The Collaborative Library Services grant program and the new Improving Access to Information grant program grantees have been selected! The Collaborative Library Services program is for a community program with strong partnership within the community, designed to improve services while building community. The grants can be for one to three years. This year, we have four grantees - Fennville District Library ($110,000), Herrick District Library ($81,450), Muskegon Area District Library ($150,000), and Wayne State University Libraries ($123,422). Fennville District Library will be doing a three-year project to provide family literacy support to migrant families in Allegan County in collaboration with the Telamon Corporation. Herrick District Library, in cooperation with other Ottawa county libraries, will be doing a three-year project to provide hotspots to improve Internet access through-out the county. Muskegon Area District Library will be doing a two-year program with other Muskegon County libraries to develop and provide family literacy support through the Family Place Library program. And Wayne State University's Arthur Neef Law Library will be digitizing and providing broad access to Michigan's Supreme Court records and briefs in collaboration with several other university law libraries over two years. The Improving Access to Information program is a public and academic library program designed to increase access by improving literacy, providing broader access to special or historic collections, or improving digital access and inclusion. Grants are for one year. This year, we have five grantees - Eastern Michigan University Library ($25,000), Fowlerville District Library ($15,669), Howell Carnegie District Library ($25,000), Saint Clair County Library System ($22,106), and Western Michigan University ($23,758). Eastern Michigan University Library will be implementing a textbook affordability initiative. Fowlerville District Library will be providing expanding access to eBooks through Pop-Up Library hotspots. Howell Carnegie District Library will be digitizing and expanding access to a collection of historic photo negatives. Saint Clair County Library System will be integrating technology into their county-wide services for blind and physically handicapped that allow real-time description of written and digital text (OrCam). Thank you to everyone who applied, who reviewed and who helped us work through two grant programs this spring. We look forward to learning what the participating libraries achieve this year. If you have any questions about the Library of Michigan grant programs, please contact me at reishk@michigan.gov<mailto:reishk@michigan.gov> or 517-241-0021. Karren Reish Library Grants Coordinator Library of Michigan 517-241-0021 reishk@michigan.gov<mailto:reishk@michigan.gov> https://www.michigan.gov/lsta https://www.michigan.gov/sl21 [cid:image002.png@01D55BFF.43F53870]Visit the Michigan Parent Dashboard for School Transparency Your Window to Important School Information and Facts Learn more at: http://www.MISchoolData.org/ParentDashboard<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mischooldata.org%2FParentDashboard&data=02%7C01%7CReishK%40michigan.gov%7Ca9b9b878d0e4443603af08d71a80b21d%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637007012378789944&sdata=2dclyX%2BOZN5%2FrdzesfsZbytbYlx53848J%2BYm%2B69hMDY%3D&reserved=0>
