Libraries across the United States have until Oct. 16 to apply for the $5,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, which will be awarded to the library with the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2007 National Library Week theme, "Come together @ your library®."
The Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant is sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing, a division of children’s publishing company Scholastic, and is administered by the Public Awareness Committee of the American Library Association. National Library Week is April 15-21, 2007.
All proposals must use the "Come together @ your library" theme, which incorporates The Campaign for America's Libraries’ "@ your library" brand, on any and all promotional and publicity material supporting National Library Week activities. Guidelines for using the brand are available on the campaign Website at under the "download logos" section.
A grant application form and guidelines are available on The Campaign for America’s Libraries Web site.
The winner will be notified and announced at the 2007 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. Information on last year’s winner, the Maricopa County Library District in Phoenix, Ariz., and the winning application can be viewed at www.ala.org/@yourlibrary/nlwgrant .
For more information about the contest, contact the American Library Association Information Office at (800) 545-2433, ext. 4020, or e-mail mhumphrey@ala.org .
