Congratulations to NMRLS members receiving LSTA grants for FY2007 (dependent upon final authorization, appropriation, and allocation by the federal government):
Community Languages:
Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell
On the Same Page:
Chelmsford Public Library
Abbot Public Library, Marblehead
Melrose Public Library
Hamilton-Wenham Public Library
Stoneham Public Library
Open Project: Discovery Kits:
Danvers Public Elementary Schools
Preservation Survey:
Boxford Town Library
Merrimack College, North Andover
Readers' Advisory:
Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield
Serving 'Tweens and Teens:
Memorial Hall Library, Andover
Reuben Hoar library, Littleton
Peabody Institute Library, Peabody
School Library Incentive:
Rockport Public Schools
Statewide Database Promotion:
Reading Public Library
For school and public libraries:
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation is offering school and public libraries the opportunity to apply for $350 minigrants. The funding supports programs encouraging literacy and creativity in children. Ideas for minigrants are at: www.ezra-jack-keats.org/top/ideas_for_minigrants.htm
The deadline to apply is Sept. 15, 2006. For more information and a grant application, visit www.ezra-jack-keats.org/programs/minigrants.htm. Mail your completed application to the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, 450-14 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215-5702.
For academic, public, and special libraries:
The National Endowment for the Humanities offers Grants for Stabilizing Humanities Collections. These grants help museums, libraries, archives, and historical organizations preserve their humanities collections through support for improved housing and storage, environmental conditions, security, lighting, and fire protection.
The deadline is October 2, 2006, for projects beginning July 2007. Information is at: www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stabilization.html
Have you ever held a community read on your own, or have you wanted to and not had the time or money?
In our June newsletter www.nmrls.org/news/jun06/libgrantlinks.shtml, we told you about The Big Read, a collaborative of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Arts Midwest. Its purpose is to revitalize the role of literature in American popular culture and bring the power of literature into the lives of its citizens.
Would your community members take part in a "Northeast Massachusetts Reads?" What would you think of NMRLS pursuing this for a group of libraries and/or library-community collaborations?
The book titles are set by the program and each proposal pre-selects one of the eight titles at the time of application: www.neabigread.org/books.php
Contact mary@nmrls.org if your library is interested. If we get a handful of communities, we'll look towards the April deadline.
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy has announced its 2007 national grant competition. The foundation's grant making program seeks to develop or expand projects that are designed to support the development of literacy skills for adult primary care givers and their children.
In order to be considered eligible for a grant, an organization must meet the following criteria: the organization must have current nonprofit or public status and have been in existence for two or more years as of the date of the application and have maintained fiscal accountability. The work of the organization must and include one or more of the following components: literacy for adults, parent education, pre-literacy or literacy instruction for children pre-K to grade 3, and intergenerational literacy activities (Parent and Child Together (PACT) time.
The deadline is September 8, 2006. Details are at: www.barbarabushfoundation.com/nga.html
Congratulations to A. W. Coolidge School in Reading, recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities We the People grant. This program supports projects that strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. The Coolidge School will receive 15 classic books on the theme of "Becoming American" from the We the People Bookshelf. Winning libraries also hold programs or events to raise awareness of these classic books and engage young readers.
Watch for next year's guidelines at: www.wethepeople.gov/bookshelf/index.html
