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Library Grant Links

For Public and School Libraries

The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities invites nominations for the 2007 Coming Up Taller Awards, now in its tenth year. A partnership of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Coming Up Taller Awards recognizes the accomplishments of exceptional arts and humanities after-school and out-of-school programs.

The 2007 nomination application is available at http://www.imls.gov/pdf/2007CUTApplication.pdf. The postmark deadline for nominations is Wednesday, January 31, 2007. Coming Up Taller finalists receive $10,000, an individualized plaque, and an invitation to attend the Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference.

For School Libraries

The AASL Innovative Reading Grant supports the planning and implementation of a unique and innovative program for children which motivates and encourages reading, especially for struggling readers.

The 2007 application is due February 1, 2007. The award is $2,500. For more information, please visit the AASL Innovative Reading Grant site.

Congratulations to Nevins Memorial Library (Methuen) and Peabody Institute Library (Peabody) which were funded Verizon Foundation eLiteracy Grants through NMRLS. This is the second year that NMRLS has taken part in these Verizon grants.

At the Nevins Memorial Library (Methuen), the funding will expand a collaborative between the public library and Literacy Volunteers of Methuen. The literacy program, based in the Nevins Library, will use the funding to develop additional training modules and/or facilitate professional training opportunities to bring a technological comfort level to literacy tutors. This will allow them to pass along learned skills to the students they reach in their English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Adult Basic Literacy (ABE) classes.

The Peabody Institute Library (Peabody) will purchase the Rosetta Stone online software package, which provides access to 30 languages. It offers library users both foreign language training as well as literacy training for native English-speaking adults, who may have some problems with literacy. It is an excellent tool for library users who are non-native speakers looking for ways to improve their English.