SOUTH KINGSTOWN - The University of Rhode Island will receive more than $475,000 in federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to launch a multiyear project that will use technology, film and digital media to engage children, families, educators and librarians, and advance their digital and media literacy competencies.
The funds are coming to URI thanks to a law authored by U.S. Sen. Jack Reed.
URI’s Graduate School of Library and Information Studies will use the funds in partnership with the Providence Children’s Film Festival, and the R.I. Office of Library and Information Services, to pursue a creative and innovative “Media Smart Libraries” collaboration between school and public librarians, and children’s media professionals, film festivals, youth media and media literacy groups.
The project will include public programming events, to be held at public libraries across Rhode Island.
“This is the fabric of Rhode Island,” said U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) about Block Island. “I often tell people to come to the island. It’s a wonderful place to live and visit. I think it’s one of the loveliest places in the country.”
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