Library of Michigan is pleased to announce the program is open for the 2022/2023 grant year. This Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant program is designed to provide public and academic libraries with the opportunity to expand services for learning and access to information and/or to develop library services that provide all users access to information.
Donor Name: Library of Michigan
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/31/2022
Grant Size: $5,000 to $25,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Grant Priorities
- Improve access to services & information in areas of literacy.
- Improve access to services & information in areas of local history or special collections.
- Improve access to information for community users with limited online access, e.g. improving equity through digital inclusion.
Applicants may propose a project for any of these three priorities.
Grant Guidelines
- Literacy projects: They are interested in projects that improve community literacy for a range of topics, such as early literacy, financial literacy, digital literacy, English as a second language (ESL), health literacy, etc. Examples are supporting programming for a community group like a teen center, creating a pop-up library collection that supports an identified local need, providing financial or digital literacy training, etc.
- Local history or special collections: They are interested in projects that engage local communities in the collection, documentation, and preservation of their local histories, experiences, and identities. Examples are preservation and promotion of an existing collection, collaborating with a local museum to bring together a themed collection, remediating metadata for an existing digital collection for inclusion in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), etc.
- Access to Information: They are interested in digital inclusion projects, meaning increasing or improving services for users with limited online access. Examples are hot spot lending programs, support for technology training, using assistive devices with disabled patrons, etc.
Funding Information
The Library of Michigan announces each fiscal year whether competitive grant funds are available. The grant period is one year (October 1 – September 30) and funding is from $5,000 to $25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Michigan public and academic libraries. Public libraries must be legally established and eligible for state aid at the time of application. Academic libraries must be accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
For more information, visit Library of Michigan.
