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Call for judges for We the People Bookshelf applications
I received this via the Public Programs Office listserv: A record number of applications have been received for this year’s We the People Bookshelf on the “Pursuit of Happiness”! We need more volunteer reviewers! This year’s We the People Bookshelf has only one deadline and the number of school and public libraries to be awarded [...]
ALA Council
Hi everybody, I’m Heidi. Now that I’m back home in San Francisco, I finally have time to post about Seattle! My term as an at large member of Council began last summer, but so far that’s just meant that I got subscribed to the Council email list. The Council sessions at Midwinter were my first [...]
Arthur TV Series Grants for Public Libraries – Deadline December 18
This came to my attention very recently through the ALA Public Programs listserv. The deadline for application submission is very tight (December 18, 2006), but it seems like it would be worth the hustle and trouble for interested libraries. All bold emphasis mine. Dear Library Colleague: In the spring of 2006, Arthur marked a milestone [...]
Intrepid bloggers at PLA Boot Camp 2006
We’ve got a crew of 6 conference bloggers who have volunteered report on PLA Boot Camp in Nashville, TN this week from November 13 – 17. Marsha Barker, Amarillo Public Library Linda Mielke, Indianapolis Marion County Public Library Anne Masters, Pioneer Library System Kim Kietzman, Southeast Library Services Rose Frost, Utah State Library Division Mindy [...]
New members: plan ahead, get a grant, go to ALA for free
3M Library Systems sponsors a grant for members of ALA’s New Members Round Table (NMRT) to go to the ALA Annual conference for just about free. The grant itself covers round trip airfare, lodging, conference registration fees and some incidental expenses. The catch: you need to be a current NMRT member to apply, and there [...]
Carnegie Whitney and We the People grants
These two tidbits came to me care of the ALA Public Programs Office email list. There are more grants and awards (with upcoming deadlines), events, and news listings listed on the ALA Public Programs Office part of the ALA site, as well as information on how to subscribe to the email listserv. Carnegie Whitney Grant [...]
Everyone wants your opinion
I’ve noticed a plethora of surveys and other feedback requests for librarians out there recently. You may want to consider offering your solicited opinion to these efforts, your voice counts! ALA Web Site Usability Survey http://tinyurl.com/y6yhta Love it? Hate it? Let them know by taking the survey. While there is no published deadline for taking [...]
2007 National Library Week Grant
Got a killer public awareness idea brewing for National Library Week (April 15 – 21) in 2007? Your library could win a $5,000 grant from Scholastic Library Publishing if you have the best plan for next year’s “Come together @ your library®” theme. The application deadline for this grant is October 16, 2006, so start [...]
