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UPLIFT Professional Development ARSL Grant

UPLIFT

The Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) Grant 2012: This grant pays for conference attendance in Sept. 2012 in Raleigh North Carolina. See more about the conference on the ARSL Website.

Online Application

To be filled out by the attendee

Letter of Support

 To be filled out by the attendee's employer: library director, city hall, or the library board chair.

Both the online application and the letter of support (above) are required, in order to be considered for this grant.

This grant covers conference registration, a one year membership to ARSL, and all travel expenses, up to $2,100 total. It may include the pre-conference as well.

The Utah State Library (USL) offers the UPLIFT Professional Excellence Grant to persons employed in Utah libraries for advancing the knowledge, skills, and abilities of individual library employees to better serve their patrons. 

Applicant Eligibility

Project Eligibility

This grant round is limited to attendance at the Association of Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) to be held in Raleigh North Carolina on Sept. 27-29, 2012, preconference Sept. 26.

Funds Available

The State Library pays for registration, ARSL membership, lodging, meals, and transportation expenses excluding car rental. The maximum award is up to $2,100 per individual. An advance of up to $1,500 to offset up-front costs is available.

Up to four grants will be awarded for this event.

Acknowledgement

USL and the Library Services Technology Act (LSTA) funds these grants. Recipients are required to acknowledge both USL and LSTA when undertaking and promoting grant supported activities.

Evaluation

Grant recipients agree to evaluate this experience using the Claim Form and Final Report (one document) provided by the Utah State Library.

Colleen Eggett
Training Coordinator
(800) 662-9150 x776 (Utah toll-free) or (801) 715-6776
ceggett@utah.gov

 

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