From the Illinois State Library website:
Grant projects provide integrated, intensive instruction to improve the basic reading, writing skills, math or English language proficiency of parents and children together. Services include adult education, child education, parenting education, literacy-based, interactive, parent-child activities and library services.
From the Association for Library Service to Children (a division of the American Library Association) website:
From the ALA website:
Purpose
To award $1,000 for collection development to YALSA members who represent a public library and who work directly with young adults ages 12 to 18. Up to two grants will be awarded annually.
Criteria
Each application will be judged on the basis of:
From the PLA website:
The purpose of these grants is to enhance the professional development and improve the expertise of public librarians new to the field by making possible their attendance at major professional development activities.
This grant has been established to enable PLA Members new to the profession and who have not had the opportunity to attend a major PLA continuing education event in the last five years to do so.
From the PLA website:
The Romance Writers of America Library Grant is designed to provide a public library the opportunity to build or expand its romance fiction collection and/or host romance fiction programming. The grant consists of $4,500 to be used toward the purchase of romance fiction, author honorariums and travel expenses, and other applicable program expenses.
For additional information, and to apply for the grant, please visit the PLA website at http://www.ala.org/pla/awards/romancewritersgrant
From the Illinois Secretary of State's website:
Grant projects provide instruction to help adults who read below the ninth grade level or speak English at a beginning level to improve their basic reading, writing, math, or English language proficiency. Services are provided through the use of trained, unpaid volunteer tutors.
Expected Outcomes
From the ALA website:
From the Equinox website:
Equinox is honored to begin accepting applications for the Equinox Open Source Grant. Successful applicants will receive hosting and support for Koha, the first open source Integrated Library System to be used worldwide.
For additional information, and to apply for this grant, please visit the Equinox website at https://www.equinoxinitiative.org/fe_highlightitem.php?sid=10155d63d93ce5281849
From the Institute of Museum and Library Services website:
Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries (APP) is a special initiative of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program. The goal of this initiative is to support projects that strengthen the ability of small and/or rural libraries and archives to serve their communities and to build grantee capacity through participation in a community of practice. IMLS invites applications that focus on the following topics:
From the Illinois State Library website:
Live and Learn Construction Grant Program