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The K4Health Photoshare database is a leading editorial photography collection showcasing international health programs in action and the people they serve.
Developed exclusively for nonprofit educational use, Photoshare’s collection of over 17,000 images are available upon request and free-of-charge.
Libraries are continuing to evolve and are using new technologies to expand their presence as virtual knowledge centers for information sharing communities. Patrons conducting research remotely are increasingly using mobile devices and accessing resources in multiple languages.
Librarians as 21st century knowledge technologists as well as electronic information experts need to offer easily accessible library-specific solutions [...]
Deadline: 12/31/2009.
Through this special solicitation from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships, the Foundation partners with diversity-focused funders and other local grantmakers to fund projects to reduce violence in specific communities such as those defined by race, ethnicity, tribe, gender, sexual identity or rural/frontier location.
Up to eight matching grants of between $50,000 to [...]
The Corporation for National and Community Service recently announced its large Summer of Service grant opportunity.
Summer of Service grants will support collaborative efforts to implement community-based service-learning projects during the summer months. Programs will engage middle school students (students who will be enrolled in grades 6 through 9 in the school year following the [...]
@ your library is seeking an original, creative essay for its first ever At My Library Creative Essay Contest. The winning essay will illustrate the participant’s experience at their local library and demonstrate the fundamental spirit and importance of American libraries. The Grand Prize Winner will receive $350 and a People’s [...]
WebJunction’s November focus is on Networking, and during the month we’ll be collecting your burning networking questions. Then, on December 2, WebJunction and TechSoup for Libraries are teaming up to bring you a panel of library technology experts to field your questions in a Car Talk fashion that’s sure to be informative and fun!
The panel [...]
In the challenge, open to all K-6 grade classrooms, teachers provide education on the benefits of a healthy diet while raising funds for children’s nonprofit organizations.
3 grand prize winners receive $500 to promote school-based health and wellness, a $100 gift certificate for produce, and more. Deadline: November 13, 2009.
The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy is a group of 17 media, policy and community leaders. Its purpose is to assess the information needs of communities, and recommend measures to help Americans better meet those needs.
The entire report is worthwhile and makes progressive, sensible recommendations; librarians should be able [...]
The Russell Library in Middletown wrapped up a six-month grant project from the folks behind the Family Caregiving 101 web site with cookies and a program. The Russell was one of four CT libraries to receive grants in this opportunity.
Read about the Russell’s program in WebJunction CT’s Grants discussion section.