Attend any of the 9 free 1-hour webinars from GrantSpace (a service of the Foundation Center) offered this July to aid your fundraising & grant-seeking efforts.

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Here's some inspiration for you — though Naturita has a population of only 665, this Colorado community's library earned Library Journal's 2011 Best Small Library in America Award.

Apply for one of these scholarships this month to subsidize the costs to attend the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) Conference or other continuing education event:

Free webinar: Winning Library Grants

Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Time: 1 - 2  pm
Register here

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Here are fundraising ideas from Wisconsin Small Libraries Section (WISL) programs at past Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries (WAPL) conferences:

Five libraries are winners of the 2011 John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Awards, which recognizes and honors outstanding achievement in library public relations.

The Eisner Foundation is soliciting nominations of non-profit organizations for the Eisner Prize. Five finalists will receive an award of $5,000 cash. After an in-person interview with The Eisner Foundation staff and board, a winner will be selected in the summer of 2011, presented with $100,000, and honored at a celebration.