{"id":5089,"date":"2024-10-24T21:08:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T21:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/?p=5089"},"modified":"2024-10-24T21:08:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T21:08:35","slug":"penguin-random-house-united-for-libraries-announce-new-grants-for-friends-of-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/2024\/10\/24\/penguin-random-house-united-for-libraries-announce-new-grants-for-friends-of-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguin Random House &amp; United for Libraries Announce New Grants for Friends of Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>In celebration of\u00a0<strong>National Friends of Libraries Week<\/strong>, we&#8217;ve teamed up with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americanlibraryassociation.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0xMTcyNzE2MiZwPTEmdT0xMTE5ODc1MTI4JmxpPTExMTkwNDQxMg\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Penguin Random House<\/a>\u00a0to announce\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americanlibraryassociation.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0xMTcyNzE2MiZwPTEmdT0xMTE5ODc1MTI4JmxpPTExMTkwNDQxMw\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new grants for Friends Groups<\/a>\u00a0serving rural and small libraries across the country.\u00a0<strong>Grants of $500 and $1,000\u00a0<\/strong>(totaling $25,000), will be awarded to support libraries in need. In addition, we&#8217;ll also be awarding:\u00a0<br>&#8211;One year of\u00a0<strong>complimentary eLearning<\/strong>\u00a0from United for Libraries (includes Learning Live sessions) for grant recipients.<br>&#8212;<strong>Book donation grants<\/strong>\u00a0of $500 for 20 libraries to purchase titles from Penguin Random House.<br>&#8212;<strong>Free training<\/strong>\u00a0on how to leverage the grant funds to build support for the library and the Friends group.<br><br><strong>Applications will be open from Feb. 3-17, 2025.<\/strong>\u00a0<br><br>Register for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americanlibraryassociation.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0xMTcyNzE2MiZwPTEmdT0xMTE5ODc1MTI4JmxpPTExMTkwNDQxNA\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free info sessions<\/a>\u00a0on this grant program,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americanlibraryassociation.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0xMTcyNzE2MiZwPTEmdT0xMTE5ODc1MTI4JmxpPTExMTkwNDQxNA\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free training on grant writing<\/a>\u00a0and\/or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americanlibraryassociation.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0xMTcyNzE2MiZwPTEmdT0xMTE5ODc1MTI4JmxpPTExMTkwNDQxNA\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">starting a new Friends group<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americanlibraryassociation.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0xMTcyNzE2MiZwPTEmdT0xMTE5ODc1MTI4JmxpPTExMTkwNDQxNA\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sign up to receive updates<\/a>\u00a0about this grant.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of\u00a0National Friends of Libraries Week, we&#8217;ve teamed up with\u00a0Penguin Random House\u00a0to announce\u00a0new grants for Friends Groups\u00a0serving rural and small libraries across the country.\u00a0Grants of $500 and $1,000\u00a0(totaling $25,000), will be awarded to support libraries in need. In addition, <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/2024\/10\/24\/penguin-random-house-united-for-libraries-announce-new-grants-for-friends-of-libraries\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Penguin Random House &amp; United for Libraries Announce New Grants for Friends of Libraries<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5090,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089\/revisions\/5090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}