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Michigan: Improving Access to Information Grant for Local History or Special Collections

Dated: May 9, 2024

The Library of Michigan is seeking applications for its Improving Access to Information Grant for Local History or Special Collections to improve public and academic libraries’ capacity to offer services and information resources in their communities.

Donor Name: Library of Michigan

State: Michigan

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 05/31/2024

Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000

Grant Duration: 1 Year

Details:

The focus will be on one-year projects that improve access to information for community members in the areas of literacy; local history and special collections; improving digital inclusion; or access to library programming for underserved community members.

LM’s LSTA grant program is designed to provide 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. The intent is to fund one-year projects that increase access to library collections and information. This grant program is competitive.

Grant proposals that focus on local history and special collections may focus on one or more of the following three areas:

  • Digitization of local and/or special collections; or
  • Preservation of one-of-a-kind collections; or
  • Assessment and preservation planning for special collections, either physical or digital.

Grant Priorities

  • Improve access to services and information in areas of literacy.
  • Improve access to services and 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.

Funding Information

For fiscal year 2024, the grant awards will be as follows:

  • Minimum Grant Award: $5,000
  • Maximum Grant Award: $25,000

Grant Period

The grant period will be October 2, 2024, to September 30, 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

For purposes of LSTA, the State Library has discretion on the eligibility of applicants. For this Improving Access to Information grant program, eligible applicants are Michigan public and academic libraries and library cooperatives. Vendors or partner institutions are NOT eligible to apply.

To be eligible, a library applicant must:

  • Have one or more paid library staff
  • Have a regular schedule of library service
  • Have a dedicated facility for library purposes
  • Have an annual budget with funds reserved for library materials and services
  • Have a record of multi-type library cooperation, evidenced by activities such as union listing of holdings, reciprocal borrowing or interlibrary loan.
  • If a “public library,” be “lawfully established” for purposes of the State Aid to Public Libraries Act and meet all eligibility requirements for receiving state aid, at the time of application and the time of grant award.
  • If an “academic library,” be currently accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

For more information, visit Library of Michigan.

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