Grant+Sources+for+Libraries

Outcomes Based Evaluation:
__This is often part of grants, especially Federal and Alaska State Library grants. Here are some sources to help you understand and write OB Evaluations.__

WInter 2009 Grants list : ASD Grant Writing Guidelines:

Grant Sources for Libraries:
Many of these links are from Grants For Libraries Presentation, Alaska Library Association Conference (2008) Presented by Stephanie Gerding

(If there are sources that you are aware of, let me know)

[|Library Grants Blog] Current nationwide library grants. A great place to start [|Grants for Libraries] finding the sites and resources for fundraising and grants [|Grants from ALA] Public Programs Office Available grants from ALA [|Grants from the Alaska State Library]

[|Federal Grants]: The access point for 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. [|US Department of Education] [|National Library of Medicine] [|National Endowment for the Arts] [|Institute of Museum and Library Services] [|National Endowment for the Humanities] [|National Institute for Literacy]

Alaska Grants
[|Alaska Humanities Council] [|Alaska State Council on the Arts] [|Alaska Department of Education and Early Development]

[|The Foundation Center:] Largest and most comprehensive resource for researching foundations [|Websites of Private Foundations] [|Grantsmanship Center]: Maintains information about your state's foundation, community foundations, corporate giving programs and the tip 40 foundation that five in your state. [|Alaska Community Foundation] [|Alaska Conservation Foundation]

Professional Associations
[| ALA Awards and Scholarships] [| American Assoc. of School Librarians] [|SLA Scholarships and Grants] [|Alaska Library Association]

Newsletters, Bulletins, and Alert Services
[| Primary Source] from the Institute of Museum and Library Science Newsletter [|NEH Connect!] National Endowment for the Humanitites' electronic newsletter [|Grantsmanship Center] [|Foundation and Corporate Grants Alert] [|Chronicle of Philanthropy]

More About Grants and Fundraising:
[|The Foundation Center Online Tutorials] [|IMLS Project Planning Tutorial] [|WebJunction's Fundraising for Libraries Online Course] UNT - Grant writing basics online course availalbe at Webjunction as well
 * //Grants For Libraries: A How-To-Do-It Manual and CD-ROM//** Gerding, Stephanie and Mackellar, Pamela (2006) [|Neal Schuman Publishers]