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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555">Complete a grant application in a single day with LBSS and IHLS or RAILS on August 10 (Effingham) or August 11 (LaSalle) The Library
Book Selection Service (LBSS) Endowment Fund and the library systems invite school and small public library directors to a free grant-writing workshop. Members of the review committee for the LBSS Endowment Grant for the Illinois Reader's Choice Program will
guide participants through the LBSS grant drafting and application process; participants will learn grant-writing best practices, as well as the characteristics of a winning LBSS grant application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555">Laptops are required for this workshop – please bring your own laptop.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555">Participants will be guided through the application process for the School District Library Grant and share additional grant opportunities for public and school libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555">By the end of the day, participants will have:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto">completed the first draft of the LBSS Reader's Choice Award Grant in one day<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#555555;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;border:none;padding:0in;box-sizing: border-box;--tw-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-inset:var(--tw-empty, );--tw-ring-offset-width:0px;--tw-ring-offset-color:#fff;--tw-ring-color:rgba(0,199,218,0.5);--tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow:0 0 #0000">
<span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto">received one-on-one grant-writing assistance<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#555555;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;border:none;padding:0in;box-sizing: border-box;--tw-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-inset:var(--tw-empty, );--tw-ring-offset-width:0px;--tw-ring-offset-color:#fff;--tw-ring-color:rgba(0,199,218,0.5);--tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow:0 0 #0000">
<span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto">learned about other grants for public and school libraries<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#555555;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;border:none;padding:0in;box-sizing: border-box;--tw-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-inset:var(--tw-empty, );--tw-ring-offset-width:0px;--tw-ring-offset-color:#fff;--tw-ring-color:rgba(0,199,218,0.5);--tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow:0 0 #0000">
<span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto">earned four Professional Development Hours for school librarians<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in">Schedule</span></strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555">9:30-10:00 Coffee & light refreshments<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555">10:00-12:00 LBSS Reader's Choice Grant application training<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555">12:00-1:00 Lunch (included in registration)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555">1:00-3:00 Grants information presentation and School District Library Grant training<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in">Eligibility: </span></strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555">Registration is limited to individuals who have never
written a winning LBSS Reader's Choice Grant application (regardless of whether or not <em><span style="font-family:Roboto;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in">your library </span></em>has previously received LBSS grant funding). Preference is given to
library workers at school libraries and small public libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in">Register for this event through L2<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;border:none;padding:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in">Cost: Free!</span></strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Leah Gregory, </span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt">M.A., M.S.</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Membership Coordinator – School Library Liaison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Illinois Heartland Library System<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Edwardsville Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">618.619.2069<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:lgregory@illinoisheartland.org"><span style="color:blue">lgregory@illinoisheartland.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0080B3">Imagining Tomorrow—Delivering Possibilities Today!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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