2012 Mini-Grant Guidelines

Colleges are eligible to apply for up $1300 for mini-grants to be completed by the end of spring quarter 2012.

Proposals will be reviewed starting December 15, 2011. Proposals for additional funds will be reviewed starting January 13, 2012.

** Note: Mini-Grants are not offered in support of creating the IL plan itself - only for carrying out activities defined by the plan. **

In this final year of the current LSTA grant, the mini-grant opportunity is intended to encourage libraries to:

1. Establish, review, or revise their Information Literacy plans
2. Make progress on a strategy within that plan by building upon previous LSTA activities or pursuing the next logical step in support of that plan

At the same time, libraries are strongly encouraged to consider projects that generate or use assessment data that demonstrates the role of the library in student success. Please view this video message from Deb Gilchrist for more details.

We strongly encourage cross-disciplinary and cross-college efforts that involve multiple discipline faculty and extend beyond individual collaborations between a librarian and a faculty member for a particular class. Some possible projects include (but are not limited to):

• Developing model IL rubric(s) for use in assignment/lesson/curriculum planning
• Creating/offering related professional development opportunities for discipline faculty
• Offering curriculum revision opportunities for discipline faculty
• Collaborating with discipline faculty to create instructional tools, such as web-based resource pages, toolkits, tutorials, quizzes, etc. 

Funding is provided primarily for faculty time on these projects; it may not be used for equipment or supplies. Projects must be completed and posted to the college project page by the posted due date .

To apply, submit the online proposal form. Questions can be sent to Lynn Kanne (lynn.kanne@seattlecolleges.edu). Initially, grants up to $1300 will be awarded. Additional proposals will be considered as funding allows starting January 13, 2012.

Reimbursements will be paid to the college library after the project is completed and a report has been submitted. A Local LSTA mini-grant contact person should submit a maximum of one reimbursement form per quarter.

• Proposal Form (for corrections or additions, submit the form again and choose the type of request.
• Report Form - please use this form to report your project. You may place any related files on your LSTA projects page.
• Reimbursement Request

IMPORTANT: include your college's name in the file name whenever you upload files to the wiki.

2012 Project Proposals (coming soon)