« January 7, 2007 - January 13, 2007 | Main | January 21, 2007 - January 27, 2007 »
Grant season is upon us once again! Be sure to check out grants.gov when you begin your search for grants for your institution. You can search without registering, but if you find any grants you wish to apply for, you will need to register with the site.
A Free Curriculum Kit and the HBO DVD will be distributed to the first 30,000 requesters - the curriculum is built around "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" - Spike Lee's documentary of the events of Katrina and its aftermath. The curriculum is interdisciplinary and addresses race and class in America. It's suitable for Basic Education, ESL, GED and Adult Ed Graduate instruction.
Visit the web site www.teachingthelevees.org.
You'll find a description and the hyperlink to the request form.
Thanks for participating in our weekly surveys! Be sure to check out this week's survey: Have you checked out the Library Diversity Web site (www.librarydiversity.info)?
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invite applications to a new digital humanities grant competition. The new program, "Advancing Knowledge: The IMLS/NEH Digital Partnership," seeks applications for innovative, collaborative humanities projects using the latest digital technologies for the benefit of the American public, humanities scholarship, and the nation's cultural community.
Through this new partnership, NEH and IMLS will help teachers, scholars, museums, and libraries take advantage of developing technology. Successful projects funded through this partnership will explore new ways to share, examine, and interpret humanities collections in a digital environment and develop new uses and audiences for existing digital resources. Collaboration is a requirement of the program, and an application must include at least one library, museum, or archive as an integral member of the project team to be eligible.
For more information and application materials, visit the NEH web site. Deadline: March 27, 2007
The State Library will present four workshops this spring on the FY2008 Live & Learn Construction Grant Program for libraries interested in the program or considering applying for a grant this coming fall. ISL Staff will review the specifics of the program and discuss the application process. Registration is required and can be made through the State Library's CleO website http://www.islcleo.org. The locations, dates and times are:
Tuesday, April 24 - 1-3 PM - Metropolitan Library System, Burr Ridge
Thursday, April 26 - 10-Noon - Alliance Library System, East Peoria
Tuesday, May 1 - 1-3 PM - Illinois State Library, Room 403
Thursday, May 3 - 1-3 PM - Benton Public Library, Benton
Applications and information are now available for the State Library's two popular summer institutes-the Small Public Library Management Institute (SPLMI) and the Institute for School and Public Librarians (ISPL).
SPLMI applications and information may be found at:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/whats_new/2007splmi.html.
Information about and an application for the ISPL can be found at:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/whats_new/2007institute.html.
ILA Reference Services Forum (RSF) will meet Wednesday, January 17, from 9-11 a.m. via OPAL.
RSF is dedicated to enhancing reference services in libraries throughout Illinois. To meet that goal, RSF prepares programs related to reference services for the ILA Annual Conference. In addition, we honor Reference Librarians in Illinois for outstanding service.
If you are interested in participating in RSF, please attend our meeting on January 17 or contact mpowers@northaurora.lib.il.us. If you need assistance connecting to OPAL, please contact Amanda McKay for a set of instructions.
The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office (PPO), in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), is pleased to announce “Picturing America,” a new grant opportunity for schools and school libraries. “Picturing America” has been created to promote the teaching, study and understanding of American history and culture in K-12 schools through examples of the nation’s most significant works of art and architecture and to facilitate interdisciplinary partnerships between school library media specialists, art teachers, classroom instructors and other educators.
