LSTA Grant Information Sessions

All potential LSTA grant 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/.

· Thursday, October 18, 2:30-4:00, East Lyme Public Library, 39 Society Rd, East Lyme, CT 06357

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

· Tuesday, November 20, 10:30-noon, Hall Memorial Library, 93 Main St, Ellington, CT 06029

· Friday, December 14, 10:00-11:30, Wallingford Public Library, 200 North Main St., Wallingford, CT 06492

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

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

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

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