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The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office is now accepting nominations for the 2011 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming. School libraries, public or private, that served children in any combination of grades K-8 and conducted humanities programs during the 2010-2011 school year are eligible. Applications and award guidelines are [...]
Commonwealth Libraries offers continuing education scholarships for up to $600. Registration and related travel expenses will qualify. Professional conferences are not eligible. Access the application
The program reduces barriers to achieving affordable, economically vital, and sustainable communities. Such efforts may include amending or replacing local master plans, zoning codes, and building codes, either on a jurisdiction-wide basis or in a specific neighborhood, district, corridor, or sector to promote mixed-use development, affordable housing, the reuse of older buildings and structures for [...]
The program seeks to develop or expand projects designed to support the development of literacy skills for adult primary care givers and their children. The organization must: 1. Have current nonprofit or public status and have been in existence for two or more years as of the date of the application; 2. Have maintained fiscal [...]
Through two grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, WebJunction and the State Library of North Carolina (SLNC) launched Project Compass in support of public libraries’ efforts to meet the urgent and growing needs of communities impacted by the economic downturn. As part of this project, representatives from Project Compass will be presenting [...]
Several grants, ranging from $100 – $500, are available for PaLA members attending the conference, which will be held October 2-5 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in State College. Boyds Mills Press will offer three grants for youth services librarians to attend the conference for the first time. Brodart Co. is providing [...]
Let your patrons know that nominations are open for the 2011 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award! The award invites library users nationwide to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their [...]
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This program is designed to fund the implementation of innovative digital-humanities projects that have successfully completed a start-up phase. Such projects might enhance understanding of central problems in the humanities, raise new questions in the humanities, or develop new digital applications and approaches for use in the humanities. The program can support innovative digital-humanities projects [...]
The deadline for this grant is October 14, or when they have received 1500 application, whichever comes first.