South Dakota State Library: Library Development e-Newsletter

Grant Opportunities

“We Love Libraries” Lottery

Deadline: January - December (monthly)

The mystery-genre group Sisters in Crime is offering monthly grants of $1,000 throughout 2010 to U.S. libraries through its “We Love Libraries” lotteries. At the end of each month, a winner will be drawn from entries received. To enter, simply complete the entry form and upload a photo of one or more of your staff with three books in your collection by Sisters in Crime members.

For more information go to http://www.sistersincrime.org/.

 

Native American Library Services grants

Deadline: March 1

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is accepting applications for the 2010 Native American Library Services Basic Grants program. Federally recognized tribes and Alaska Native villages and corporations may apply for these grants in either the Basic or the Basic with Education/Assessment Option categories.

For more information go to http://imls.gov/.

 

Spectrum Scholarship Program

Deadline: March 1

The American Library Association is accepting applications for the Spectrum Scholarship program. This program is open to individuals who are considering a degree in library and information science. The Spectrum Scholarship Program is the ALA’s national diversity and recruitment effort, one that is designed to address the specific issue of under-representation of critically needed ethnic librarians within the profession while serving as a model for ways to bring attention to larger diversity issues in the future.

For more information, visit http://www.ala.org/.

 

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