FYI,

I’m passing along an opportunity from WebJunction:

Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces

We know that libraries of all sizes do incredible work in their communities, but right now we have a special message just for small libraries (that is libraries serving communities with 25,000 or fewer people):

Are you always thinking about new ways to engage your community with your library's services? A big-picture thinker who can also manage minute details and get people excited about long-term projects? Looking for an opportunity to reinvigorate your library space to support active learning in your community?

If this describes you, then check out this awesome opportunity from WebJunction and our partners at the Association for Rural and Small Libraries to submit an application to the Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces project.

Fifteen small public libraries will be selected to receive instructional and material support to engage their communities in a space transformation process that supports active learning at the library. In addition to fostering local change and impact, these libraries and their experiences will influence knowledge and resources that will be shared with the public library field at large, demonstrating the amazing leadership that exists within small libraries and their communities.

Applications are being accepted through 5:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Friday, October 21, 2016. Read the participant overview, and if it feels like a good fit, head on over to the application itself. Please share this opportunity with your networks as well!

Speaking of small, if you are headed to the ARSL conference later this month, stop by and say hi at the WebJunction table, we'd be glad to see you!

Forwarded by:

Sharon Rawlins

Youth Services Specialist for Lifelong Learning

NJ State Library

185 West State St.

P.O. Box 520

Trenton, NJ 08625-0520

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609-278-2640 ext. 116

609-278-2650 – fax

CSLP 2016-2017 President