[Nmtriblibs] FW: Call for Applicants!

[Guinnee, Eli, DCA]

Hi!

Below is an opportunity for $1000 grants ($500 for the individual/$500 for the library) from the Rural Libraries and Social Wellbeing<https://rurallibraries.org/> project.  Deadline for application<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeuPF1663qt7xPznR4nC6_QM0ZWNmrTB_EbmEPwRv954wjrCw/viewform>: February 13.  Questions?  research at rurallibraries.org<mailto:research at rurallibraries.org>

This is for libraries with population less than 7500, to use online tools<https://rurallibraries.org/toolkits/> with the help of a guide, and provide feedback at the end on how you used the tools.

Best,
Eli
New Mexico State Librarian
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Call for Applicants!

Want the tools to understand how social wellbeing happens in your community? Want guidance on translating that understanding into impactful library service?


The Rural Libraries and Social Wellbeing project is seeking applicants for the Tools in Action micro-grant program.

What happens:

*       Tools in Action participants work through five weeks of social wellbeing resources with a personal rural librarian guide;

*       After the five weeks they complete two monthly reflections and one Zoom interview.

*       The rural library staff person receives $500 to support their work over the program period.

*       The public library where the participant works receives $500 as seed money to be used to extend library service according to the staff person's wishes.

When does this happen:

*       Applications are due February 13, 2021 and notifications will be received by February 15, 2021.

*       Participants will work through resources February 22 - March 29 with meetings with their guide throughout.

*       Participants receive their honorarium during the first week of March and libraries receive their seed money during the last week of March.

*       Participants submit written reflections about their work in April and May, 2021.

*       Participants give a one-hour individual interview via Zoom in June, 2021.

Who can apply:

*       Paid employee of a public library with a budget less than $150,000 and service population less than 7,500, who is

*       Able to personally receive an honorarium of $500 for time spent learning to use the resources, meeting with personal guide, and answering written and video recorded questions;

*       Able to work with your public library trustees for the library to receive and spend $500 on social wellbeing related activities;

*       A person who wants to make real long-lasting wellbeing improvements throughout the community through library service.


For more information, email Margo at research at rurallibraries.org<mailto:research at rurallibraries.org>. To apply, visit https://forms.gle/zptCqgdXKeMkr9du9<https://forms.gle/zptCqgdXKeMkr9du9>. Please share widely.

Yours, in learning and making,
Margo


Margo Gustina
Project Lead - Rural Libraries and Social Wellbeing
Special Projects Librarian - Southern Tier Library System

9424 Scott Road | Painted Post | New York
https://rurallibraries.org<https://rurallibraries.org>  | https://www.stls.org<https://www.stls.org>

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Pathways to Wellbeing - rural libraries<https://rurallibraries.org/>
We're committed to transparency and open access. Through each phase of this project, the data generated, methods used, and resulting analysis are all stored in the Rural Library Service project in Open Science Framework. There you'll find our initial quantitative data analysis on library service in resource poor geographies, interview methodologies, the pre-print of our primary paper and more.
rurallibraries.org<http://rurallibraries.org>




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