[Michlib-l] Grant Opportunity: Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries

[Rebecca Dunkle]

Two access/circulation services jobs available at the University of
Michigan, one a supervisor and one an Information Resources Assistant;
applications currently being accepted!

http://umjobs.org/job_detail/119399/access_services_supervisor_afternoon_shift

http://umjobs.org/job_detail/119398/access_services_assistant_afternoon_shift

Rebecca Dunkle
Associate University Librarian for Library Operations
University of Michigan – 818 Hatcher Library
913 South University Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 49109
734-936-2379; rdunkle at umich.edu

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Reish, Karren (MDE) <ReishK at michigan.gov>
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> Please see below for a grant opportunity from the Institute of Museum and
> Library Services.
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> Karren Reish
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> Library Grants Coordinator
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> Library of Michigan
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> 517-241-0021
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> reishk at michigan.gov
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> Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries
> Institute of Museum and Library Services
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> http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=280610
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> Current Closing Date for Applications: Feb 1, 2016
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> Estimated Total Program Funding: $250,000
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> Award Ceiling: $25,000
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> Award Floor: $10,000
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> Expected Number of Awards: 10
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> To be eligible as an applicant for this 2016 Sparks! Ignition Grants for
> Libraries Program, you must: •be either a unit of State or local government
> or be a private nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under the
> Internal Revenue Code.
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> These small grants encourage libraries and archives to test and evaluate
> specific innovations in the ways they operate and the services they
> provide. Sparks Grants support the deployment, testing, and evaluation of
> promising and groundbreaking new tools, products, services, or
> organizational practices. You may propose activities or approaches that
> involve risk, as long as the risk is balanced by significant potential for
> improvement in the ways libraries and archives serve their communities.
> Successful proposals will address problems, challenges, or needs of broad
> relevance to libraries and/or archives. A proposed project should test a
> specific, innovative response to the identified problem and present a plan
> to make the findings widely and openly accessible. To maximize the public
> benefit from federal investments in these grants, the Sparks! program will
> fund only projects with the following characteristics: Broad Potential
> Impact—You should identify a specific problem or need that is relevant to
> many libraries and/or archives and propose a testable and measurable
> solution. Proposals must demonstrate a thorough understanding of current
> issues and practices in the project’s focus area and discuss its potential
> impact within libraries and/or archives. Proposed innovations should be
> widely adoptable or adaptable. Significant Innovation—The proposed solution
> to the identified problem must offer strong potential for non-incremental,
> significant advancement in the operation of libraries and/or archives. You
> must explain how the proposed activity differs from current practices or
> takes advantage of an unexplored opportunity, and the potential benefit to
> be gained by this innovation.
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