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By Joanne Gialelis, Library Assistant II, Utah State Law Library The Utah State Library Division’s UPLIFT Professional Excellence Grant provided me with an excellent opportunity. With this grant award, I was able to pay for a Collection Management course and apply the credits towards my graduate degree program at SJSU’s School of Library and . . . → Read More: My Professional Excellence Grant Experience, June 2009 Everyone’s wondering about stimulus money and how Utah librarians can get it. Here’s my answer, and that’s just it, my answer. The thing is, we don’t want to miss out. Deseret News said that Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County will get most of the money. I don’t want it to slip by the rest of us. The website to track . . . → Read More: Stimulus $$$ and Utah libraries April 3 2009, 10-11 am or 2-3 pm Mountain Time BCR’s Digital and Preservation Services (DPS) provides free assistance to help you through the Preservation Assistance Grant (PAG) application process. Small- to medium-sized institutions can apply for $6000 to preserve and care for their collections through the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)’s Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller . . . → Read More: Preservation Assistance Grant training The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law No. 111-5, will be providing $4.7 billion establishing the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. This program will fund eligible entities to develop and expand broadband services to rural and underserved areas and to improve access to broadband by public safety agencies. At least $200 million of this funding . . . → Read More: Federal Recovery Grant Money for Library Broadband |
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Wastebook 2010: A Fun Look at Government Spending
Wastebook 2010
The award for the most entertaining government publication of the Year has to go to Senator Tom Coburn’s Wastebook 2010. It’s a guide to the 100 most wasteful federal spending projects of the year. Coburn, known as a champion of fiscal responsibility in his opposition to earmarks and unchecked government spending, . . . → Read More: Wastebook 2010: A Fun Look at Government Spending