Long Term Winter 2008 Grant Opportunities
Due March 15, 2008
Instructions for completing the grant application are available at LSTA Grant Application Guidelines.
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Competitive Grants Opportunities for Winter 2008
Strengthening Service through Innovation
Cooperation Grants
This category will allow libraries of all types to try out new and different ideas, in cooperation with library and community partners. Several areas will be designated as priorities, such as: Partnerships between public libraries and Senior Centers; Projects designed for underserved groups; Partnerships between libraries and medical programs as an educational role; or other great ideas that involve all types of libraries partnering together or with other community/state agencies with an end result of improved or expanded services for the citizens of Missouri.
Strengthening Services for Lifelong Learning
Spotlight on Literacy
This grant program offers Missouri public libraries, academic libraries, and secondary or post-secondary school libraries the opportunity to serve patrons of all ages through programs that support an educated and informed citizenry. Programs may encourage reading, language skills development, academic improvement, and GED instruction. Collaborative efforts to better serve low-literacy populations are strongly encouraged.
Teen Spaces
Grants to create, redesign, add to or update public library space designed exclusively for use by teens. Libraries will plan and conduct a minimum of one teen program to promote the new space and the library to the young adult audience. Applicants must attend the Teen Spaces workshop to be eligible for this grant.
Strengthening Service through Technology
Digital Imaging
These grants provide funding for scanning, cataloging and Web delivery of significant historical and cultural materials in Missouri and in Missouri history. Grants are restricted to projects involving original source materials. Priorities include institutions doing their first project; demonstration projects that document best practices; institutions adding metadata to existing digital collections. Open to all types of libraries.
Retrospective Conversion
Provides funding for libraries to convert card catalogs, other print inventories, or non-MARC electronic records for library materials to the MARC 21 format. This lays the basis for libraries to display their local holdings in the Missouri Group Catalog or other union catalogs. Prepares libraries for implementation of local online automation systems and facilitates greater resource sharing among institutions. Open to academic and public libraries.
Technology Ladder
Open to qualified public libraries needing financial assistance for technology and automation system-related equipment and software. Specifically, this application is designed to help libraries move up the technology ladder to a higher level of service. Projects may be intricate in nature and/or require a longer timeframe to provide solid evaluation measures.