{"id":2269,"date":"2015-11-29T14:30:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T20:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=2269"},"modified":"2015-11-29T10:15:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T16:15:09","slug":"loleta-d-fyan-grant-now-accepting-proposals-for-2015-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/2269","title":{"rendered":"Loleta D. Fyan Grant now accepting proposals for 2015 award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Via press release<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The American Library Association&#8217;s Office for Research and Statistics is now accepting applications for the<strong>Loleta D. Fyan Grant<\/strong>, a grant for up to $5,000 for the improvement of public libraries and the services they provide.<\/p>\n<p>Loleta D. Fyan, ALA President 1951-1952, believed that every individual, regardless of residence, is equally entitled to high quality library service and that librarians must be adept in using the political process to acquire this &#8220;right of citizenship&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The grant, up to $5,000, is to be used for the development and improvement of public libraries and the services they provide. The project should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>result in the development and improvement of public libraries and the services they provide;<\/li>\n<li>have the potential for broader impact and application beyond meeting a specific local need;<\/li>\n<li>be designed to effect changes in public library services that are innovative and responsive to the future; and<\/li>\n<li>be capable of completion within one year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applicants can include but are not limited to: local, regional or state libraries, associations or organizations, including units of the ALA; library schools; or individuals. <strong>Deadline for submissions, sent via email, is Jan. 10, 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information about the grant, carefully read the information on how to submit proposals and requirements of the recipient(s) at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/offices\/ors\/orsawards\/fyanloletad\/fyanloletad\">http:\/\/www.ala.org\/offices\/ors\/orsawards\/fyanloletad\/fyanloletad<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via press release The American Library Association&#8217;s Office for Research and Statistics is now accepting applications for theLoleta D. Fyan Grant, a grant for up to $5,000 for the improvement of public libraries and the services they provide. Loleta D. Fyan, ALA President 1951-1952, believed that every individual, regardless of residence, is equally entitled to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,55],"tags":[80,518,84],"class_list":["post-2269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-carousel","tag-ala","tag-office-of-research-and-statistics","tag-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}