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Grant Name: Navigating Screens: Libraries as Community Hubs for Teaching Positive Screen Media Practices
Short Name: Navigating Screens
Funding Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Grant Number: LG-96-17-0220-17
Grant Period: 10/1/2017-9/30/2020
Principle Investigator: Rebekah Willett, PhD (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Co-Principle Investigator: June Abbas, PhD (University of Oklahoma)
Co-Principle Investigator: Denise E. Agosto (Drexel University)
Sponsor statement:Navigating Screens was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, IMLS grant #LG-96-17-0220-17. 
Project website:https://navigatingscreens.wordpress.com/
Coypright statement: All "Navigating Screens" training materials are licensed for free sharing, redistribution, and adaptation under CC BY 4.0.  

File format: pdf files
File size: The file size ranges from 20 KB - 165 KB.
File total: 74 files

Data state: raw/unanalyzed interview transcripts (anonymized for deposit-any names present are pseudonyms)
Data description: There are two sets of files in this collection: 1) interview transcripts from interviews with parents (51 total) and 2) interview transcripts from interviews with professionals (23 total).
Data production and format: The transcripts were originally produced using digital audio recorders and then transcribed into Word documents. The collections' files are pdf files that have been converted from the Word files. 
File naming convention: Each file is named using a file naming convention which includes: NameofGrant TypeofInterview Number of Participant Transcript Date. An example of the naming convention applied is: NavScreensParent1Transcript2018.

Project Abstract: Most children are spending increasing amounts of time each day using a wide range of digital media (e.g. smartphones, iPads, and laptops). However, parents and other caregivers are often unequipped to play the roles of media mentors and family digital literacy educators, and most youth services librarians are unsure how to talk to parents about teaching good digital media use habits. The Navigating Screens project team features three nationally-recognized youth and media researchers (Willett from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Abbas, from The University of Oklahoma, and Agosto, from Drexel University) plus an advisory board comprised of public and school librarians, as well as influential youth and technology experts with strong ties to schools, youth groups, and other community organizations. With research and testing sites in five different U.S. public libraries in three different geographic areas, Navigating Screens gathered a rich set of data from parents and library and other professionals to learn the digital media practices within families who have children ages 5-11; and to explore how libraries and library staff guide parents in media practices. The data set includes transcripts from interviews with parents, library staff, and community professionals.