[Libs-Or] ALA's Libraries Transforming Communities Small & Rural Libraries grants

[Kris Wiley]

Good morning, all,

We were awarded one of these grants for our first Community Read project, and I encourage you to consider applying. The application was pretty simple, and we already received the $3000 check, which will be used to purchase copies of the book, pay for advertising, and compensate the author for two events.

I would be happy to share our application and/or chat about the process with you.

Kris Wiley
Roseburg Public Library Director
1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd., Ste. 100
Roseburg, OR 97470
541.492.7051

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Subject: [Libs-Or] ALA's Libraries Transforming Communities Small & Rural Libraries grants

Applications for ALA's Libraries Transforming Communities grant program for small and rural libraries (http://www.ala.org/tools/librariestransform/libraries-transforming-communities/focusgrants/libraries) are open for the second round until March 4, and ALA is hoping to see more applications from the western states. The grant has a very simple application and very minimal reporting requirements, and public, academic, and school libraries are all eligible to apply.

To apply, a library must either serve a population of 25,000 or less (small) or be more than 5 miles from an urbanized area of 25,000 or more (rural). Individual branches in a system or district are eligible to apply, as long as they meet one of the criteria above. That's almost all of us!

The premise is that, if the library is awarded the grant, a staff member (or multiple) takes part in an online course designed for small and rural libraries on holding a community conversation (about 4 hours), and that the library agrees to host one community conversation, which can be virtual, using the model. Conversations for the second round are asked to be completed by October 31, so there's plenty of time if you hope to hold your conversation in person, and the success of your grant isn't based on how many people take part.

The grant provides access to the training and $3000 to spend on something related to the conversation -- and that could be ANYTHING, from staff time to books to a Zoom license to hotspots to circulate to a traveling makerspace kit... I think your imagination is the only barrier.

If you have more questions, feel free to reach out to Stephanie Chase, the Executive Director of the Libraries of Eastern Oregon (director at librariesofeasternoregon.org<mailto:director at librariesofeasternoregon.org>) or directly to ALA for a 20-minute consultation (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDPcFtf2D3J5FWYKaL_jY0tNkFgCVkBogAswnIgoMENCOs9w/viewform). The grant program's website has lots of resources, including sample proposals.

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