$5000
National Library Week Grant Available
Submitted by Melissa P. Johnston, AASL Region V Director
U. S. libraries of all types are invited to apply for the 2005
Scholastic Library/Grolier National Library Week Grant. The grant
will award $5,000 to a single library for the best public awareness
campaign during National Library Week (April 10-16, 2005) that
uses the National Library Week 2005 theme of “Something
for everyone @ your library.”
The grant is sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing and its
publishing imprint Grolier and is administered by the Public Awareness
Committee of the American Library Association (ALA). This year’s
application deadline is October 18, 2004.
Proposals must use the “Something for everyone @ your library”
theme which incorporates The Campaign for America’s Libraries’
@ your library brand, on any and all promotional and publicity
material supporting the National Library Week activities. The
theme was chosen by the ALA’s National Library Week Subcommittee
for its broad appeal and ability to be adapted by different libraries.
Guidelines for using the “@ your library” brand are
available on the campaign Web site at http://www.ala.org/@yourlibrary
under the “download logos” section.
A grant application form and guidelines are available on The
Campaign for America’s Libraries Web site at http://www.ala.org/@yourlibrary/nlwgrant.
Information also is available from the ALA Public Inforamtion
Office (800-545-2433, ext. 4020) or email mhumphrey@ala.org
The winner will be notified the first week in January and announced
at the 2005 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston. Information on last
year’s winner, the St. Mary Parish Library in Franklin,
Louisiana as well as the winning application can be viewed at
http://www.ala.org/ala/pr2004/prjan2004/stmaryparish.htm.