September 2010
Volume 2, Issue 9
Check Your Calendars!!
Library Card Sign-up Month 2010
September, 2010
SDLA Annual Conference
September 22-24, 2010. Sioux Falls.
Festival of Books
September 24-26, 2010. Sioux Falls.
Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read
September 25 - October 2, 2010.
2010 Indian Education Summit
September 26-28, 2010
Teen Read Week
October 17-23, 2010
National Novel Writing Month
November, 2010
National Gaming Day
November 13, 2010
Grant Opportunities
Kids Need to Read
Deadline: ongoing
Kids Need to Read provides books to under-funded schools, libraries and literacy programs across the United States, especially those serving disadvantaged children. For more information and the online application go to kidsneedtoread.org.
Baker and Taylor/YALSA Conference Grant
Deadline: December 1
This annual grant is funded by the Baker and Taylor Company. Two grants of $1,000 each are awarded to librarians who work directly with young adults in a public or school library to enable them to attend the ALA Annual Conference for the first time. For more information go to ala.org/yalsa.
BWI/YALSA Collection Development Grant
Deadline: December 1
This annual grant is funded by BWI and awards $1,000 for collection development to two YALSA members who represent a public library, and who work directly with young adults ages 12 to 18. More information can be found at ala.org/yalsa.
ALA, grants, YALSA
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