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


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?



New to grant work?

Grant writing is really about three things librarians are great at:

• finding information,

• answering questions, and

• building relationships.



Overview of Grant Work: The Grant Process Cycle


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


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


Success Stories



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


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


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


http://librarygrants.blogspot.com


GRANTS.GOV


The Ps

"Please" is the most important funding word, 8 other important Ps:

Planning Passion Persuasion

PurposePrecision

PartnershipsPositivity

People


•$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


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


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.


Online Communities

• WebJunction and TechAtlas

• Techsoup and MaintainIT

Spend Less and Share the Wisdom!


Eight Tasty Tidbits from Today!


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.


Thank you for attending today’s session!

Contact:Brenda Hough [email protected]

Stephanie Gerding [email protected]

Visit the MaintainIT website: www.maintainitproject.org