Grant Opportunities
Improving Literacy through School Libraries Program
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/lsl/index.html
The U.S. Department of Education's Improving Literacy through School Libraries (LSL) program promotes comprehensive local strategies to improve student reading achievement by improving school library services and resources. New eligibility data are posted annually.
The application package for each year is available on the DOE's LSL Web site. Electronic application is required. Only local education agencies in which at least 20% of students served are from families with incomes below the poverty line are eligible to apply.
The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries
http://www.laurabushfoundation.org/
The mission of the Laura Bush Foundation is to support the education of our nation’s children by providing funds to update, extend, and diversity the book and print collections of America’s school libraries. The Foundation will make grants in amounts up to $5,000 to school libraries, and all grants are made to individual schools rather than to school districts, foundations, or other entities.
We the People Bookshelf
http://www.wethepeople.gov/bookshelf/index.html
The We the People Bookshelf is a set of classic books for young readers from Kindergarten through high school. Since 2003, NEH the National Endowment for the Humanities) has delivered free sets of classic books, based on themes central to American history and culture, to more than 9,000 school and public libraries nationwide.
Each year NEH identifies a theme important to the nation's heritage and selects books that embody that theme. This collection of theme-related books is the Bookshelf. In addition to introducing young readers to good literature, the Bookshelf promotes understanding of abstract or general ideas through the power of particular stories.
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