Is your library’s children’s book collection languishing for lack of funds?
There’s still time to apply for a 2016 Bookapalooza Grant!
Each year the ALSC office receives almost 3,000 newly published books, videos, audio books, and recordings from children’s trade publishers. The materials are primarily for children age birth through fourteen and are submitted to ALSC award and media evaluation selection committees for award and notables consideration. After each ALA Midwinter Meeting in January, these materials (published in the preceding year) need to be removed from the ALSC office to make room for a new year of publications.
The Bookapalooza Program was created to find new homes for these materials. ALSC will select three libraries to receive a Bookapalooza collection of materials to be used in a way that creatively enhances their library service to children and families.
Applying for a Bookapalooza grant involves demonstrating your library’s need and showing how the influx of materials will enhance service to your community.
One tip to potential applicants: We are looking for creative and innovative ways to use the collection, but we are hoping that the books will enhance your library service for years to come, rather than merely serve as give-aways.
Find out more about the grant criteria and application requirements at http://www.ala.org/alsc/bookapalooza-program
Applications close on February 1, 2016.
— Sondra Eklund for the ALSC Grants Administration Committee