Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
Deadline:
September 27, 2019
Amount:
Planning Grants: up to $100,000. National Forum Grants: up to $150,000. Project Grants: up to $1,000,000. Research Grants: up to $500,000.
Match:
No cost share required other than Projects requesting $250,000 or more in IMLS funds require 1:1 cost share, excluding student support costs
Eligibility:
State or local government or be a private, nonprofit institution that has nonprofit status under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. In addition, you must qualify as one of the following six types of organizations: (1) A library or a parent organization, such as a school district, a municipality, a State agency, or an academic institution, that is responsible for the administration of a library. Eligible libraries include: * Public libraries; * Public elementary and secondary school libraries; * Tribal libraries; * College (including community college) and university libraries; * Research libraries and archives that are not an integral part of an institution of higher education and that make publicly available library services and materials that are suitable for scholarly research and not otherwise available. Research libraries must be under the supervision of at least one permanent professional staff librarian and must be either generally recognized as possessing unique, scholarly research materials and services that are made available to the public, or able to demonstrate that such is the case when submitting an application to IMLS.; * Private or other special library, but only if the State in which such private or special library is located determines that the library should be considered a library for the purposes of the Library Services and Technology subchapter (see 20 U.S.C. 9121-9165)
The Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (LB21) supports developing a diverse workforce of librarians to better meet the changing learning and information needs of the American public by: enhancing the training and professional development of library and archives professionals, developing faculty and library leaders, and recruiting, educating, and retaining the next generation of library and archives professionals.
