Grant Opportunities

Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Focus on Small and Rural Libraries is a special grant opportunity exclusively for small and rural libraries. LTC is an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA) that provides community engagement resources and opportunities specific to the needs of library workers serving small and rural communities. Libraries can use this grant to develop and offer a conversation series in their community, using a model such as Turning Outward, Great Stories Club, or One Book One Community, or design their own conversation program around local or national issues or a book or film discussion.

The LTC grant includes a $3000 cash grant to support the library’s community engagement project, and free professional development consisting of the “LTC: Facilitation Skills for Small and Rural Libraries” asynchronous e-course and facilitation guide

This opportunity is open to all types of libraries serving small and/or rural communities (per IMLS definitions: small communities have a legal service area population of 25,000 or less and a rural communities are at least five miles from an urbanized area).

Learn more and apply by December 2:
www.ala.org/tools/librariestransform/libraries-transforming-communities/focusgrants/guidelines

There’s no debate about it: metadata is great, and grant money is even better!
So if your library or archive could use up to $4999 to clean up your metadata and join the Ohio Digital Network to share your collections with the Digital Public Library of America, you’ll want to apply for our Metadata Mini-Grant.

And if you think you might have questions or want to learn more about it, you’ll want to attend our informational webinar. It’s just one week from today on Wednesday October 7 at 11:00.
Registration is quick and easy, see you there!


Grant Opportunities Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Focus on Small and Rural Libraries is a special grant opportunity exclusively for small and rural libraries. LTC is an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA) that provides community engagement resources and opportunities specific to the needs of library workers serving small and rural communities. Libraries can use this grant to develop and offer a conversation series in their community, using a model such as Turning Outward, Great Stories Club, or One Book One Community, or design their own conversation program around local or national issues or a book or film discussion. The LTC grant includes a $3000 cash grant to support the library’s community engagement project, and free professional development consisting of the “LTC: Facilitation Skills for Small and Rural Libraries” asynchronous e-course and facilitation guide This opportunity is open to all types of libraries serving small and/or rural communities (per IMLS definitions: small communities have a legal service area population of 25,000 or less and a rural communities are at least five miles from an urbanized area). Learn more and apply by December 2: www.ala.org/tools/librariestransform/libraries-transforming-communities/focusgrants/guidelines There’s no debate about it: metadata is great, and grant money is even better! So if your library or archive could use up to $4999 to clean up your metadata and join the Ohio Digital Network to share your collections with the Digital Public Library of America, you’ll want to apply for our Metadata Mini-Grant. And if you think you might have questions or want to learn more about it, you’ll want to attend our informational webinar. It’s just one week from today on Wednesday October 7 at 11:00. Registration is quick and easy, see you there!
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