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“Nominate your librarian for the third year of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award!
Nominations for 2010 stay open through September 20.
Nominate a librarian in a:
School Library
Public Library
College, Community College, University Library

There are nearly 123,000 libraries nationwide, and librarians touch the lives of the people they serve every day. The award encourages library users like you to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians. We want to hear how you think your librarian is improving the lives of the people in your school, campus or community.
Up to ten winners will be selected this year and receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque and $500 travel stipend to attend an awards reception in New York hosted by The New York Times. In addition, a plaque will be given to each award winner’s library.
The award is administered by the American Library Association with support from Carnegie Corporation of New York and The New York Times.”

Share the word with the public and other library staff!
Let’s recognize all the great library impact work happening in our district!

You will need your municipality to support and write parts of the application. Please see these attachments for the details and ask your district consultant if you have questions or ideas:
-KEYSTONE APP Packet
-Keystone Application E – Form_8_9_2010
-PHMC Clearance Application1

Digitization Grant Application Guidelines : http://pa.webjunction.org/pa-2011lstadigitization

K-12 Collection Development Grant Application Guidelines : http://pa.webjunction.org/pa-2011lstak12collectiondev

Major Innovation Grant Application Guidelines : http://pa.webjunction.org/pa-2011lstamajorinnovation

Mini (Try It) Innovation Grant Application Guidelines: http://pa.webjunction.org/pa-lsta2011tryit

Public Library Collection Development Grant Application Guidelines : http://pa.webjunction.org/pa-2011lstapublibcollectiondev

Technology Component Grant Application Guidelines : http://pa.webjunction.org/pa-2011lstatech

LSTA 2011 Grant Program Timeline : http://pa.webjunction.org/pa-lsta2011timeline

LSTA Five Year Plan: http://pa.webjunction.org/pa-5yearplanlsta

Reminder: If you plan to consider an LSTA grant, please notify the district consultant with a request for a letter of support and the justification for what you are applying for and what the outcomes of the project will be. This is an opportunity to apply for some funding for the thing you always wanted to be able to do to help your community. If you need any assistance or extra help to get your project to succeed, just ask and the district will do what it can with available resources. Take action on that great idea today.

The Commonwealth Speakers catalog and application are available on our website at http://www.pahumanities.org/resources/speakers.php. Applications must be submitted at least 8 weeks prior to the event date. If you have any questions about the program take a look at their website or contact
Emilie B. Haertsch
Program Associate – Commonwealth Speakers
Pennsylvania Humanities Council

Online, you can search a database for examples of possible areas of collaboration. Consider how streamlining the work your organization does by combining forces with other libraries and non-profits could help to expand the impact and make the outcomes of your work more visible in the community. Collaboration Ideas.

Use the search to find examples of other non-profits who have joined together in a collaboration to:
-Purchase goods and /or services together
-Share (co-locate) or better utilize space
-Combine marketing efforts
-Share development (fundraising) activities
-Share advocacy efforts
-Form a confederation
-Merge
-Share staffing
-Share staff training

How could your library apply to win the next Collaboration Prize?

Application guidelines are available right here: http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/library_services___technology_act/8738

Please inform your district consultant if you intend to apply for any of these opportunities.

You are urged to consider applying to install or expand Wi-Fi in your library through the special stimulus initiative that is in effect for libraries. (An application may be made for computers, equipment, shelving, furniture, even bookmobiles and renovations and construction). Wi-Fi is suggested as it offers an opportunity to expand access. With the Wi-Fi application, you may want to consider laptops, a charging cart, a separate server perhaps, installation costs and other equipment that would complement Wi-Fi. If you already have Wi-Fi, consider expanding or updating your laptops etc.

For this program:
• Your library must be in a location with a population of 20,000 or less. (This is NOT like CDBG where service population is considered; only your facility’s location is considered for the population).
• You do not need to have a building project.
• Grants are possible based on the median household income; loans are available for those above the limit.
• Please Read the attached Library flyer Fact Sheet-Library flyer

This special initiative is on top of a current program* being run by the US Department of Agriculture. The program aims to provide educational opportunities and improve public services in rural communities.

Your first step would be to contact the USDA regional office in your location- Contact_Us.htm.
It is to your benefit to do this as quickly as possible. Do not delay. Your application should be in no later than April.

Do Not Hesitate to Apply—especially if you are in an area with a low median household income and could receive a grant!

Facts about the program can be found at:BTOP_NOFAII_FACTSHEET_100115.pdf

Workshop locations can be found at:workshop.htm

To be eligible, the proposed program or program series must feature humanities content and include use of the Picturing America collection. All programs must take place July 1, 2010 – January 31, 2011 and be open to public audiences. Some examples of eligible programs include: scholarly lectures, panel discussions, reading and discussion series, film viewing and discussion, poetry programs and exhibits. In June 2010, the National Endowment for the Humanities will announce the 30 libraries selected to receive the programming grants. Libraries can find programming ideas and the online application at: picturingamerica

Picturing America, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has provided masterpieces of American art to more than 50,000 classrooms and libraries nationwide. Through the program, students and citizens gain a deeper appreciation of our country’s history and character through the study and understanding of its art. For more information about Picturing America visit:picturingamerica.neh.gov

To be eligible, the applicant institution must be a public library or a public library with a bookmobile providing literacy services for adult English language learners, and must be within 20 miles of a Dollar General Store, distribution center, or corporate office. Each funded library will receive a onetime $5,000 grant.

Applications for funding are being accepted online through Sunday, February 28, 2010. Selected applicants will be notified in April, 2010.

To learn more about the American Dream Starts @ your library, the mini grants and to apply online, please visit: www.americandreamtoolkit.org

Community Programs provides grants to assist in the development of essential community facilities in rural areas and towns of up to 20,000 in population. Grants are authorized on a graduated scale. Applicants located in small communities with low populations and low incomes will receive a higher percentage of grants.

Grants are available to public entities such as municipalities, counties, and special-purpose districts, as well as non-profit corporations and tribal governments.

The link below provides information for application:

brief_cp_grant.htm

Non-profit organizations that have long been preserving and promoting Pennyslvania’s rich cultural heritage can look forward to an exciting new opportunity to showcase their organization to millions of television viewers. Beginning in 2010, PHC will join forces with the Pennsylvania Cable Network to produce Humanities on the Road, a new television series that will bring public humanities presentations to cultural sites throughout the state.

The project, hosted by award-winning journalist Tracey Matisak, will feature talent from PHC’s Commonwealth Speakers’ bureau. The show will also shine a spotlight on the participating cultural site, as it engages the audience in a discussion of arts, history, literature and the important ideas that shape our world. The humanities presentations—and the hosting non-profits—will be broadcast to more than 3.3 million households across Pennsylvania.

For more information on the project or to download a copy of the application, visit hotr-guide.pdf

Funded projects have ranged from popular, general-reader proposals such as “ReadMOre,” a reading list for Missouri’s state-wide reading program, to more specialized, scholarly proposals such as “Librarianship and Information Science in the Islamic World, 1966-1999: An Annotated Bibliography.”

Applications must be received by Nov. 6, 2009. Recipients will be notified by the end of February 2010.

For more information and guidelines, visit carnegiewhitney.cfm or contact Mary Jo Bolduc, Grant Administrator, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611; Fax (312) 280-5275; e-mail: mbolduc@ala.org.