LSTA Grant Information Sessions

Applications for LSTA Planning Grants will be accepted on a rolling basis every two months, with the next deadlines coming up in October and December. These six-month planning grants will provide up to $5,000 to assist libraries with planning initiatives to explore new services, assess and address the needs of changing population and patron bases, develop partnerships and collaboration, or write new strategic plans or long-range master plans.

Applications for LSTA Literacy Grants will be due in April 2019. These one-year literacy grants will provide up to $7,500 to assist libraries with creating strategic, sustainable partnerships and lifelong learning programs that address the seven literacies in their communities. The seven literacies are described in the Division's 2018-2022 LSTA Five-Year Plan as basic, early, civic/social, digital/information, financial, health, and legal literacy.

The following types of libraries are eligible to apply:

· Principal public libraries

· School libraries

· Academic libraries

· Special libraries

All potential applicants must attend an information session about the assessment and planning tools available from the CT State Library as well as grant application instructions, regulations, and fiscal management. Register for the session of your preference at http://cslib.libcal.com/.

· Wednesday, September 19, 10:30-noon. Howard Whittemore Memorial Library, 243 Church St, Naugatuck, CT 06770

· Thursday, November 15, 10:30-noon, Burlington Public Library, 34 Library Lane Burlington, CT 06013

· Wednesday, January 9, 9:30-11:00, J. Eugene Smith Library, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT

Additional sessions will be offered December through March. If you would like to host an information session at your library, please contact Maria Bernier, LSTA Coordinator, at maria.bernier@ct.gov or 860-704-2204.

More information, including the grant instructions and application, is online at http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/dld/lstagrants/grantapplication. 

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