One month! That’s how long our member libraries (all of them, folks: school, special, academic, and public) have left to come up with an innovative idea and apply for funding. Think of it like Shark Tank® but with a library spin. You pitch your idea, in the form of, well, a Google Form®, send in some supporting documents (think budget or estimates), and then if “The Sharks” think you have one of the most innovative ideas proposed, you could be funded in October. Here’s the overview of this NEKLS 2023 Competitive Grant opportunity: https://www.nekls.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023_NEKLS_Innovative_Library_Award_Overview.Final_.pdf The sky is the limit, but keep in mind the funding maxes out at $5K, so if your idea is really big, perhaps you need to… Read More »2023 Library Innovation Awards