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Collaborative Grant-Seeking

Practical Guides for Librarians

About the Series

This innovative series written and edited for librarians by librarians provides authoritative, practical information and guidance on a wide spectrum of library processes and operations.

Books in the series are focused, describing practical and innovative solutions to a problem facing todays librarian and delivering step-by-step guidance for planning, creating, implementing, managing, and evaluating a wide range of services and programs.

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About the Series Editor

The Practical Guides for Librarians series was conceived by and is edited by M. Sandra Wood, MLS, MBA, AHIP, FMLA, Librarian Emerita, Penn State University Libraries.

M. Sandra Wood was a librarian at the George T. Harrell Library, the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, for over thirty-five years, specializing in reference, educational, and database services. Ms. Wood worked for several years as a development editor for Neal-Schuman Publishers.

Ms. Wood received an MLS from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Maryland. She is a fellow of the Medical Library Association and served as a member of MLAs Board of Directors from 1991 to 1995. Ms. Wood is founding and current editor of Medical Reference Services Quarterly , now in its thirty-fifth volume. She also was founding editor of the Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet and the Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries and served as editor/coeditor of both journals through 2011.

Titles in the Series

1. How to Teach: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Beverley E. Crane

2. Implementing an Inclusive Staffing Model for Todays Reference Services by Julia K. Nims, Paula Storm, and Robert Stevens

3. Managing Digital Audiovisual Resources: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Matthew C. Mariner

4. Outsourcing Technology: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Robin Hastings

5. Making the Library Accessible for All: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Jane Vincent

6. Discovering and Using Historical Geographical Resources on the Web: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Eva H. Dodsworth and L. W. Lalibert

7. Digitization and Digital Archiving: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Elizabeth R. Leggett

8. Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians by John J. Burke

9. Implementing Web-Scale Discovery Services: A Practical Guide for Librarians by JoLinda Thompson

10. Using iPhones and iPads: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Matthew Connolly and Tony Cosgrave

11. Usability Testing: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Rebecca Blakiston

12. Mobile Devices: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Ben Rawlins

13. Going Beyond Loaning Books to Loaning Technologies: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Janelle Sander, Lori S. Mestre, and Eric Kurt

14. Childrens Services Today: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Jeanette Larson

15. Genealogy: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Katherine Pennavaria

16. Collection Evaluation in Academic Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Karen C. Kohn

17. Creating Online Tutorials: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Hannah Gascho Rempel and Maribeth Slebodnik

18. Using Google Earth in Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Eva Dodsworth and Andrew Nicholson

19. Integrating the Web into Everyday Library Services: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Elizabeth R. Leggett

20. Infographics: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Beverley E. Crane

21. Meeting Community Needs: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Pamela H. MacKellar

22. 3D Printing: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Sara Russell Gonzalez and Denise Beaubien Bennett

23. Patron-Driven Acquisitions in Academic and Special Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Steven Carrico, Michelle Leonard, and Erin Gallagher

24. Collaborative Grant-Seeking: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Bess G. de Farber

Collaborative Grant-Seeking

A Practical Guide for Librarians

Bess G. de Farber

Practical Guides for Librarians, No. 24

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Names: de Farber, Bess G., 1956 author.

Title: Collaborative grant-seeking : a practical guide for librarians / Bess G. de Farber.

Description: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] | Series: Practical guides for librarians ; no. 24 | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015042494 (print) | LCCN 2016004485 (ebook) | ISBN 9781442263260 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781442263277 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781442263284 (electronic)

Subjects: LCSH: Proposal writing in library scienceUnited StatesHandbooks, manuals, etc. | Library fund raisingUnited StatesHandbooks, manuals, etc. | Proposal writing for grantsUnited StatesHandbooks, manuals, etc. | Fund raisingTeamworkUnited States.

Classification: LCC Z683.2.U6 D38 2016 (print) | LCC Z683.2.U6 (ebook) | DDC 025.1/1dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015042494

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Contents

Preface

In most libraries across the country, grant-seeking activities are sporadic or completely absent. In light of the untold benefits to be garnerednot just financialwhy are so many librarians missing these valuable opportunities? The reasons could be many. If you are a librarian you might say that you do not have the luxury of sufficient time required to do this work. Or that grantsmanship training was nonexistent in library school. Or that you are inhibited by the level of competition for grant funding. Or that any number of other circumstances prevent you from pursuing these activities. If some of this line of thinking rings true, you will find helpful guidance on the pages ahead.

The intent of Collaborative Grant-Seeking: A Practical Guide for Librarians is to prevail over these obstacles and provide you with the know-how to build a successful grant-seeking program in your library. For many reasons, including the following, grant-seeking can and should be a collaborative activity that routinely takes place in libraries:

1. Librarians have the capacity to be very successful grant-seekers. Consider all the various assets that are accessible to you: knowledge about online searching, immediate access to information resources on virtually every subject on earth, and the inherent credibility and legitimacy of librarians and libraries as potential grant partners or grant applicants. Many sponsors award grant funds to libraries and some do so exclusively.