Grants for Libraries: Grant Writing Resources

Downing, K. (2009, March). Show me the money! An academic library’s role in the art of grant-seeking on campus and in the community. 14th National Conference Papers (pp. 12-15), Seattle, WA: Association of College & Research Libraries.  Available: 
http://www.ala.org/acrl/conferences/confsandpreconfs/national/seattle/seattle 

Keogh, P. (2013). Motivation for grant writing among academic librarians. New Library World, 114(3), 151-165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/03074801311304069

Zhao, D. (2010). Characteristics and impact of grant-funded research: a case study of the library and information science field. Scientometrics (2010) 84(2), 293-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-010-0191-y

Pre-Recorded Webinars and Training Sessions

• Shaking the Money Tree: Grant Writing for Librarians
  Powerpoint presentation (and EBSS presentation handout) presented at the 2006 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans
• Play It Again! Grant Writing Tips for Every Library!
  2013 Demco-sponsored webcast featuring Catherine Hakala-Ausperk from Libraries Thrive Consulting and Demco’s Director of Industry Relations, Janet Nelson.
• Library Grant Writing 101 (FLW)
  Florida Library Webinars 2015 presentation by Stephanie Gerding, author of three books, including Winning Grants and The Accidental Technology Trainer, as well as over 20 professional library articles on fundraising. (see Handout and Presentation slides).

Online Courses

• Grant Proposal Development for Libraries
  Three-week online class offered by Library Juice Academy.

In Person Workshops:    

• SWFLN Grant Writing 101: Program Development and Grantsmanship for Library Systems
  Full day, in-person workshop on Thursday, June 7, 2018 at the SWFLN Fort Myers office
• GrantSpace.org Florida Training Calendar
  General grant training provided at regional locations nationwide, with a few within Florida.  

Resources for grant writing

• GrantSpace.org provides easy-to-use, self-service tools such as FAQs, sample documents, and webinars to help nonprofits become more viable grant applicants and build strong, sustainable organizations.  

• Grants & Funding Resources by Renovated Learning
  Education-grant related resources for the K-12 community, including additional options for finding grants, as well as crowdsourcing tools and other professional development support.

Grant Writing Tips

• UF Libraries Grants Management Program
  Resources to help you search and find valuable information about funding agencies, books, articles, and tools for supporting your grant seeking activities.
• Communicating Well: Lessons in Writing Good Grant Proposals; by Jack Smith
  Do’s and don’ts of writing grant proposals.
• Library Grants
  Running blog of library grants, hosted by the authors of Winning Grants: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians with Multimedia Tutorials and Grant Development Tools

• 10 Tips for Successful Grant Writing by Lisa Chasan-Taber, Chronicle of Higher Ed, February 14, 2018

• Tips for Writing and Submitting Good Grant Proposals, Health Resources & Services Administration

• Grant Writing Tips from the Southern Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education  

• LSTA Grant Writing Tips for Small Libraries