7/25 free webinar: Bridging the Digital Divide with Mobile Services

Bridging the Digital Divide with Mobile Services

July 25, 2012

The popularity of smartphones and other mobile devices is exploding. 

The demographics of those adopting these devices are quite diverse, offering libraries a unique opportunity to help bridge the digital divide. Andromeda Yelton, author of the January issue of Library Technology Reports on the topic of Bridging the Digital Divide with Mobile Services, will discuss the demographics of mobile internet users and why it matters to a library’s mission. She will share real- life examples of online library services aimed at diverse populations and mobile friendly steps you can take even with limited time, budget, or expertise. This webinar is brought to you in collaboration with ALA TechSource.

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Community Transformation Grant Program

Community Transformation Grant Program

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this effort pledges $70 million to improve the health of small communities across the nation. The program targets intervention populations of up to 500,000 in neighborhoods, school districts, and towns in order to increase opportunities for people to make healthful choices. Applicants must demonstrate how they can improve the health of their communities through increasing the availability of healthy foods and beverages, improving access to safe places for physical activity, reducing tobacco use, and encouraging smoke-free environments.

Fifty awards of varying amounts are available to select applicants.

The deadline is, most realistically, not going to work if you’re just hearing about this for the first time. But there’s always next year, right?

Deadline: July 31, 2012

NEH/ALA Muslim Journeys Bookshelf Program

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), in collaboration with the ALA Public Programs Office, is accepting applications through September 25 for Muslim Journeys, a Bridging Cultures Bookshelf program. To apply, visit www.programminglibrarian.org/muslimjourneys.

In January 2013, up to 1,000 public libraries, community college and academic libraries, and state humanities councils will be selected to receive:

• a collection of 25 books that highlight the pluralism of cultural forms and traditions within the Muslim World
• three documentary films, with public performance rights
• a one-year subscription to Oxford Islamic Studies Online, which will allow libraries access to primary source documents and current works of scholarship
• bonus resources to support programs for public audiences including thematic essays, discussion questions, podcasts, and proprietary film and Internet content
• materials to support program promotion, including bookmarks, posters and bookplates.

The program aims to familiarize public audiences in the United States with the people, places, history, faith and cultures of Muslims in the United States and around the world. All of the materials and resources included in the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf have been selected with the advice of scholars, librarians and cultural programming experts. For more information, including complete lists of books and films, thematic description and resources to help get your application started, visit www.programminglibrarian.org/muslimjourneys or www.neh.gov/divisions/bridging-cultures.

The Bridging Cultures Bookshelf is a project of NEH and the ALA Public Programs Office, offered with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Additional support for the arts and media components was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Arts. Bridging Cultures is an NEH initiative that engages the power of the humanities to promote understanding and mutual respect for people with diverse histories, cultures, and perspectives within the United States and abroad.

Free 7/11 webinar: Grant Writing for Libraries Serving Children

Grant Writing for Libraries Serving Children

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Grant funding is one way to find resources to support innovative programming and services for children. In this webinar, learn about finding, writing, and submitting grant opportunities. Presenters Dr.

Sue C. Kimmel, Assistant Professor, and Dr. Gail K. Dickinson, Associate Professor, at the School Libraries/Darden College of Education Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA), will share information about specific grants that focus on diversity, literacy and libraries, and are relevant for school and public libraries. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and share related experiences.

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AMA Foundation Healthy Living Grant Program

The American Medical Association Foundation, with support from the AMA AllianceExternal Link, is offering grants of up to $8,000 to address critical health issues with its Healthy Living Grant Program.

Grants support projects in the area of prescription drug safety, including educational and awareness programs about the dangers of prescription drug abuse, targeted to children, parents or schools. 

This initiative supports grassroots organizations who are on the front lines in their communities. These grants provide critical funding that can jumpstart a project, affect change quickly, increase visibility for a project/organization, encourage collaboration and make a lasting difference in a community. 

Because this is a grassroots focus, applicant organizations must have annual operating budgets less than $2 million.

Deadline:  July 16, 2012. 

AVANCE's Parent-Child Education Program Grants

These Unlocking America’s Potential grants from AVANCE promote positive parenting skills and behaviors, school readiness, parental school involvement, adult education, community economic development, and civic engagement for a simultaneous impact on both parents and children in order to break the cycle of poverty.

Awards of up to $50,000 will be available to eligible entities including nonprofit organizations serving low-income, high-need Hispanic families.

Deadline: October 15, 2012

 

Build-A-Bear Foundation child safety, education grants

As mentioned on the WebJunction CT Additional Grants page (and also by me here last year), Build-A-Bear offers grants supporting programs in the areas of children's health and wellness (e.g., child safety organizations, health and wellness educational programs, and for organizations that serve children with special needs), animals and the environment, and literacy and education.

The maximum Grant is  $5,000; the deadline is August 31, 2012.

Priority is given to organizations located near Build-A-Bear Workshop stores and they fund two types of grant

o Individual Project grants - These grants are generally for one-time purchases or to fulfill a short-term need, such as the purchase of materials or equipment. 

o Organization Program grants - These grants fund start-up or operational costs for ongoing programs.