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Weekly Poll

Be sure to check out our new survey below, or on our home page.

You can also view results from previous weekly polls.

ICMA Public Library Innovation Grants

ICMA Public Library Innovation Grants, made possible through a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, are available to local governments that develop innovative ways to actively engage their public libraries in meeting specific community goals.

The grants will be anchored by a partnership between the office of the chief administrative officer (city, county, or town manager) and the public library, recognizing the importance of the manager/librarian partnership in creating and sustaining change and innovation. A series of leadership workshops and project coaching will help grantees solidify the partnership, ensure the short-term success of the project, and secure new resources to support the long-term use of libraries in addressing community priorities and issues.

ICMA will provide a total of $500,000 in Public Library Innovation Grants. Individual grants will range from $20,000 to $60,000. Only U.S. local governments and libraries are eligible to apply. Applications, guidelines, and a budget template are available at www.icma.org/publiclibrarygrants. Please contact Molly Donelan at mdonelan@icma.org for more information.  Deadline is January 9, 2009, 5:00 p.m. EST.

ISL Tech Tools Survey

The Illinois State Library asks libraries to take a few minutes to tell them a little bit about your library use of participatory technology tools, sometimes referred to as Web/Library 2.0 tools. ISL wants comments to help build continuing education opportunities. It should take no more than five minutes to complete the survey.