LibGuides: Grants for Libraries: Grant Writing Resources

Books on Grant Writing

Collaborative Grant-Seeking: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Bess G. de Farber
Publication Date: 2016
Based on years of practical grant writing and collaboration development experience, this resource provides a complete guide for setting up a library grant-seeking program, and for combining forces with community partners to increase grant funding to libraries.
Winning Grants by Pamela H. MacKellar; Stephanie K. Gerding
Publication Date: 2017
Whether you're starting from scratch and don't know where to begin, or you're an experienced grant writer looking to tap into new funding sources, this resource offers a proven, easy-to-understand process for grant success.
The ALA Book of Library Grant Money by Nancy Kilikow Maxwell (Editor)
Publication Date: 2014
Directory of funding sources for libraries, including private foundations, corporate foundations, corporate direct givers, government agencies, and library and nonprofit organizations.

Professional Grant Association

Grant Professionals Association - Florida-South Florida Chapter
Focused solely on the advancement of grantsmanship as a profession and the support of its practitioners. Includes a directory of grant consultants if you are looking for help.

Relevant Studies on Grant Writing and Libraries

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