LSTA Grants—Opportunities to Learn More About the FY2009 Offerings
PALS has scheduled three opportunities to learn about the FY2009 LSTA grant offerings:
Tuesday, March 4th you can see and hear, the Illinois State Library’s LSTA grant guru, Karen Egan, explain the new offerings in detail via videoconference from any of the 8 PALS neighborhood & service center sites. Karen will be live at the Shorewood Service Center. Joining Karen via videoconference from Springfield will be Alyce Scott who works with the digitization grant projects. Paul Mills, Technology Director at PALS, will also be present to field questions about llsap membership as it applies to the Value of Resource grant opportunity.
Thursday, March 6th, a brief overview of the grant offerings especially related to school libraries will be offered at the School Librarians’ Updates and LSTA Grant Workshop at the Rockford Service Center. Norma Applegate and Jane Lenser will present.
Thursday, March 20th, there will be a face to face session at Centennial Elementary School in Polo. PALS Library Services Coordinators Jane Lenser and Nancy Smith will walk you through the FY2009 grant offerings, point out important aspects, note the differences from previous years’ requirements and offer tips and techniques to help make your applications more effective. This in person setting will allow opportunities to interact with other participants, sharing ideas and finding grant partners.
Monday, March 25th, PALS Library Services Coordinators Jane Lenser and Nancy Smith will use OPAL to walk you through the offerings while you sit comfortably at your desktop. They will point out important aspects and note the differences from previous years’ requirements or procedures as well as discussing tips and techniques to make your grant application(s) more effective.
You can register for any of the presentations above by going to the appropriate date on CleO.
If none of the above events meets your need, feel free to contact Jane (janel@palsnet.info or x4461) or Nancy (nancys@palsnet.info or x4466) about scheduling an LSTA workshop.
All PALS staff members are available for consultation on projects in their area of expertise and are willing to read and review rough drafts, etc. We just ask that you contact us prior to the week the grants are due.
Letters of Intent are due on April 2nd and the Applications on May 12th.
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