Kitsap Regional Library: Difference between revisions

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In 2015, Kitsap Regional Library received a three-year National Leadership grant<ref>{{cite news|title=Kitsap Regional Library receives grant for STEM learning initiative|url=http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/money/business/business-journal/2015/04/01/kitsap-regional-library-receives-grant-for-stem-learning-initiative/95730584/|accessdate=July 6, 2017|agency=Kitsap Sun|date=April 1, 2015}}</ref> from the [[Institute of Museum and Library Services]] to design and implement a sustainable model of [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] programming for all public libraries. The project, titled Make Do Share, collects tools and resources to support staff in planning, facilitating and improving STEM programs for youth.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Peterson|first1=Shannon|title=Kitsap Regional Library Leverages Youth Voices to Support Sustainable STEM Learning|url=https://www.imls.gov/news-events/upnext-blog/2017/03/kitsap-regional-library-leverages-youth-voices-support-sustainable|website=Institute of Museum of Library Services|accessdate=July 6, 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628091328/https://www.imls.gov/news-events/upnext-blog/2017/03/kitsap-regional-library-leverages-youth-voices-support-sustainable|archivedate=June 28, 2017}}</ref>

The Kitsap Regional Library also offers book group kits, loans on Discover Passes to visit Washington state parks, early learning kits for young children, STEM learning kits for childrenyoung in grades 3–5students, VOXaudiobook readers that turn any book into an audiobookconverters, a free [[seed library (at the Port Orchard and Manchester branches)]], ukuleles, and video games.<ref>[https://www.krl.org/borrowmore Borrow More: Kitsap Regional Library]</ref>

== Funding ==