technology grants 101 march 2009
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Technology Grants for Libraries 101
A MaintainIT Webinar
March 12, 200911 AM Pacific/Noon Mountain/1 PM Central/2 PM Eastern Time Zone
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Welcome!
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Stephanie Gerding Brenda Hough
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• Learn a step-by-step method for writing grant proposals,
• find out where to easily locate grant opportunities, and
• discover real library grant success stories.
Ground we’ll cover:
What are you hoping to get out of today’s discussion?
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New to grant work?
Grant writing is really about three things librarians are great at:
• finding information,
• answering questions, and
• building relationships.
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Overview of Grant Work: The Grant Process Cycle
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It’s All About the People—Not the Stuff
• The need is never for the equipment—not for the technology itself—but for solving a problem or addressing a need in your community.
• How can the library help improve your community? • literacy, job seeking skills, educational support,
reduce school drop-out rates, a safe place for teens, close digital divide
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Justifying Technology Needs
• Builds capacity• Creates a new model of community communication• Empowers and engages customers• Saves staff time - efficiency and productivity• Provides disability access• Allows technology skills / job training• Extends the reach of the library into the community• Closes the digital divide between haves and have-nots• Organizes Volunteer opportunities and information• Enables data collection and measurement
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Success Stories
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More Tech Grant Projects
• RFID• Gaming• PAC management• Wireless•Laptops/Labs• Digital Audiobooks• Online homework help• Tech workshops
• Access to databases• Digitizing local collections• Assistive technology• 24/7 reference• Statewide technology support staff• Staff training on tech
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Researching Funders
• Categories of Grants – Government: Federal, State and Local
• IMLS, LSTA, Parks and Rec
– Private: • Foundations• Professional and Trade Associations• Corporations and Businesses• Clubs and Organizations
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Top 8 Sites to Search for Library Tech Grants
• Library Grants Blog http://librarygrants.blogspot.com
• Foundation Center RFP Bulletin http://www.fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp
• Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov
• IMLS http://www.imls.gov/applicants/name.shtm
• National Endowment for the Humanities http://www.neh.gov/grants/index.html
• National Network of Libraries of Medicine http://www.nnlm.gov/projects
• The U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml?src=rt
• State Libraries http://www.imls.gov/programs/libraries.shtm
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http://librarygrants.blogspot.com
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GRANTS.GOV
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The Ps
"Please" is the most important funding word, 8 other important Ps:
Planning Passion Persuasion
PurposePrecision
PartnershipsPositivity
People
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•$13 billion for Title I
•$650 million for Enhancing Education Through Technology
•$7.2 billion for Broadband
•$53.6 billion for the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
•$120 million Senior Community Service Employment Program
•Additional $130 mill for Rural Community Facilities Program
•$4.24 billion & $1.33 billion for Military Libraries
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Top 8 Things You Can Do Now…. To Get Broadband Stimulus Funding
• Inventory the connectivity at your library.
• Assess telecommunications services & identify future needs.
• Talk with campus or school administrators, local government officials and the governor’s office in your state.
• Think collaboration and aggregation--contact potential partners.
• Identify community employment & business needs/resources
• Start thinking about “sustainability.”
• Say “thanks” to senators & congressional reps for passing ARRA.
• Think BIG!
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/wo/woissues/washfunding/fedfund/Broadband%20Top%20Ten.pdf
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Print Resources
• Annual Register of Grant Support. Information Today.
• Big Book of Library Grant Money. American Library Association.
• Grants for Information Technology, Grants for Libraries and Information Services, and the National Guide to Funding for Libraries and Information Services. Foundation Center.
• Directory of Building and Equipment Grants: A Reference Directory Identifying Building, Renovation, and Equipment Grants Available to Nonprofit Organizations. Research Grant Guides.
• Grants for Libraries: A How-To-Do-It Manual and CD-ROM for Librarians, Neal-Schuman.
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Online Communities
• WebJunction and TechAtlas
• Techsoup and MaintainIT
Spend Less and Share the Wisdom!
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Eight Tasty Tidbits from Today!
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Questions? Comments?
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If you don’t ask, you won’t get!
“I have tried raising money by asking for it, and by not asking for it. I always got more by asking for it.” --Millard Fuller, founder, Habitat for Humanity
Plan, prepare, and then go for it! Grants for Libraries: A How-To-Do-It Manual and CD-ROM for Librarians, Gerding & MacKellar, Neal-Schuman.
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Thank you for attending today’s session!
Contact:Brenda Hough brenda@techsoup.org
Stephanie Gerding stephaniegerding@gmail.com
Visit the MaintainIT website: www.maintainitproject.org
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