IMLS is offering the Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries grant to support projects that enhance small and rural libraries’ service to their communities. This grant aims to strengthen grantee capacity and encourage participation in a community of practice. Projects should focus on transforming K-12 school library practice, community memory, or digital inclusion, aligned with the institution’s community needs. The closing date for applications is December 2, 2019.
Opportunity ID: 320100
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | APP-FY20 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Arts Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 30 |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.312 — National Leadership Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 5 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 30, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Aug 30, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 02, 2019 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 02, 2019 |
| Archive Date: | Jan 01, 2020 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,250,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $50,000 |
| Award Floor: | $10,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Please see Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility requirements. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| Description: |
Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries (APP) is a special initiative of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program. The goals of this initiative are 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 transforming K-12 school library practice, community memory, or digital inclusion and are clearly linked to an individual institution’s broader community needs. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/accelerating-promising-practices-small-libraries |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Jill Connors-Joyner, Senior Program Officer 202-653-4791 jconnors-joyner@imls.gov
James Neal, Senior Program Officer 202-653-4740 jneal@imls.gov Cynthia Landrum, Deputy Director 202-653-4650 clandrum@imls.gov Email:imls-librarygrants@imls.gov |
Version History
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| Updated posting | Aug 30, 2019 | |
| updated | Aug 30, 2019 | |
| updated links | Aug 30, 2019 | |
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DISPLAYING: Synopsis 5
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | APP-FY20 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Arts Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 30 |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.312 — National Leadership Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 5 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 30, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Aug 30, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 02, 2019 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 02, 2019 |
| Archive Date: | Jan 01, 2020 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,250,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $50,000 |
| Award Floor: | $10,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Please see Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility requirements. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| Description: |
Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries (APP) is a special initiative of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program. The goals of this initiative are 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 transforming K-12 school library practice, community memory, or digital inclusion and are clearly linked to an individual institution’s broader community needs. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/accelerating-promising-practices-small-libraries |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Jill Connors-Joyner, Senior Program Officer 202-653-4791 jconnors-joyner@imls.gov
James Neal, Senior Program Officer 202-653-4740 jneal@imls.gov Cynthia Landrum, Deputy Director 202-653-4650 clandrum@imls.gov Email:imls-librarygrants@imls.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 4
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | APP-FY20 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Arts Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 30 |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.312 — National Leadership Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 4 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 30, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Aug 30, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 02, 2019 |
| Archive Date: | Jan 01, 2020 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,250,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $50,000 |
| Award Floor: | $10,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Please see Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility requirements. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| Description: |
IMLS’ Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries (APP) is a special initiative of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program. The goals of this initiative are 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 transforming K-12 school library practice, community memory, or digital inclusion and are clearly linked to an individual institution’s broader community needs. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/accelerating-promising-practices-small-libraries |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
imls-librarygrants@imls.gov
Email:imls-librarygrants@imls.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 3
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | APP-FY20 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Arts Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 30 |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.312 — National Leadership Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 3 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 30, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Aug 30, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 02, 2019 |
| Archive Date: | Jan 01, 2020 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,250,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $50,000 |
