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| Genre/Form: | Handbooks, manuals, etc Guides, manuels, etc |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Gerding, Stephanie K. Grants for libraries. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2006 (OCoLC)741860382 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephanie K Gerding; Pamela H MacKellar |
| ISBN: | 1555705359 9781555705350 |
| OCLC Number: | 61731354 |
| Description: | xxiii, 252 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
| Contents: | pt. I. The grant process cycle -- 1. Making the commitment and understanding the process -- Overview of the grant process cycle -- 1) Making the commitment and understanding the process -- 2) Planning for success -- 3) Discovering and designing the grant project -- 4) Organizing the grant team -- 5) Understanding the sources and resources -- 6) Researching and selecting the right grant -- 7) Creating and submitting the winning proposal -- 8) Getting funded and implementing the project -- 9) Reviewing and continuing the process -- Implications to consider -- The importance of partnerships and collaborations -- Making the commitment -- Specific commitments -- Increase your odds -- Additional benefits -- 2. Planning for success -- Overview -- Strategic planning -- Creating a strategic plan -- Common plan elements -- Vision statement -- Mission statement -- Organizational values -- Community and library profiles -- Needs assessment -- Library service responses -- Goals -- Objectives -- Activities -- Monitor and update the strategic and project plans -- Library planning checklist -- Exemplar library strategic plan -- Vision -- Mission -- Library service responses to the community -- Goals, objectives, and activities -- 3. Discovering and designing the grant project -- What does project planning have to do with getting grants? -- What is a grant project? -- The project planning process -- Step 1 : clarify your library's goals, objectives, and activities -- Step 2 : pull together a project planning team -- Step 3 : start the project planning process -- Step 4 : discover the project idea and Goals -- Step 5 : define project outcomes -- Step 6 : plan your project -- Step 7 : develop project objectives -- Step 8 : define project action steps -- Step 9 : consult previous projects, best practices, and similar projects -- Step 10 : make a project timeline -- Step 11 : develop a project budget -- Step 12 : create an evaluation plan -- 4. Organizing the grant team -- Overview -- Selecting the grant team members -- Possible team member titles -- Responsibilities of each team member -- Hiring a professional grant writer or researcher -- Using volunteers -- Team members' skills -- Grant team meetings -- Fundamentals of teamwork -- Initial informal meeting -- The first team meeting -- Ongoing grant coordinator responsibilities -- Implementation -- 5. Understanding the sources and resources -- Types of funding sources for grants -- Government funding sources -- Private funding sources -- Resources for finding grant opportunities -- Government funding resources -- Private funding resources -- Local funding directories -- Resources for library projects. 6. Researching and selecting the right grant -- Internet and library research -- Translate your project into the language of the resources -- Work from the general to the specific -- Keep your research findings organized -- Different kinds of grants -- Researching government resources -- Researching foundation resources -- Researching corporate resources -- Read publications, join electronic discussion groups, blogs, and use electronic alert services -- Local resources -- Talk with funders -- 7. Creating and submitting the winning proposal -- Overview -- Writing style -- Project partners and collaborators -- Applying to multiple funders -- Reviewers -- Contacting the funder -- Questions to ask funders checklist -- Specifications -- Types of proposals -- The letter of intent of inquiry letter -- The RFP or application -- Online proposals -- Key proposal components -- Title sheet -- Cover letter -- Table of contents -- Proposal summary -- Organizational overview -- Statement of needs (problem statement) -- Project description -- Approach/methodology -- Budget request -- Evaluation process -- Appendix -- Authorized signatures -- Grant proposal checklist -- Submitting your application -- Grant submission checklist -- Follow-up -- 8. Getting funded and implementing the project -- After you submit your application -- Your project gets funded -- What to do when your proposal is not funded -- Taking the next steps : implementing the project -- Contacting the funder and talking to your program officer -- Start your project evaluation -- Understand your reporting requirements -- Setting up to implement your project -- 9. Reviewing and continuing the process -- Debrief and review -- Participate in ongoing professional development -- Foster partnerships -- Subscribe to current awareness services, electronic newsletters, and online discussion groups -- Search the Web and visit blogs -- Join groups and associations -- Keep up-to-date with your strategic plan and project plan -- 10. Answering five essential questions -- Does your library have the capacity to implement and support this project? -- How will this grant make an impact? -- Is your project sustainable? -- Do you have real relationships with funders and partners? -- How will you know that you've been successful? pt. II. Library grant success stories -- Introduction -- Listening to the desert : living in harmony with Xeriscape Landscaping -- Glendale Public Library : Glendale, Arizona -- Bridging the gap -- Athens Regional Library System : Athens, Georgia -- Slammin' jammin' poetry -- Des Plains Public Library : Des Plains, Illinois -- Laurelton Library Youth Empowerment Initiative -- Queens Borough Public Library : Laurelton, New York -- Forever free : Abraham Lincoln's journey to emancipation -- Highland Park Public Library : Highland Park, Illinois -- A collage of cooperation -- Clermont County Public Library : Batavia, Ohio -- Improving student success through strengthening library collections, archives, and information competence -- Oviatt Library, California State University : Northridge, California -- Holiday and themed books for daycares -- Dubuque County Library Media Center : Farley, Iowa -- Library expansion and renovation -- Clear Lake Public Library : Clear Lake, Iowa -- Perspectives : inside/outside -- Haines Borough Public Library : Haines, Alaska -- The Maine experience -- Lawrence Junior High Library : Fairfield, Maine -- Training and equipment enhancement -- Northeastern University Libraries : Boston, Massachusetts -- New literary borders & boundaries : a semi-permeable layer? -- Harriet Cheney Cowles Memorial Library, Whitworth College : Spokane, Washington -- 14. Preserving Littleton's legacy -- Reuben Hoar Library : Littleton, Massachusetts -- Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library (NOVEL) -- Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah : Salt Lake City, Utah -- NO Walls : a community technology center -- Center for Development and Disability, University of New Mexico : Albuquerque, New Mexico. pt. III. The grants for libraries tool kit and CD-ROM -- A. Tools for chapter 1 : making the commitment -- Tool A-1 : worksheet : grant partnership agreement -- Tool A-2 : checklist : making the commitment : a checklist for committing to a grant -- B. Tools for chapter 2 : planning for success -- Tool B-1 : checklist : library planning checklist -- Tool B-2 : links : library strategic plans -- C. Tools for chapter 3 : discovering and defining the grant project -- Tool C-1 : template : strategic plan goals, objectives, and activities -- Tool C-2 : worksheet : project planning -- Tool C-3 : template : project action steps -- Tool C-4 : template : project timeline -- Tool C-5 : template : personnel budget -- Tool C-6 : template : nonpersonnel budget -- Tool C-7 : template : evaluation plan -- D. Tools for chapter 6 : researching and selecting the right grant -- Tool D-1 : worksheet : keyword selection -- Tool D-2 : worksheet : funder summary -- Tool D-3 : links : funding resources for libraries -- E. Tools for chapter 7 : creating and submitting the winning proposal -- Tool E-1 : checklist : questions for funders -- Tool E-2 : template : grant proposal -- Tool E-3 : checklist : grant proposal -- Tool E-4 : checklist : grant submission -- Tool E-5 : example RFPs and grant announcements (CD-ROM only) -- Tool E-6 : Example grant proposals (CD-ROM only). |
| Series Title: | How-to-do-it manuals for libraries, no. 144. |
| Responsibility: | Stephanie K. Gerding, Pamela H. MacKellar. |
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Abstract:
Offers librarians tips and instructions for obtaining grants, discussing the grant process, organizing a grant team, creating and submitting proposals, getting funded, and other related topics, and also contains library success stories. Includes CD-ROM.
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