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• Audio Conference Calls available for Bank of America/IMLS American Heritage Preservation Program applicants

  Application deadline is September 15, 2008 The Institute of Museum and Library Services ( IMLS ) and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation are pleased to announce the 2009 guidelines for the American Heritage Preservation Program. This new public-private Read More... Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 11:48 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: grants, IMLS, CSL partners, California public libraries

• The Supply of CCLPEP Books Has Been Exhausted!

  The supply of books published by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP) grant recipients has been exhausted. Since July 10, 194 copies of 39 Months at Tule Lake by Margaret Lowry and 169 copies of Blossoms in the Desert have Read More... Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 2:09 PM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: CSL website, grants, California public libraries

• Free books about Japanese American World War II internment offered by California State Library’s CCLPEP

  August 10, 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which offered reparations to Japanese Americans detained in internment camps during World War II. The California State Library’s California Civil Liberties Public Education Read More... Posted Friday, July 11, 2008 12:44 PM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: CSL website, grants, California public libraries

• LFF names 17 national Fit for Life winners, 5 are California libraries

  The national non-profit organization Libraries for the Future ( LFF ) has awarded 17 library systems nationwide Fit for Lif e programming grants. Five California libraries, Fresno County Public Library, Pleasanton Public Library, Rancho Cucamonga Public Read More... Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:22 PM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: grants, California public libraries, US libraries

• National Endowment for the Arts announces Big Read recipients, 19 California entities, including 9 California libraries, are awardees

  The National Endowment for the Arts ( NEA ) announced June 16 that 208 libraries, municipalities, and arts, culture, and science organizations nationwide will receive grants totaling $2,810,500 to host Big Read celebrations between September 2008 and Read More... Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 9:45 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: grants, IMLS, California public libraries, US libraries

• 2008/09 California of the Past: Digital Storytelling Grant Program announced

  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 Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:26 PM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: LSTA, CSL website, grants, LDS, California public libraries

• Now Available – Archived video from Summer Reading Program training

  Archived highlights the Summer Reading Program training February 1, 2008 at Beale Memorial Library in Bakersfield are now available at http://www.cla-net.org/summer-reading/ws_video.php . Funding for the videotaping was provided through the California Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:20 PM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: LSTA, grants, LDS, California public libraries

• Now accepting 2008/09 Out-of-School-Time Online Homework Help applications

  State Librarian Susan Hildreth is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted to participate in the 2008/09 Out-of-School-Time Online Homework Help program. The invitation to apply, program guidelines and conditions, and the application Read More... Posted Monday, March 17, 2008 3:26 PM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: State Librarian, CSL website, grants, LDS, California public libraries

• Public Library Staff Education Program (PLSEP) application deadline March 17

  The application deadline for the Public Library Staff Education Program (PLSEP), a competitive grant program that provides grants to public and county law libraries for tuition reimbursement to staff pursuing their Master’s degree in library and Read More... Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:31 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: LSTA, CSL website, grants, LDS, California public libraries

• 2008/09 Local History Digital Resources Program application deadline is March 14th

  The deadline for libraries to apply for Local History Digital Resources Program is March 14, 2008. The Local History Digital Resources Program focuses on digitization of historical materials in libraries, and follows a "solution in a box" structure Read More... Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:56 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: LSTA, CSL website, grants, LDS, California public libraries

• "How I See It: My Place" - new program for California libraries

  "How I See It: My Place" is a new program for California libraries sponsored by Califa and the California Council for the Humanities, and supported by the California State Library, that will provide all the resources librarians need to successfully Read More... Posted Thursday, December 06, 2007 10:47 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: LSTA, grants, LDS, California public libraries

• Apply now! “Big Read” application deadline is February 12, 2008

  The Institute of Museum and Library Services ( IMLS ), in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts ( NEA ), has announced that February 12, 2008 is the fourth deadline for the Big Read program . Grants ranging from $5,000 - $20,000 are available Read More... Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 12:48 PM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: grants, IMLS, California public libraries, US libraries