Make this a youth oriented project. We all know that worlds connect for kids at the the library!
Libraries of all types are invited to apply for the $3,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, which will be awarded to the library with the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2009 National Library Week theme, “Worlds connect @ your library®.”
All proposals must use the theme, which uses The Campaign for America’s Libraries’ “@ your library” brand, on any and all 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). This year’s application deadline is Oct. 17. National Library Week is April 12-18, 2009.
A grant application form and guidelines are available on The Campaign for America’s Libraries Web site at www.ala.org/@yourlibrary/nlwgrant. Information also is available from the ALA Public Information Office. Telephone: (800) 545-2433, ext. 2148. E-mail: mmcfarlane@ala.org.
The winner will be notified and announced following the 2009 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver, Colo. Information on last year’s winner, the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, N.C., and the winning application can be viewed at www.ala.org/@yourlibrary/nlwgrant.