[OPLINLIST] News from ALA - National Library Week grant deadeline extended

[Hickson, Pamela]

Deadline extended for National Library Week Grant


U.S. libraries of all types encouraged to apply for $3,000 to support
National Library Week activities


(CHICAGO) The deadline for the Scholastic Library Publishing National
Library Week grant has been extended to Friday, November 14, 2008. 

U.S. libraries of all types are invited to apply for a $3,000 grant that
will be awarded to the best public awareness campaign that promotes the
theme "World's connect @ your library" during National Library Week
(April 12-18, 2009). Application forms and guidelines are available on
The Campaign for America's Libraries Web site
www.ala.org/@yourlibrary/nlwgrant.

All proposals must use the "World's connect @ your library" theme, which
incorporates The Campaign for America's Libraries' "@ your library"
brand, on promotional and publicity material supporting National Library
Week activities.  Guidelines for using the brand are available on the
campaign Web site at www.ala.org/@yourlibrary under the "download logos"
section. 

The grant is sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing, a division of
Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media
company and is administered by the Public Awareness Committee of the
American Library Association (ALA). 

Information is also available from the ALA Public Information Office.
Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 2148. E-mail: mmcfarlane at ala.org.

The winner will be notified and announced following the 2009 ALA
Midwinter Meeting in Denver.  Information on last year's winner, the
Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, N.C., and
the winning application can be viewed at
www.ala.org/@yourlibrary/nlwgrant.

Members of the National Library Week subcommittee include Lisa R. Rice,
chair, Bowling Green (Ky.) Public Library; Elliot L. Appelbaum,
Lexington (Ky.) Public Library; Gordon Newton Baker, Clayton State
University (Ga.) and Darlene Basone, school library consultant, Ohio,
Renee DiPilato, Duncan Library (Va.), Susan P. Kowalski, Pine Grove
Middle School library (N.Y.), Amanda L.S. Murphy, Warren Trumbull County
Public Library, Ohio, and Tony J. M. Tallent, Boulder Public Library,
Colo.

For more information about The Campaign for America's Libraries, visit
www.ala.org/@yourlibrary.

 

 

Pamela J. Hickson-Stevenson, Ohio Chapter Councilor to ALA &

Assistant Director

Akron-Summit County Public Library

60 S. High Street

Akron, OH  44326

 

Phone 330.643.9102

Fax 330.643.9160

 

phs at akronlibrary.org <mailto:phs at akronlibrary.org> 

www.akronlibrary.org <http://www.akronlibrary.org>  

 

The Akron-Summit County Public Library provides resources for learning
and leisure, information services, meeting spaces, and programs for all
ages that support, improve, and enrich individual, family, and community
life.

 

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