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Rural, Fringe: A Census-defined rural territory that is less than or equal to 5 miles from an urbanized area, as well as rural territory that is less than or equal to 2.5 miles from an urban cluster.
Rural, Distant: A Census-defined rural territory that is more than 5 miles but less than or equal to 25 miles from an urbanized area, as well as rural territory that is more than 2.5 miles but less than or equal to 10 miles from an urban cluster.
Rural, Remote: A Census-defined rural territory that is more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and is also more than 10 miles from an urban cluster
Rural small or large libraries are eligible to apply.
Preparation: The program requires 1-2 hours of preparation for each module to review facilitator instructions, gather materials, and consider activity alterations/additions.
Implementation: The program includes 10 modules of activities (approx. 20 hours total). The curriculum can be provided in multiple configurations, such as a 5-day model, weekend model, or 2-hour increments extended over a period of time that works best with library scheduling.
Research: This is not a “canned program” but one that has an active research component. Therefore, in addition to program implementation, selected librarians/library staff will need to: dedicate 1 hour/month for attending virtual meetings with other library systems implementing the program; approximately 1 hour for interacting with a peer coach during implementation; 1 hour/month during the 4-6 months before implementation for performing recruitment.
As an external evaluator, David Reider’s job is to examine the development and operation of the project. He is not evaluating librarians/library staff. He will attend at least one implementation session per site for approximately one-full day. David’s interactions with girls will be minimal. At times, David will ask librarians/library staff questions but this will occur during out-of-session time.