There is still time... Best wishes to those applying! Jennifer MLA Board of Directors and ALA Chapter Councilor, 2021-22 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Michael Dowling via ALA Connect Date: Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 9:59 AM [image: American Library Association] <https://connect.ala.org/> ALA Chapter Leaders <https://connect.ala.org/communities/community-home/digestviewer?CommunityKey=4abd0d9a-335f-4346-ba94-8aeca76e8eae> Post New Message <ALA-alachapterleaders@ConnectedCommunity.org> [image: Michael Dowling] <https://connect.ala.org/network/members/profile?UserKey=8cb5a568-b82f-441e-8357-2bc39686dceb> Apr 15, 2022 8:59 AM Michael Dowling <https://connect.ala.org/network/members/profile?UserKey=8cb5a568-b82f-441e-8357-2bc39686dceb> *ALA COVID Library Relief Fund Deadline, Thur Apr 21* The American Library Association (ALA) is making available *$1.55M* in emergency relief grants to more than *75 libraries* this year that have experienced substantial economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ALA COVID Library Relief Fund <https://www.ala.org/aboutala/ala-covid-library-relief-fund> invites: Public, School, Academic, Tribal, and Correctional libraries across the United States and US Territories can apply for grants of *$20,000.* APPLICATIONS <https://libraryrelief.grantplatform.com/> are accepted online through *April 21, 2022 *(11:59PM Central Time) These funds are intended to bolster library operations and services including broadening technology access, developing collections, providing digital instruction, staffing, and expanding outreach, as well as maintaining and amplifying existing service strategies or adding new ones to extend impact through the end of 2022. Funds will support libraries' ability to provide their users with the information services and digital access they need to retain or secure socio-economic mobility during a time of shift and upheaval. Libraries serving low income and rural communities, or communities that are predominately Black, Latino, Asian, Indigenous, and People of Color, are especially encouraged to apply. *A recording of the ALA COVID Library Relief Information Session is **now available* <https://ala-events.zoom.us/rec/share/0laRLN8RhSpI-YHrMK1SGQzzULG0Q2acBV06-1Z3rwLe4iD88zKpDETuEfiIC67U.ZSn4yw2VeksG00zL?startTime=1648148355000> (one hour). In addition to the recording, you can find the slides of the PowerPoint presentation here <https://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/cro/2022%20Covid%20Fund%20Information%20Sessin%20March%2024.pdf> Please contact us if you have any questions at cro@ala.org. Michael Dowling Director, Chapter Relations Office and Intl Relations Office American Library Association 225 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1300 Chicago, IL 60601 p +1 800-545-2433 ext 3200 -- Jennifer L. Dean - PhD, MLIS Director, Frances Willson Thompson Library University of Michigan-Flint jldean@umich.edu *Pronouns: she/her/hers* *Pronounced: JEH-nih-fuhr deen*