Archives Alive!
Grant Writing Workshop

Getting Your Grant: An Introduction to Proposal Writing for Historical Records
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Merrimack College
315 Turnpike Road, North Andover

Sponsored by:

Essex National Heritage Commission, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Northeast Document Conservation Center, and Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System.

Archives Alive! workshops are designed for professional and volunteer staff of local repositories, public libraries, town halls, historical museums, commissions, societies and sites. Workshop leader Shelley Quezada will introduce attendees to fundamental grant-related topics such as basic proposal writing, researching potential funding sources, and using the Internet as a research tool. Ms. Quezada is a program consultant for Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, where she is responsible for monitoring, writing, and implementing grant proposals for federal and state agencies and local foundations.

The $25 registration fee includes handouts, morning refreshments, and a boxed lunch. For more information and to register go to: www.essexheritage.org/archivesalive