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Library grants: Applications are being accepted through July 15 for grants to develop public programming around the free traveling panel exhibition, “Civil War 150.” The $1000 grants, offered by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, in partnership with The Library of America, will be awarded to 50 sites to host the exhibition and plan accompanying public programming. The winners will also be given written materials, such as discussion guides, and access to a multimedia website that contains digital resources. The exhibition is available for three-week periods between October 2012 and March 2015. Additionally, there will be prizes in the amount of $500 awarded to 150 libraries to provide the public programming component of the project. The exhibition is part of Civil War 150: Exploring the War and Its Meaning through the Words of Those Who Lived It, a major three-year project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and centered on The Library of America’s ambitious four-volume series, The Civil War Told by Those Who Lived It (2012).
Summer Reading: The Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has been awarded a grant of $50,000 by The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to develop a web-based “summer reading app” for mobile devices. Research has show that during the summer break from school, children and teens risk falling behind. “We want this project to create new and innovative ways to keep kids engaged in learning,” said Susan Hildreth, IMLS director. PLA will coordinate with other organization, including the Digital Public Library of America, to gather feedback about what features and functions are necessary for the application and compile a report to help software developers create the application.
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