Library Grant Writing Basics: An Overview

This program will assist participants to:
- identify sources of grant funding from private and public funders;
- highlight the essential elements of grantsmanship;
- complete a grant proposal application package according to a Notice of Funding Opportunity;
- take action on the proposal based on the results of the funder’s decision;
- understand the most common missteps in preparing an application package.

Themes:
- Review of the grant submission process;
- How to avoid common pitfalls;
- Tips to help your application shine.

Objectives: To have a basic understanding of the grant application process and to be a more successful grant author.

Presenter: 
Since July of 2016, Anne Craig has had the privilege of serving as the Senior Director at CARLI, the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois, a unit of the University of Illinois System. CARLI counts 125 academic and research libraries as its members. Anne has also been an instructor for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign iSchool since 2018, teaching “Grant Writing for Libraries” and “State Libraries and Library Consortia.”

Made available to you via the Professional Development Alliance of Library Consortia.