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Applications are now open for the 2011 Judith Krug Fund Banned Books Week event grants, sponsored by the Freedom to Read Foundation. Four grants in the amount of $2,500 and $1,000 grants will be given to organizations in support of “Read-Outs” or other activities that celebrate Banned Books Week (Sept. 24 – Oct. 1, 2011). [...]
Bosco, Andrea. “KEENage Korner’ Set to Make Library Debut April 9,” PetersPatch.com April 3, 2011
The Pennsylvania Humanities Council invites public libraries to apply for Read About It!, a free book discussion series featuring five programs that appeal to popular interests in literature. This round of Read About It! is highly competitive. PHC is looking for applicants to address how Read About It! advances the library’s goals and the public [...]
(National Endowment for the Humanities) Preservation and Access Education and Training grants help the staff of cultural institutions, large and small, obtain the knowledge and skills needed to serve as effective stewards of humanities collections. Grants also support educational programs that prepare the next generation of conservators and preservation professionals, as well as projects that [...]
Pamela Murphy, District Consultant, reports: Spring is the time of year for library fundraisers in Northeast Pennsylvania. The season kicked off on March 5 at Tunkhannock Public Library with “The Perfect Pair,” a wine and beer tasting event featuring six wines and six beers paired with specific hor d’oeuvres complimenting the beverages perfectly. The library [...]
Learn about the new Broadband program in this interview with Jonathan Adlestein, administrator with the US Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS). The funding hasn’t been approved yet but RUS is doing a “Notice of Solicitations of Applications (NOSA), where you send an application to hold your place in the queue: Settles, Craig. “Interview [...]
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The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish historical records of national significance. Projects may focus on the papers of major figures from American life or cover broad historical movements in politics, military, business, social reform, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience. The historical value of the records and [...]
Civil War Celebration The Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall is celebrating the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War. A Civil War ball, Victorian tea, reenactments, encampments, and exhibits are a few of the events during April. The Andrew Carnegie Library, in Carnegie, is home to one of only six remaining Grand Army of the [...]
“Parkland Community Library Getting Sony EBook Program,” Express-Times March 1, 2011 LehighValleyLive.com (March 24, 2011)