Program Grants Available Through ALA
August 2004
Applications are available for the second grant deadline for Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature - Identity and Imagination, a new initiative that will award grants to up to 200 public and academic libraries across the country. To obtain a grant application and guidelines, please visit www.ala.org/publicprograms or www.nextbook.org/ala. Applications for the second grant round must be received by October 1, 2004.
Presented by the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office and Nextbook, a gateway to Jewish literature, culture and ideas, Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature - Identity and Imagination features four new themes exploring Jewish literature and culture. The four new themes and book selections can be found at www.nextbook.org/ala.
Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature - Identity and Imagination aims to expand audiences for Jewish literature nationwide and recruit new libraries to present Let's Talk About It programming. Each participating library will receive a $1,500 grant, training, and program and promotional materials to present a five-part series based on one of the four new themes. The series will be open to public audiences and feature discussion programs led by local scholars and supporting materials developed by ALA and Nextbook. For more information, please visit www.ala.org/publicprograms or www.nextbook.org.
Attention Public and School (K-12) Librarians: The American Library Association (ALA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are accepting applications for the We The People Bookshelf on "freedom" grants. Part of the NEH's We the People initiative, the annual grant project will award sets of 15 classic books for young readers to 1,000 libraries across the country. Libraries interested in receiving the collection are required to develop and host a program to introduce the collection and its theme of "freedom" to students and/or patrons.
Guidelines and applications for Round One are available online at www.ala.org/wethepeople until October 20, 2004. Applications for Round Two will be accepted from December 16, 2004 to February 16, 2005.