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Year Awarded: 2001
Project Leaders:
Janet Olson, MSU Extension, Children Youth and Family Programs
Project Description:
The “Research Resources for the Community Youth
Development Professional” project involves the development
of a research database and web site to support the work of community
youth developers across Michigan (including Michigan State University
Extension youth development staff and community partners). Supported
by the MSU Extension Youth Development Area of Expertise (YDAoE),
the project will yield a categorized database and web site that
will identify and annotate current youth-related research (with
special highlights of MSU-based research), provide implications
for the community work of youth development professionals, and
offer tools for using the information. The database will be
managed by one of the YDAoE co-chairs and will be guided by
an editorial board consisting of members of the YDAoE and MSU
faculty from youth-related departments. The board will be responsible
for contributing articles to the database and for identifying
(or reacting to) two key components included with each database
abstract entry: implications for local education and implications
for resource/policy development. The effectiveness of the database
and web site will be evaluated through monitoring subscription
and site usage numbers and through feedback garnered from users.
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