Native Hawaiian Library Services Grants Program

as described in 20 U.S.C. §9134(b)(6), for the purpose of improving the quality of and access to library and information services;3. (A) Providing training and professional development, including continuing education, to enhance the skills of the current library workforce and leadership, and advance the delivery of library and information services; and (B) Enhancing efforts to recruit future professionals to the field of library and information services;4. Developing public and private partnerships with other agencies and community-based organizations;5. Targeting library services to individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals with disabilities, and to individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills;6. Targeting library and information services to persons having difficulty using a library and to underserved urban and rural communities, including children (from birth through age 17) from families with incomes below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with section 9902(2) of title 42) applicable to a family of the size involved;7. Developing library services that provide all users access to information through local, State, regional, national, and international collaborations and networks; and8. Carrying out other activities consistent with the purposes of 20 U.S.C. §9121.