn and Jeanine M. HussThe Maker Movement, STEM and Libraries: How Libraries Large and Small Can Support Hands-On Math and Science Learning in Their CommunitiesCynthia HoustonThe STEM Kids Program and the FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®) at the Grand Forks Public LibraryAaron Stefanich and Laura MunskiPart IITeachingAnimation Programs at the Evansville Vanderburgh Public LibraryMichael CherryHow Not to Blow Up the Library: Planning and Facilitating a Homeschool Science Lab in Your BuildingFred KirchnerCustomizing the For-Credit Information Literacy Course for STEM MajorsRosalia Petralia and Kathy TurnerPart IIIInformation Literacy and Educational SupportKid-ventions with the U.S. Patent LibraryBarbara J. HamptonA Math Emporium ProjectNastasha Johnson and Tiffany B. RussellThe School Librarian Role in the FIRST® LEGO® League Team ProjectKarla Steege Krueger STEMming From Scratch:STEM Library Services for High School Students Enrolled as University StudentsJanna Mattson and Heather Groves HannanPart IVCollection DevelopmentHow to Get Science GoingKeary BramwellGraphic Novels Ignite Imagination in the SciencesMelanie E. Hughes and Gary Pinkston Part VResearch and PublishingShowcasing Scientific Research Output: New Audiences for Science LibrariesAlvin HutchinsonEmbedding Librarians into the STEM Publication ProcessAnne Rauh and Linda M. GallowayPart VIOutreachHow NOT to Reinvent the STEM Wheel: Using Crowdsourcing and Community Partners Jennifer HopwoodGirls’ Night Out: STEM Programs for Girls OnlyKathleen J. ClausonCelebrating Geographic Information Systems through GIS Day @ Your LibraryCarol Patterson McAuliffeFun is Learning: Making an Interactive Science Café SeriesKaren LauritsenPart VIIPartnershipsHow to Make Library Workshops Popular with Science and Engineering Students Giovanna BadiaLearning About Future Stem CareersEileen G. Harrington‘Take it from the Top’: Cultivating Relationships with STEM Faculty to Connect with StudentsShawn V. Lombardo and Barbara A. ShipmanPart VIIIFundingGrant Writing to Support STEMSusan P. Cordell and Reenay R.H. RogersSTEM on a Budget!Sarah WrightAbout the ContributorsIndex

Carol Smallwood received a MLS from Western Michigan University, MA in History from Eastern Michigan University. Librarians as Community Partners: an Outreach Handbook; Bringing the Arts into the Library are recent ALA anthologies. Others are: Women on Poetry: Writing, Revising, Publishing and Teaching (McFarland, 2012); Marketing Your Library (McFarland, 2012); Library Services for Multicultural Patrons: Strategies to Encourage Library Use (Scarecrow Press, 2013). Her library experience includes school, public, academic, special, as well as administration and being a consultant; she’s a poetry Pushcart nominee.Vera Gubnitskaia, a manager at the Orange County Library System, Florida, obtained her library degrees from Moscow Institute of Culture (Russia) and Florida State University. Vera worked in public and academic libraries in Russia and USA. She co-edited Marketing You Library (McFarland 2012) and Continuing Education for Librarians (McFarland 2013). Her chapters appeared in the Librarians as Community Partners (ALA 2010) and in Library Management Tips that Work (ALA 2011). Her reviews were published by the Journal of International Women’s Studies and Small Press Review.

f you are considering developing a STEM program for your library, this book is an excellent place to start. Through this useful guide, the editors show how librarians are avidly involved in the national STEM education movement. The editors have organized 25 chapters into 8 parts, covering an array of STEM activities for libraries. The authors guide you through their projects, how they got started, and what choices they made. Drawing upon their first-hand experiences, they communicate both successes and pitfalls encountered along the way. . . .The book presents constructive ideas and methods to integrate quality STEM programs in an effective way. Librarians are featured as creators, innovators, and mentors in learning environments centered on creativity. This how-to resource is highly recommended for a wide audience of librarians who are sure to motivate future scientists, computer professionals, engineers, and mathematicians.

• Table of ContentsForewordPaula M. StormPrefaceVera Gubnitskaia and Carol SmallwoodAcknowledgementsPart IRange and ScopeWonderWorks: Preschoolers Playing with STEMCarissa ChristnerCreating STEM Kits for Teen ProgramsKelly CzarneckiDigging into Reading: A Worm’s PerspectiveBarbara Fiehn and Jeanine M. HussThe Maker Movement, STEM and Libraries: How Libraries Large and Small Can Support Hands-On Math and Science Learning in Their CommunitiesCynthia HoustonThe STEM Kids Program and the FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®) at the Grand Forks Public LibraryAaron Stefanich and Laura MunskiPart IITeachingAnimation Programs at the Evansville Vanderburgh Public LibraryMichael CherryHow Not to Blow Up the Library: Planning and Facilitating a Homeschool Science Lab in Your BuildingFred KirchnerCustomizing the For-Credit Information Literacy Course for STEM MajorsRosalia Petralia and Kathy TurnerPart IIIInformation Literacy and Educational SupportKid-ventions with the U.S. Patent LibraryBarbara J. HamptonA Math Emporium ProjectNastasha Johnson and Tiffany B. RussellThe School Librarian Role in the FIRST® LEGO® League Team ProjectKarla Steege Krueger STEMming From Scratch:STEM Library Services for High School Students Enrolled as University StudentsJanna Mattson and Heather Groves HannanPart IVCollection DevelopmentHow to Get Science GoingKeary BramwellGraphic Novels Ignite Imagination in the SciencesMelanie E. Hughes and Gary Pinkston Part VResearch and PublishingShowcasing Scientific Research Output: New Audiences for Science LibrariesAlvin HutchinsonEmbedding Librarians into the STEM Publication ProcessAnne Rauh and Linda M. GallowayPart VIOutreachHow NOT to Reinvent the STEM Wheel: Using Crowdsourcing and Community Partners Jennifer HopwoodGirls’ Night Out: STEM Programs for Girls OnlyKathleen J. ClausonCelebrating Geographic Information Systems through GIS Day @ Your LibraryCarol Patterson McAuliffeFun is Learning: Making an Interactive Science Café SeriesKaren LauritsenPart VIIPartnershipsHow to Make Library Workshops Popular with Science and Engineering Students Giovanna BadiaLearning About Future Stem CareersEileen G. Harrington‘Take it from the Top’: Cultivating Relationships with STEM Faculty to Connect with StudentsShawn V. Lombardo and Barbara A. ShipmanPart VIIIFundingGrant Writing to Support STEMSusan P. Cordell and Reenay R.H. RogersSTEM on a Budget!Sarah WrightAbout the ContributorsIndex

