My Professional Excellence Grant Experience, June 2009

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 . . . → Read More: My Professional Excellence Grant Experience, June 2009

Stimulus $$$ and Utah libraries

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 . . . → Read More: Stimulus $$$ and Utah libraries

Preservation Assistance Grant training

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 . . . → Read More: Preservation Assistance Grant training

Federal Recovery Grant Money for Library Broadband

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 . . . → Read More: Federal Recovery Grant Money for Library Broadband