ALA announces 2007 national library week grant

The American Library Association (ALA) invites U.S. libraries to apply for a $5,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, to be awarded to a single library for the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2007 National Library Week theme, "Come together @ your library."

The grant is sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing, a division of Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, and is administered by the Public Awareness Committee of ALA. The application deadline is October 16. National Library Week will be April 15-21, 2007.

All proposals must use the "Come together @ your library" theme, which incorporates The Campaign for America's Libraries' "@ your library" brand, on any and all promotional and publicity material supporting National Library Week activities. Guidelines for using the brand are available on the campaign website at http://www.ala.org/@yourlibrary under the download logos section.

A grant application form and guidelines are available on The Campaign for America's Libraries website at http://www.ala.org/@yourlibrary/nlwgrant. Information also is available from the ALA Public Information, 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4020, or mhumphrey@ala.org.

The winner will be notified and announced at the 2007 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. Information on last year's winner, the Maricopa County Library District in Phoenix, Arizona, and the winning application can be viewed at http://www.ala.org/@yourlibrary/nlwgrant.

Last updated on 8/7/2006