(via Hannah Arata, ALA) The American Library Association invites library workers to apply for Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Focus on Small and Rural Libraries. Up to 100 libraries will be awarded in this round of grantmaking, part of ALA’s longtime community engagement initiative. Library workers may apply online for grant funding by Thursday, September 16, here. Library workers will complete a free ALA…
Category: Awards, Grants, and Scholarships (non-HSLI)
University of Illinois System/CARLI Awarded $1 Million Open Textbook Pilot Grant
(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI) The University of Illinois System/CARLI has been awarded a 3-year $1.08 million from the U.S. Department of Education’s Open Textbooks Pilot Program – a competitive grant program based on US Senate Majority Whip and Illinois Senator Richard Durbin’s Affordable College Textbook Act. The grant will fund Illinois SCOERs (Support for Creation…
Call for Applicants: CARLI Counts Cohort 3 (Deadline Thursday, July 15)
(via Anne Craig, CARLI Senior Director) Applications are available for the extremely popular CARLI Counts Cohort 3, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. CARLI Counts is a continuing education library leadership immersion program that prepares librarians to make effective use of research findings on the impact of academic libraries on student success…
Call for Nominations: ACRL IS Teaching Methods Committee Featured Teaching Librarian (Deadline Fri., July 16)
(via Rachel Edford, University of Central Florida) Do you know someone who is an amazing teaching librarian? If yes, consider nominating them as a Featured Teaching Librarian! If you’re an amazing teaching librarian, consider nominating yourself. The ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee wants to highlight excellent teaching librarians. Several times during the year, the…
Call for Applications: Evidence Synthesis Institute for Librarians Outside of the Health Sciences (Online Aug. 3-6)–Deadline Fri., June 11
(via Megan Kocher, University of Minnesota) We a now accepting applications for the next Evidence Synthesis Institute for librarians. This will be an opportunity to enhance your database searching skills and learn about the possibilities for collaborating with researchers in conducting evidence syntheses across academic areas. On August 3-6 (Tuesday-Friday), the second of 6 Institute of…
Project ENABLE’s Call for Examples of Improving Library Accessibility and Inclusion for People with Disabilities (Deadline Tues., June 15)
(via Dr. Ruth Small, Syracuse University) As part of our current IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grant, the Project ENABLE team is soliciting stories from librarians, support staff (including paraprofessionals, aides, etc.) and administrators describing any changes you have made (even small ones can have big impact) in the past five years to improve…
Registration Open for Webinar on Applying for ALA COVID Library Relief Fund (Thurs., April 22, at 2:00 PM CDT)
(via Mariel Colbert, ALA) On Thursday, April 22, at 2:00 PM CDT, we will host an informational session to accompany The ALA COVID Library Relief Fund application form. If you are interested in applying for a grant for your public, school or academic library, we invite you to this free one-hour information session on the ALA COVID Library…
Call for Applicants: Association of Research Libraries Kaleidoscope Program for MLIS Students from Underrepresented Groups (Deadline Thurs., May 13)
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University, on behalf of the Association of Research Libraries) The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is accepting applications for the 2021-2023 cohort of the Kaleidoscope Program. The program recruits master of library and information science (MLIS) students from historically underrepresented ethnic and racial groups into careers in research libraries and…
Reminder: Nominations for Illinois Library Association Awards Due Saturday, May 15
(via Michelle Nielsen Ott, IACRL Past President) The ILA Awards Committee is now accepting nominations. Academic librarians are eligible for many of the awards, so please nominate a deserving colleague. Self-nominations are also acceptable. Awards of note include the following. Librarian of the Year Academic Librarian of the Year (IACRL co-sponsors this award) Intellectual Freedom…
Call for Applications: Self-Funded Fellows for IDEA Institute on Artificial Intelligence (Tentatively In-Person July 10-16)–Deadline Fri., April 9
(via Dr. Clara Chu, Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at Mortenson Center, UIUC Library) We invite applications for self-funded Fellows for the inaugural IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on Artificial Intelligence (AI). We are seeking library and information professionals and educators interested in enhancing their knowledge of AI to participate in the Institute. The…