Cornerstones of Science is a national science literacy initiative originating from Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick, Maine. The mission of Cornerstones of Science (COS) is to connect children and adults to science and technology through superb books, programs, and opportunities for community involvement in current scientific issues.

COS has established a nationwide network of libraries that are committed to replicating COS programming. The national partners will be working as a team to produce and share program resources during the next three years (January 2006 through December 2008).

Get Your Library Involved
After the initial three year partnership with the original COS National libraries, additional libraires will be invited to join the initiative. In the mean time, COS invites all libraries to link to the COS website (for a listing of the COS designated books, the science websites of the month, the monthly current event in science, and listings of citizen science opportunities), request free spine labels for the Cornerstones designated books in their collections, link to our on-line book reviews, and participate in the Read, Write and Win program. For more information call or e-mail Jocelyn Hubbell at (207) 725-5242 ext.238 or jhubbell@curtislibrary.com.

As COS National evolves we will continue to focus on the expansion of science literacy programs to interested libraries, increase partnership with museums and science professionals, and make available a web-based clearing house of science program templates.

COS National partners:
Arizona
Tempe Public Library

Maine
Curtis Memorial Library / COS Headquarters

Lewiston Public Library

Massachusetts
Wareham Free Library

North Carolina
George H. & Laura E. Brown Library

Texas
Little Elm Public Library