Carol Smallwood received a MLS from Western Michigan University, MA in History from Eastern Michigan University. Librarians as Community Partners: an Outreach Handbook; Bringing the Arts into the Library are recent ALA anthologies. Others are: Women on Poetry: Writing, Revising, Publishing and Teaching (McFarland, 2012); Marketing Your Library (McFarland, 2012); Library Services for Multicultural Patrons: Strategies to Encourage Library Use (Scarecrow Press, 2013). Her library experience includes school, public, academic, special, as well as administration and being a consultant; she’s a poetry Pushcart nominee.Vera Gubnitskaia, a manager at the Orange County Library System, Florida, obtained her library degrees from Moscow Institute of Culture (Russia) and Florida State University. Vera worked in public and academic libraries in Russia and USA. She co-edited Marketing You Library (McFarland 2012) and Continuing Education for Librarians (McFarland 2013). Her chapters appeared in the Librarians as Community Partners (ALA 2010) and in Library Management Tips that Work (ALA 2011). Her reviews were published by the Journal of International Women’s Studies and Small Press Review.

f you are considering developing a STEM program for your library, this book is an excellent place to start. Through this useful guide, the editors show how librarians are avidly involved in the national STEM education movement. The editors have organized 25 chapters into 8 parts, covering an array of STEM activities for libraries. The authors guide you through their projects, how they got started, and what choices they made. Drawing upon their first-hand experiences, they communicate both successes and pitfalls encountered along the way. . . .The book presents constructive ideas and methods to integrate quality STEM programs in an effective way. Librarians are featured as creators, innovators, and mentors in learning environments centered on creativity. This how-to resource is highly recommended for a wide audience of librarians who are sure to motivate future scientists, computer professionals, engineers, and mathematicians.

• Table of ContentsForewordPaula M. StormPrefaceVera Gubnitskaia and Carol SmallwoodAcknowledgementsPart IRange and ScopeWonderWorks: Preschoolers Playing with STEMCarissa ChristnerCreating STEM Kits for Teen ProgramsKelly CzarneckiDigging into Reading: A Worm’s PerspectiveBarbara Fiehn and Jeanine M. HussThe Maker Movement, STEM and Libraries: How Libraries Large and Small Can Support Hands-On Math and Science Learning in Their CommunitiesCynthia HoustonThe STEM Kids Program and the FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®) at the Grand Forks Public LibraryAaron Stefanich and Laura MunskiPart IITeachingAnimation Programs at the Evansville Vanderburgh Public LibraryMichael CherryHow Not to Blow Up the Library: Planning and Facilitating a Homeschool Science Lab in Your BuildingFred KirchnerCustomizing the For-Credit Information Literacy Course for STEM MajorsRosalia Petralia and Kathy TurnerPart IIIInformation Literacy and Educational SupportKid-ventions with the U.S. Patent LibraryBarbara J. HamptonA Math Emporium ProjectNastasha Johnson and Tiffany B. RussellThe School Librarian Role in the FIRST® LEGO® League Team ProjectKarla Steege Krueger STEMming From Scratch:STEM Library Services for High School Students Enrolled as University StudentsJanna Mattson and Heather Groves HannanPart IVCollection DevelopmentHow to Get Science GoingKeary BramwellGraphic Novels Ignite Imagination in the SciencesMelanie E. Hughes and Gary Pinkston Part VResearch and PublishingShowcasing Scientific Research Output: New Audiences for Science LibrariesAlvin HutchinsonEmbedding Librarians into the STEM Publication ProcessAnne Rauh and Linda M. GallowayPart VIOutreachHow NOT to Reinvent the STEM Wheel: Using Crowdsourcing and Community Partners Jennifer HopwoodGirls’ Night Out: STEM Programs for Girls OnlyKathleen J. ClausonCelebrating Geographic Information Systems through GIS Day @ Your LibraryCarol Patterson McAuliffeFun is Learning: Making an Interactive Science Café SeriesKaren LauritsenPart VIIPartnershipsHow to Make Library Workshops Popular with Science and Engineering Students Giovanna BadiaLearning About Future Stem CareersEileen G. Harrington‘Take it from the Top’: Cultivating Relationships with STEM Faculty to Connect with StudentsShawn V. Lombardo and Barbara A. ShipmanPart VIIIFundingGrant Writing to Support STEMSusan P. Cordell and Reenay R.H. RogersSTEM on a Budget!Sarah WrightAbout the ContributorsIndex