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Grants you should know about
Many thanks to the Public Programs Office (PPO) listserv for sharing these wonderful funding opportunities! Dollar General Youth Literacy Grants “Provide funding to schools, public libraries and nonprofit organizations to help with the implementation or expansion of literacy programs for students who are below grade level or experiencing difficulty reading.” Application deadlines: October 5, 2007; [...]
ALA Public Programs Office announces new blog!
Big congratulations to the PPO for the launch of their spiffy new blog, the Public Programs Post. In the past, the PLA Blog has highlighted information, programs, and events from the Public Programs Office here, and we hope to continue to bring you highlights from their new blog now and again. In the meantime, if [...]
Still Time to Enter the BEST OF SHOW Promotional Materials Competition
Public libraries can be total rock stars when it comes to publicity. Take a moment to strut your stuff by entering the competition (details below) now that they’ve extended the deadline! C’mon – you know your library does some amazing public relations work . Show it off to the rest of the country! Enter this [...]
Call for Picturing America Judges
The ALA Public Programs Office needs your help (c/o a message from the PPO mailing list)! A larger than anticipated number of applications have been received for “Picturing America” – a pilot program of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) We the People project, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA) Public [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Women’s programming wanted for article
This came my way via the ALA Public Programming listserv this morning, and I thought I’d share. Kathleen Weibel and Kay Cassell are doing an article for LIBRARY TRENDS on public library programming aimed at women with particular focus on National Womens History Month. Unlike academic libraries with a womens studies librarian position, public libraries [...]
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 [...]
