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[Marsha McDevitt-Stredney]

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The ALA Public Programs Office, in partnership with the National Center
for Interactive Learning at Space Science Institute, the Lunar and
Planetary Institute and the National Girls Collaborative Project,
announces a new traveling exhibition opportunity for public libraries.
Following a competitive application process, 10 public libraries will be
selected to host an interactive exhibition called Discover Earth: A
Century of Change. Online applications must be submitted to ALA by
September 2 and can be found at www.ala.org/discoverearth.

Discover Earth is made possible through the support of the National
Science Foundation. The exhibition and its educational support materials
and outreach opportunities are part of the STAR (Science-Technology
Activities and Resources) Library Education Network (STAR_Net), a
hands-on learning program for libraries and their communities.

The Discover Earth exhibition will focus on local earth science
topics-such as weather, water cycle, and ecosystem changes-as well as a
global view of our changing planet. The primary message of the
exhibition is that the global environment changes - and is changed by -
the local environment of all exhibition hosts' communities. Interactive,
multimedia displays will allow exhibit visitors to interact with digital
information in a dynamic way, encouraging new perspectives on our
planet.

Discover Earth will tour from January 2012 to December 2013, visiting
each of the 10 selected sites for a period of eight weeks. The
exhibition requires approximately 500-750 square feet of space for
optimal display. Each site will be awarded a grant of $1,000 to support
public programs related to the exhibition. Each host library will be
asked to join a national Community of Practice (CoP), accessible at 
http://community.discoverexhibits.org
<http://community.discoverexhibits.org/> . For more information about
Discover Earth, STAR_Net and the CoP, visit www.ala.org/discoverearth.

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ALA Public Programs Office

www.ala.org/publicprograms <http://www.ala.org/publicprograms> 

publicprograms at ala.org <mailto:publicprograms at ala.org> 

 

 

 

 

Marsha McDevitt-Stredney

Marketing & Communications Director

274 E. 1st Avenue

Columbus, OH 43201

Tel: 614-644-6875

Fax: 614-466-3584

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