The California State Library is now accepting applications for the 2008/09 California of the Past: Digital Storytelling grant Program. The application materials can be found on the California State Library’s website at http://www.library.ca.gov/grants/lsta/lsta_app_08_09.html. The application deadline is 4:00 p.m. on June 19, 2008.
Up to twelve public libraries will be selected to participate in the program. Each library will receive a digital storytelling station, training, technical support, and a small grant to support the implementation of this engaging program which will allow community members to record, for example, what main street used to be like, or what it was like to raise children at a certain time in California history.
At least two of the 2008/09 California of the Past grants will be targeted at a specific audience. At minimum, one grant will be targeted for a public/tribal library partnership which will result in Native Americans recording digital stories. Another grant will be targeted for a public library partnership with an organization/museum or other entity that would result in Japanese Americans, who were interned due to Executive Order 9066, recording digital stories.
For more information, contact Kathy Low, Library Programs Consultant at (916) 653-6822, or by email at klow@library.ca.gov.