Awesome Libraries

The recipient of our December 2020 grant is the NC Muslim African American History Project. Read more about the project and its recipient 👇🏼 (@DurhamHistory @AyeshaKMustafaa): awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/15…

Have an idea? Submit it here by December 1st: awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/li…

All types of preservation and memory projects are welcome to apply, including but not limited to acquiring and preserving physical materials, events, exhibits, and documentary films. #oralhistory #archives #communityarchives #documentaryfilms

Awesome Libraries announces its final 2020 grant call. We will award $1,000 to a community-based archive or memory project. With this round of funding, we hope to support a marginalized community’s efforts and decision-making to collect, preserve, and share its history.

Interested in learning about funding and advocacy strategies for your library? Check out @EveryLibrary's Library and Advocacy and Funding Conference. A great lineup of speakers.

We are thrilled to announce @librarieswehere as our August 2020 grant recipient! Learn more about this supportive community for BIPOC library and archive workers + upcoming classes in the Community School here: wehere.space

We're reading through all of our grant submissions and will announce our winner in August. There is still time to submit your awesome library idea!

Thanks to @AFLibraries Trustees for their donation to the HALO Fund. They are standing with library workers who need support because of layoffs and furloughs. Become a donor today and Help Another Library Worker Out. everylibraryinstitute.org/halo

The @UHVictoria traveling bookmobile is wrapped. Next steps will be refurbishing the inside of the bus, adding shelving, and installing furniture. Upon completion, the bookmobile will serve low-income neighborhoods near the university. #AwesomeUpdate

We are so happy to see this fund grow from our little seed! Join the newest challenge match today.

Thanks, @Tina_BWeaver!

We want to give a special thanks to the partner organizations who have supported our Help a Library Worker Out Fund (HALO)! Thanks to @EBSCO @brainfuse @zoobeanreads pikinc.biz @ULUNYC @AFLibraries for their contributions! Find out more at everylibraryinstitute.org/halo

Thanks to @Tina_BWeaver and Stephen Bales for interviewing our co-founders (@bonlth + @JoshuaFinnell + @rchampieux) in their new book "Transformative Library and Information Work: Profiles in Social Justice." #v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">books.google.com/books/about/Tr…

We've crowdfunded over $5,000 to help out our fellow library workers who are affected by this crisis with $250 living grants. Can you help us reach $10,000 so we can support even more library workers? everylibraryinstitute.org/halo Special thanks to @ULUNYC and @AFLibraries!

Planning to make a donation to the @everylibrary HALO Fund? Do it now, and your $ can go twice as far @ULUNYC is sponsoring a 1 to 1 match up to $1200. bit.ly/ULUmatchHALO

Our April grant will provide the initial funding for the "Help a Library Worker Out" (HALO) fund created by the @ELInstituteNFP. If you want to directly support library workers facing financial hardship due to the #COVID19 pandemic, please visit: everylibraryinstitute.org/halo

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There is still time to donate to this rad organization!

Check out our newest grant: Libraries – ALA 2020: Supporting English Language Learners zpr.io/tyNnT

Thanks to all of our attendees + pitchers at #alamw20. Congrats again to Samantha Marker and her project: Supporting English Language Learners at Ridgway Middle School. Read more here: awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/13…