[Libs-Or] Fwd: [alacro-l] IMLS Announces Grants of $14.16 Million for Libraries across the U.S.

Wed Sep 2 10:12:51 PDT 2015

I included the information for the Native American Library Services Basic
grants, Native American Library Enhancement grants, Native Hawaiian Library
Services for Oregon below.

Suzanne L. Sager

Oregon Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians – Roseburg, OR
Grant Program: Native American Library Services
Project Type: Basic Grants
Log Number: NG-01-15-0191-15
Award Amount: $6,000

Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon – Warm Springs,
OR
Grant Program: Native American Library Services
Project Type: Basic Grants
Log Number: NG-01-15-0204-15
Award Amount: $6,000

Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians – Coos Bay,
OR
Grant Program: Native American Library Services
Project Type: Basic Grants with Education/Assessment option
Log Number: NG-05-15-0076-15
Award Amount: $7,000

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde – Grand Ronde, OR
Grant Program: Native American Library Services
Project Type: Basic Grants with Education/Assessment option
Log Number: NG-05-15-0083-15
Award Amount: $7,000

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation – Pendleton, OR
Grant Program: Native American Library Services
Project Type: Basic Grants with Education/Assessment option
Log Number: NG-05-15-0088-15
Award Amount: $7,000

Coquille Indian Tribe – North Bend, OR
Grant Program: Native American Library Services
Project Type: Basic Grants with Education/Assessment option
Log Number: NG-05-15-0215-15
Award Amount: $7,000

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From: Don Wood <dwood at ala.org>
Date: Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 8:08 AM
Subject: [alacro-l] IMLS Announces Grants of $14.16 Million for Libraries
across the U.S.
To: "alacro-l at lists.ala.org" <alacro-l at lists.ala.org>

August 31, 2015

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

*IMLS Press Contact*
202-653-4799
Giuliana Bullard gbullard at imls.gov

*Washington, DC—*The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) today
announced 276 grants to institutions totaling $14,165,292. The grants were
awarded through six programs: National Leadership Grants for Libraries,
Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries, Native American Library Services
Basic, Native American Library Services Enhancement, Native Hawaiian
Library Services, and Laura Bush 21st Century Library Program.

See a list of awardees and project descriptions for Native American Library
Services Basic and Enhancement and the Native Hawaiian Library Services
program grants
<http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/2015_NA_NH_grant_announcement.pdf>.

See a list of awardees and project descriptions for the remainder of the
funded projects
<http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/2015_Sparks_LB21_grant_announcement.pdf>
.

“The Institute of Museum and Library Services is proud to support the
exciting work of the library grantees announced today,” said IMLS Acting
Director Maura Marx.  “These projects underscore the important role
libraries play across the country in engaging all ages of learners and in
providing access to content, in physical and digital form. We look forward
to watching these projects evolve and develop new models, tools, and
research that can be broadly adapted by the library profession.”

*National Leadership Grants for Libraries* support projects that address
challenges faced by the library and archive fields and that have the
potential to advance library and archival practice with new tools, research
findings, models, services, practices, or alliances that can be widely
replicated. Among the 17 funded projects, totaling $6,439,248, are:

   - Stanford University Libraries’ effort, with university partners and
   the Metropolitan New York Library Council, to *improve ePADD, an
   open-source software package archiving emails*. The two-phased project
   will support software development and scalability issues to provide access
   to otherwise hidden cultural heritage materials.

   - Vermont Department of Libraries’ *Vermont Early Literacy Initiative*
   to be developed in partnership with the Vermont Center for the Book and the
   Montshire Museum of Science.  The three-year project will help 25
   librarians learn concepts and practices essential to STEM learning and
   weave STEM language and ideas throughout programming for young children,
   parents, and community childcare providers.

See the IMLS website for more information about the National Leadership
Grants for Libraries program
<http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=14>.

*Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries* provide opportunities to expand and
test the boundaries of library and archive services and practices. Sparks
Grants support the deployment, testing, and evaluation of promising and
groundbreaking new tools, products, services, or organizational practices.
Twenty projects, totaling $473,343, were funded this year, including:

   - The Free Library of Philadelphia’s *Prison Services project* to meet
   the needs of incarcerated parents, returning citizens, and their children
   and families by supporting bonding and by connecting them to critical
   resources, literacy and workforce development programs. The project will
   include two new services: a family televisiting and shared reading program
   hosted in libraries close to participants’ homes; and the dissemination of
   temporary library cards and reentry resource packets to returning citizens
   on the day of their release.

See the IMLS website for more information about the Sparks! Ignition Grants
for Libraries program.
<http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=19>

*Native American Library Services Basic grants *support existing library
operations and maintain core library services. These noncompetitive grants
are distributed in equal amounts among eligible applicants. Grants of
$1,561,000 will be provided to 211 Indian tribes, Alaska native villages,
regional corporations, and village corporations.

See the IMLS website for more information about the Native American Library
Services Basic program.
<http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=15>

*Native American Library Services Enhancement grants *enhance existing
library services or implement new library services for Indian tribes.
Enhancement Grants are only awarded to applicants that have an active
Native American Library Services Basic Grant in the same fiscal year.  IMLS
is awarding $1,731,000 to 13 institutions through this grant program,
including:

   - The Chilkat Indian Village Library’s program focusing on Tlingit
   culture, tribal history, and impacts of library and cultural services with
   the goal of increasing community knowledge of tribal cultural history,
   media literacy, and life and career skills. The library will present
   programs, develop collections, provide increased access to cultural
   resources, create films that record tribal lands history, and analyze the
   long-term impacts of cultural and library services.

See the IMLS website for more information about the Native American Library
Services Enhancement program.
<http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=16>

*Native Hawaiian Library Services grants *are available to nonprofit
organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians so they
can enhance existing or implement new library services.  This year IMLS is
awarding $550,000 to four Native Hawaiian-serving organizations.  See the
IMLS website for more information about the Native Hawaiian Library
Services program <http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=17>.

*The Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program *supports projects to
recruit and educate the next generation of librarians, faculty, and library
leaders. IMLS is awarding $3,410,701 for 11 projects with funding from this
program. The IMLS website has more information about the Laura Bush 21st
Century Librarian Program
<http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=9>.

Use the IMLS Search Awarded Grants tool
<http://www.imls.gov/recipients/grantsearch.aspx> to view our archive of
grants awarded by IMLS. Search grants by grant name, institution, or
project type.

*About the Institute of Museum and Library Services*
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of
federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries
<http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet01> and 35,000
museums <http://www.imls.gov/research/museum_universe_data_file.aspx>. Our
mission is to inspire libraries and museums to advance innovation, lifelong
learning, and cultural and civic engagement. Our grant making, policy
development, and research help libraries and museums deliver valuable
services that make it possible for communities and individuals to thrive.
To learn more, visit www.imls.gov and follow us on Facebook
<http://www.facebook.com/USIMLS> and Twitter
<http://www.twitter.com/us_imls>.

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Suzanne L. Sager
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Portland State University Library
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Portland, OR  97207-1151

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Fax: 503-725-5799

email: sagers at pdx.edu
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