Description
The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program supports projects that address critical needs of the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance practice in these professions to strengthen library and archival services for the American public. The program has five goals: (1) build the workforce and institutional capacity for managing the national information infrastructure and serving the information and education needs of the public; (2) build the capacity of libraries and archives to lead and contribute to efforts that improve community well-being and strengthen civic engagement; (3) improve the ability of libraries and archives to provide broad access to and use of information and collections; (4) strengthen the ability of libraries to provide services to affected communities in the event of an emergency or disaster; and (5) strengthen the ability of libraries, archives, and museums to work collaboratively for the benefit of the communities they serve.
• The program has four project types: Planning, Forum, Implementation, and Applied Research.
• Eligible applicants include units of state or local government, private nonprofit organizations, and certain other entities.
• The program requires a cost share from non-federal sources for Implementation projects over $249,999.
• The application process consists of two phases: preliminary proposals and invited full proposals.