<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_attr">There is still time... Best wishes to those applying!</div><div class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div class="gmail_attr">Jennifer</div><div class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div class="gmail_attr">MLA Board of Directors and ALA Chapter Councilor, 2021-22</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Michael Dowling via ALA Connect</strong> <br>Date: Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 9:59 AM<br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:14.3px"><table id="gmail-m_-2497077765207365864HLMsgOuter" name="HLMsgOuter" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody><tr bgcolor=""><td align="left"><a href="https://connect.ala.org/" target="_blank"><img alt="American Library Association" border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/higherlogicdownload/ALA/UploadedImages/CyvU3b82RVKNhZBtmu0Q_ALAConnect_emailheader.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><h1 style="margin-bottom:5px;margin-top:5px;font-size:1.5em"><a href="https://connect.ala.org/communities/community-home/digestviewer?CommunityKey=4abd0d9a-335f-4346-ba94-8aeca76e8eae" target="_blank">ALA Chapter Leaders</a></h1></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="mailto:ALA-alachapterleaders@ConnectedCommunity.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,87,161);display:inline-block;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:5px;padding-right:5px">Post New Message</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#EBEBEB"><td align="left" colspan="2"><br></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center" width="85"><a href="https://connect.ala.org/network/members/profile?UserKey=8cb5a568-b82f-441e-8357-2bc39686dceb" target="_blank"><img alt="Michael Dowling" title="Michael Dowling" src="https://d132x6oi8ychic.cloudfront.net/higherlogic/directory/imagedisplay/d3652796-6f10-41ae-be0c-9ad9facd9837/5975cacc-01e4-4f2d-b9da-f3fda11bc97f/200/200/637369906963800000" border="0" width="75"></a></td><td align="left" valign="middle"><table width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top">Apr 15, 2022 8:59 AM</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="https://connect.ala.org/network/members/profile?UserKey=8cb5a568-b82f-441e-8357-2bc39686dceb" target="_blank">Michael Dowling</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><table cellpadding="5" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong><strong>ALA COVID Library Relief Fund Deadline, Thur Apr 21</strong><br><br>The American Library Association (ALA) is making available <strong>$1.55M</strong> in emergency relief grants to more than <strong>75 libraries</strong> this year that have experienced substantial economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic. The<a href="https://www.ala.org/aboutala/ala-covid-library-relief-fund" title="https://www.ala.org/aboutala/ala-covid-library-relief-fund" target="_blank"> ALA COVID Library Relief Fund</a> invites:</p><p>Public, School, Academic, Tribal, and Correctional libraries across the United States and US Territories can apply for grants of <strong>$20,000.</strong></p><p><a href="https://libraryrelief.grantplatform.com/" title="https://libraryrelief.grantplatform.com/" target="_blank">APPLICATIONS</a> are accepted online through <strong>April 21, 2022 </strong>(11:59PM Central Time)</p><p>These funds are intended to bolster library operations and services including broadening technology access, developing collections, providing digital instruction, staffing, and expanding outreach, as well as maintaining and amplifying existing service strategies or adding new ones to extend impact through the end of 2022.</p><p>Funds will support libraries' ability to provide their users with the information services and digital access they need to retain or secure socio-economic mobility during a time of shift and upheaval. Libraries serving low income and rural communities, or communities that are predominately Black, Latino, Asian, Indigenous, and People of Color, are especially encouraged to apply.</p><p><strong> </strong><strong style="font-size:14.3px">A recording of the ALA COVID Library Relief Information Session is </strong><a href="https://ala-events.zoom.us/rec/share/0laRLN8RhSpI-YHrMK1SGQzzULG0Q2acBV06-1Z3rwLe4iD88zKpDETuEfiIC67U.ZSn4yw2VeksG00zL?startTime=1648148355000" title="https://ala-events.zoom.us/rec/share/0laRLN8RhSpI-YHrMK1SGQzzULG0Q2acBV06-1Z3rwLe4iD88zKpDETuEfiIC67U.ZSn4yw2VeksG00zL?startTime=1648148355000" target="_blank" style="font-size:14.3px"><strong>now available</strong></a><span style="font-size:14.3px"> </span><span style="font-size:14.3px">(one hour).</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:14.3px">In addition to the recording, you can find the slides of the PowerPoint presentation</span><span style="font-size:14.3px"> </span><a href="https://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/cro/2022%20Covid%20Fund%20Information%20Sessin%20March%2024.pdf" title="https://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/cro/2022%20Covid%20Fund%20Information%20Sessin%20March%2024.pdf" target="_blank" style="font-size:14.3px">here</a></p><p> <span style="font-size:14.3px">Please contact us if you have any questions at</span><span style="font-size:14.3px"> </span><a href="mailto:cro@ala.org" title="mailto:cro@ala.org" target="_blank" style="font-size:14.3px">cro@ala.org</a><span style="font-size:14.3px">.</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size:14.3px">Michael Dowling</span></p><p><span style="font-size:14.3px">Director, Chapter Relations Office and Intl Relations Office</span></p><p>American Library Association</p><p>225 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1300</p><p>Chicago, IL 60601</p><p>p +1 800-545-2433 ext 3200</p><p><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jennifer L. Dean - PhD, MLIS<div>Director, Frances Willson Thompson Library<div>University of Michigan-Flint</div><div><a href="mailto:jldean@umich.edu" target="_blank">jldean@umich.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div><i>Pronouns: she/her/hers</i></div><div><i>Pronounced: JEH-nih-fuhr deen</i></div></div></div></div></div>