[Reading-For-Healthy-Families] Partnership Book Grant Opportunity

[Katie Anderson]

Hello!  Below is information about the next cycle of Libri Foundation grants.  This is a grant that only small, rural libraries may apply for (defined below), but it is an excellent opportunity for Healthy Start and libraries to  partner to get more books for your Reading for Healthy Families parent  education sessions. 

For more information about The Libri Foundation or its Books for Children program, please contact:
 
Ms. Barbara J. McKillip
President, The Libri Foundation
PO Box 10246, Eugene, OR  97440
541-747-9655 (phone)
541-747-4348 (fax)
libri at librifoundation.org (email)
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.



             Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
       Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
               katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528
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From: The Libri Foundation [mailto:reading at librifoundation.org]
To: kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
Sent: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:49:56 -0800
Subject: [kids-lib] Grant Opportunity for Rural Public Libraries

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  
  January 2009
  
  The Libri Foundation is currently accepting applications for its 2009
  BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grants.
  
  The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which
  donates new, quality, hardcover children's books to small, rural public
  libraries throughout the United States.  Since October 1990, the
  Foundation has donated over $3,600,000 worth of new children’s books to
  more than 2,500 libraries in 49 states, including Alaska and Hawaii.
  
  In order to encourage and reward local support of libraries, The Libri
  Foundation will match any amount of money raised by your local sponsors
  from $50 to $350 on a 2-to-1 ratio.  Thus, a library can receive up to
  $1,050 worth of new children's books.  After a library receives a grant,
  local sponsors (such as formal or informal Friends groups, civic or
  social organizations, local businesses, etc.) have four months, or
  longer if necessary, to raise their matching funds.
  
  The librarian of each participating library selects the books her
  library will receive from a booklist provided by the Foundation.  The
  700-plus fiction and nonfiction titles on the booklist reflect the very
  best of children's literature published primarily in the last three
  years. These titles, which are for children ages 12 and under, are
  award-winners or have received starred reviews in library, literary, or
  education journals.  The booklist also includes a selection of classic
  children’s titles.
  
  Libraries are qualified on an individual basis.  In general, county
  libraries should serve a population under 16,000 and town libraries
  should serve a population under 10,000 (usually under 5,000).  Libraries
  should be in a rural area, have a limited operating budget, and an
  active children's department.
  
  Please note:  Rural is usually considered to be at least 30 miles from a
  city with a population over 40,000.  Town libraries with total operating
  budgets over $150,000 and county libraries with total operating budgets
  over $350,000 are rarely given grants.
  
  Applications are accepted from independent libraries as well as
  libraries which are part of a county, regional, or cooperative library
  system.
  
  A school library may apply only if it also serves as the public library
  (i.e. it is open to the everyone in the community, has some summer
  hours, and there is no public library in town).
  
  A branch library may apply if the community it is in meets the
  definition of rural.  If the branch library receives its funding from
  its parent institution, then the parent institution’s total operating
  budget, not just the branch library’s total operating budget, must meet
  the budget guidelines.
  
  Previous BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grant recipients are eligible to apply for
  another grant three years after the receipt of their last grant.
  Libraries that do not fulfill all grant requirements, including the
  final report, may not apply for another grant.
  
  Application deadlines for 2007 are:  (postmarked by) January 23rd
  (extended), April 15th, and August 15th.  Grants are awarded January
  31st, April 30th, and August 31st.
  
  Application guidelines and forms may be downloaded from the Foundation's
  website at:  www.librifoundation.org.
  
  For more information about The Libri Foundation or its Books for
  Children program, please contact Ms. Barbara J. McKillip, President, The
  Libri Foundation, PO Box 10246, Eugene, OR  97440.  541-747-9655
  (phone); 541-747-4348 (fax); libri at librifoundation.org (email).  Normal
  office hours are:  Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Time.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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