Congratulations 2022 Rosen Library Grant Winners!

Congratulations to our member libraries on a very successful grant cycle!  We’re excited to see all your grant proposal ideas and programs come to life for your communities over the next year.

And we’d like to extend our gratitude to the Bernard Carl and Shirley Rosen Library Fund, the Myrtle Dee Nash Memorial Fund, the Tompkins Today and Tomorrow Fund and the Community Foundation of Tompkins County for making these programs possible.  Thank you for your support of public libraries!

Evaluation Tools:

• Project Outcome
• Benchmark: Library Metrics and Trends You’ll need to contact plabenchmark@ala.org for your library’s account password.

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Tools:

• ALA Programming to Promote Diversity
• ALA Accessibility Tools
• SCLRC Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Justice Best Practices LibGuide

Articles about Diversity Audits for collections:

• https://dontyoushushme.com/2020/06/15/diversity-audit-a-practical-guide/
• https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=diversity-auditing-101-how-to-evaluate-collection

If you have any questions reach out to Heidi at heckerson@flls.org.

This grant cycle was inspired by the Bernard Carl and Shirley Rosen Library Fund which seeks to promote genuine intellectual curiosity and a lifelong love of reading and learning, by promoting greater and easier access by youth to local libraries. Eligible applicants are the 33 public libraries in Cayuga, Cortland, Seneca, Tioga and Tompkins counties, the 5 counties of the Finger Lakes Library System.