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Report Forms - 2007-2008 Grant Projects Due date: September 30, 2008

The Overview (see below) explains briefly which types of libraries are eligible for particular grant programs. Check the Guidelines for each program to determine further eligibility criteria.

• Overview of All Grant Programs Available for 2007-2008 
• Overview of Grant Programs Available to Public School Libraries for 2007-2008 

Awards:

• Awards -- Mid-year Cycle (announced December 19, 2007)
• Awards -- Regular Cycle
  • LSTA Grant Awards, 2007-08 Regular Cycle (announced June 12, 2007)
  • Sample media release for funded libraries. Sample media release for the School Library Collection Development Grants.

Applications and Guidelines:

• Mid-Year EZ Planning Grants
  Submission Deadline: November 15, 2007
  • LSTA Project Planning Grants (pdf) (Word)
  • Planning Grants (pdf) (Word)
  • Technology Planning Grants (pdf) (Word)
• EZ Grants: No Letter of Intent Required. Submission deadline: February 21, 2007.
  • EZ Basic Equipment Grants (pdf) (Word)
  • EZ Digitization Starter Grants (pdf) (Word)
  • EZ LSTA Project Planning Grants (pdf) (Word)
  • EZ Planning Grants (pdf) (Word)
  • EZ School Library Collection Development Grants (pdf) (Word)
  • EZ Strengthening Public & Academic Library Collections Grants (pdf) (Word)
  • EZ Technology Planning Grants (pdf) (Word)
• Letter of Intent Required for Project Grants:  Submission deadline for Letters of Intent:  November 20, 2006.
• Letter of Intent Application Form, 2007-2008. (pdf) (Word)  
  Submission deadline:  November 20, 2006
• Guidelines for Project Grant Programs:
  The following grant programs require a Letter of Intent.
  • Automated System Grants (pdf)
  • Innovation / Demonstration Grants (pdf)
  • Internet Infrastructure Improvement Grants (pdf)
  • Library Outreach Services Grants (pdf)
  • NC ECHO Digitization Grants (pdf)
  • NC ECHO Heritage Partners Grants (pdf)
• Career Enrichment Program:
  • Program information (announced August 10, 2007)

• Reimbursement and Budget Revision Forms  (2007-2008)
• LSTA CIPA Certification Information 
• Multiyear Guidelines for 2007-2008 
• 2007 Minimum Hardware Specifications for New Purchases (Digitization Only)  
• 2007 Measures of Need:  Workstations for User Internet Access (pdf)
• Criteria for Goals and Objectives  (Word) offers tips for writing good goals and objectives.
• Financial Factors describes statistical data used to determine a library's Ability to Pay and Local Effort. 
• Table 26, Annualized Curriculum and Continuing Education FTE --2004-2005 from the Annual Statistical Report of the North Carolina Community College System.
• Guidelines for Developing an Equipment Replacement Policy, September 1998.
• Minimum Standards for Library Automation in North Carolina (pdf). Revised version, dated October 2002.
• Best Practices for Automation in Libraries in North Carolina (pdf).
• Designing Library Services for Hispanic Communities, April 2001.
• Consultants