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On Thursday, January 28, 2010, the Office of Commonwealth Libraries announced the resources that will be provided under the POWER Library Network for 2010 as follows: General Periodical Resources (H.W. Wilson) Newspaper Resources (Gale) Business Resources (ProQuest ABI Inform) Contemporary Authors AP Photo Archive Details on the content of the new resources will be provided [...]
STIMULUS Broadband Round One More awards have been announced from Round One; the notice did not include any for Pennsylvania. Round One awards are being announced on a rolling basis. Broadband Round Two The second funding round for the Broadband Stimulus program has been announced for the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunciations Information Administration (NTIA) [...]
MISCELLANEOUS Twitter Did you know that Bill Gates is now on Twitter? People can see his messages . He will be tweeting about his funding programs. Instead of going to the site above, you may join Twitter and get his messages as they happen! Consider joining Twitter and you can follow tweets from people talking [...]
GRANTS and CONTESTS PLA Leadership Fellows Scholarship Program: Scholarship provides opportunity to attend leadership training. Must be a PLA member. DEADLINE: March 1 or April 1, 2010 (depends on specific leadership program) MORE INFO Water Resources Education Network (WREN) Funding is available to help launch community projects, including watershed education projects that “build awareness and [...]
FORUMS or TRAINING January 26, 2010 12:00pm “Smart Approaches to Overhead Costs” Live, online discussion on how to break the “non-profit starvation cycle;” sponsored by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. COST: FREE MORE INFO January 29, 2010 1:30pm ” Library Futures: Staying Ahead of the Curve “Making the Best of a Shrinking Budget” (Teleconference) Presenter: Leslie [...]
ANNUAL FUNDRAISERS Philanthropy Today is asking non-profits across the country to share how their year-end fundraising appeal fared. If you’d like to participate go to their survey. Or….. You may want to discuss your fundraiser efforts and results with PA librarians on WebJunction! Click the Discussion Tab at WebJunctionPA’s Funding Resources page.
ARTICLES/BOOKS TO READ “2009: The Year in Review,” Philanthropy News Digest. December 30, 2009 http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/specialissues/item.jhtml?id=277600016 (January 4, 2010). “Place Your Bets: How to Get and Preserve Government Funding in Tough Economic Times,” GuideStar, January 2010 http://www2.guidestar.org/rxa/news/articles/2010/place-your-bets-how-to-get-and-preserve-government-funding-in-tough-economic-times.aspx?source=jan10nwsltr (January 7, 2010) FORUMS/TRAINING February 9–10, 2010 Technology Essentials 2010: WebJunction Online Conference WebJunction is hosting a free two-day [...]