The Libri Foundation is currently accepting applications for its spring and summer 2002 BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grants.
The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children's books to small, rural public libraries throughout the United States. Since October 1990, the Foundation has donated over $1,500,000 worth of new children's books to more than 1,400 libraries in 47 states. In order to encourage and reward local support of libraries, The Libri Foundation will match any amount of money raised by a library's local sponsor(s) from $50 to $350 on a 2-to-1 ratio. Thus, a library can receive up to $1,050 worth of new, quality, hardcover children's books. After a library receives a grant, local sponsors (such as formal or informal Friends groups, civic or social organizations, local businesses, etc.) have four months, or longer if necessary, to raise their matching funds. The librarian of each participating library selects the books her library will receive from a booklist provided by the Foundation. The 640-plus fiction and nonfiction titles on the booklist reflect the very best of children's literature published in the last three years. These titles, which are for children ages 12 and under, are award-winners or have received starred reviews in library, literary, and education journals. The booklist also includes a selection of classic children's titles. Libraries are qualified on an individual basis. In general, libraries should serve a population under 10,000 (usually under 5,000), be in a rural area, have a limited operating budget, and an active children's department. Please note: Rural is usually considered to be at least 30 miles from a city with a population over 40,000. Town libraries with total operating budgets over $125,000 and county libraries with total operating budgets over $250,000 are rarely given grants. Applications are accepted from independent libraries as well as libraries which are part of a county, regional, or cooperative library system. A school library may apply only if it also serves as the public library (i.e. it is open to the general public and has summer hours). A branch library may apply if the community it is in meets the definition of rural. If the branch library receives its funding from its parent institution, then the parent institution's total operating budget, not just the branch library's total operating budget, must meet the budget guidelines. Previous BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grant recipients are eligible to apply for a second grant three years after the receipt of their first grant. Libraries that do not fulfill all the grant requirements, including the final report, are not eligible for a second grant. Application (postmark) deadlines: February 1st, April 1st, and August 1st. Award dates are the end of February, April, and August. For more information or to have an application packet mailed to you, please contact Ms. Barbara J. McKillip, President, The Libri Foundation, PO Box 10246, Eugene, OR 97440. 541-747-9655 (voice); 541-747-4348 (fax); [EMAIL PROTECTED] (email); www.librifoundation.org (web site). Normal office hours are: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Time. -------------------- The Libri Foundation PO Box 10246 Eugene, OR 97440 541-747-9655 (phone); 541-747-4348 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (email) www.librifoundation.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . --------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include in body: unsubscribe ctls-l For information on CTLS-L please visit: http://www.ctls.net/document/ctls-l.htm