| Award Floor: | $10,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | To be eligible as an applicant for the Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries Initiative, you must:• be either a unit of State or local government or be a private, nonprofit institution that has nonprofit status under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and• be located in one of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau.In addition, you must be one of the following six types of organizations:(1) A library or a parent organization, such as a school district, a municipality, a State agency, or an academic institution, that is responsible for the administration of a library. Eligible libraries include:• Public libraries;• Public elementary and secondary school libraries;• Tribal libraries;• College (including community college) and university libraries;• Research libraries and archives that are not an integral part of an institution of higher education and that make publicly available library services and materials that are suitable for scholarly research and not otherwise available. Research libraries must be under the supervision of at least one permanent professional staff librarian and must be either generally recognized as possessing unique, scholarly research materials and services that are made available to the public*, or able to demonstrate that such is the case when submitting an application to IMLS;• Private or other special library, but only if the State in which such private or special library is located determines that the library should be considered a library for the purposes of the Library Services and Technology subchapter (see 20 U.S.C. 9121-9165);(2) A digital library, if it makes library materials publicly available and provides library services, including selection, organization, description, reference, and preservation, under the supervision of at least one permanent professional staff librarian**; or(3) A library agency that is an official agency of a State or other unit of government and is charged by the law governing it with the extension and development of public library services within its jurisdiction. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| Description: | IMLS’ Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries (APP) is a special initiative of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program. The goals of this initiative are 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 (for additional details see the Mentor Organizations, Communities of Practice, and Program Evaluation section below). IMLS invites applications that focus on transforming K-12 school library practice, community memory, or digital inclusion and are clearly linked to an individual institution’s broader community needs. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/accelerating-promising-practices-small-libraries |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Jill Connors-Joyner, Senior Program Officer 202-653-4791 jconnors-joyner@imls.gov
James Neal, Senior Program Officer 202-653-4740 jneal@imls.gov Cynthia Landrum, Deputy Director 202-653-4650 clandrum@imls.gov Email:jconnors-joyner@imls.gov; jneal@imls.gov; clandrum@imls.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | APP-FY20 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Arts Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 30 |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.312 — National Leadership Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 30, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Aug 30, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 02, 2019 |
| Archive Date: | Jan 01, 2020 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,250,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $50,000 |
| Award Floor: | $10,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | To be eligible as an applicant for the Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries Initiative, you must:• be either a unit of State or local government or be a private, nonprofit institution that has nonprofit status under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and• be located in one of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau.In addition, you must be one of the following six types of organizations:(1) A library or a parent organization, such as a school district, a municipality, a State agency, or an academic institution, that is responsible for the administration of a library. Eligible libraries include:• Public libraries;• Public elementary and secondary school libraries;• Tribal libraries;• College (including community college) and university libraries;• Research libraries and archives that are not an integral part of an institution of higher education and that make publicly available library services and materials that are suitable for scholarly research and not otherwise available. Research libraries must be under the supervision of at least one permanent professional staff librarian and must be either generally recognized as possessing unique, scholarly research materials and services that are made available to the public*, or able to demonstrate that such is the case when submitting an application to IMLS;• Private or other special library, but only if the State in which such private or special library is located determines that the library should be considered a library for the purposes of the Library Services and Technology subchapter (see 20 U.S.C. 9121-9165);(2) A digital library, if it makes library materials publicly available and provides library services, including selection, organization, description, reference, and preservation, under the supervision of at least one permanent professional staff librarian**; or(3) A library agency that is an official agency of a State or other unit of government and is charged by the law governing it with the extension and development of public library services within its jurisdiction. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| Description: | IMLS’ Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries (APP) is a special initiative of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program. The goals of this initiative are 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 (for additional details see the Mentor Organizations, Communities of Practice, and Program Evaluation section below). IMLS invites applications that focus on transforming K-12 school library practice, community memory, or digital inclusion and are clearly linked to an individual institution’s broader community needs. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/accelerating-promising-practices-small-libraries |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Jill Connors-Joyner, Senior Program Officer 202-653-4791 jconnors-joyner@imls.gov
James Neal, Senior Program Officer 202-653-4740 jneal@imls.gov Cynthia Landrum, Deputy Director 202-653-4650 clandrum@imls.gov Email:jconnors-joyner@imls.gov; jneal@imls.gov; clandrum@imls.gov |
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Jill Connors-Joyner, Senior Program Officer 202-653-4791 jconnors-joyner@imls.gov James Neal, Senior Program Officer 202-653-4740 jneal@imls.gov Cynthia Landrum, Deputy Director 202-653-4650 clandrum@imls.gov Email: imls-librarygrants@imls.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.312 | APP-FY20 | Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries | PKG00254421 | Aug 30, 2019 | Dec 02, 2019 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
320100 SF424_Short_1_1-1.1.pdf
320100 IMLS_Supplementary-1.0.pdf
320100 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
320100 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
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