Winning Grants : A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians / Stephanie K. Gerding and Pamela H. MacKellar ; foreword by Susan Hildreth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacKellar, Pamela H., author.

Gerding, Stephanie K., author.

Contributor:

Hildreth, Susan, Writer of supplementary textual content.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proposal writing in library science--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Proposal writing in library science.

Proposal writing for grants--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Proposal writing for grants.

Library fund raising.

United States.

Library fund raising--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Proposal writing in library science--United States--Case studies.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 224 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : ALA Neal-Schuman, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2017.

Language Note:

Text in English.

Summary:

Gerding and MacKellar provide a manual for developing a successful grant proposal for your library system. In the face of the last several economic crises, grant funders want to know what difference the library is making in the lives of the people in the community. The authors emphasize the importance of library planning as the critical first step in writing a successful grant.

Contents:

Part I. The grant process cycle

Understanding the grant process

Planning for success

Discovering and designing the grant project

Finding library funders

Researching and selecting the right grant opportunity

Creating and submitting the winning proposal

Getting funded and implementing the project

Reviewing and continuing the process

Part II. Library grant success stories

Part III. Worksheets, checklists, and forms.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-210) and index.

ISBN:

9780838914731

083891473X

OCLC:

959698247