Califa Library Group: PLACE Grants

Deadline extended! Due date: August 7, 2016

The Califa Library Group is accepting applications for mini-grants to librarians in rural public libraries and under-resourced urban libraries who are interested in providing science-based adult programming focused on local weather challenges and threats.

PLACE: Public Libraries Advancing Community Engagement: Environmental Literacy Through Climate Change Discussions, is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), working in partnership with the National Weather Service, Califa Library Group, Dawson Media Group, and Goodman Research Group. 

PLACE will build capacity to plan and facilitate science-based library programs in partnership with NOAA scientists. The library programs use videos and popular books to engage audiences and promote discussion.The professional development will include interactive webinars, online learning materials, peer support, and video case studies of similar adult STEM programs. 

Participating libraries will receive program materials, a planning guide, marketing and promotional templates, and $1,000 for the three-part program series. Librarians can play a significant role in increasing a community's climate resiliency—the ability to recover quickly from or plan for and anticipate weather impacts. Using a model that is essentially “book club meets science café,” PLACE engages people in their own libraries and within their own communities to discuss local weather challenges and threats. For more details and to apply, please visit the website, http://califa.org/place.