Southeast Happenings

Friday Open Forum

Join us via zoom for some casual conversations where we talk about whatever issues are on your mind. This is a place for you to connect with librarians across our district and a great chance to pose questions of each other and share solutions that work for you.  Or just commiserate. We are back to our new time this month, so please join us at 9:00 on Friday, May 19, by clicking the Zoom link below. Our June meeting will be Friday, the 16th.

Becky's Zoom Room

Upcoming Director Roundtables
This spring, Director Roundtables will follow our overall education theme for 2023: “Productive Partnerships.” We’ll spend time this year discussing the benefits of finding partners in a common cause and how productive partnerships can advance mutual missions for community betterment. Come ready to share success stories about the productive partnerships your library enjoys. With that as the main focus, there will also be time for open-ended conversation on other topics that attendees would like to discuss.There is still time to register for one of theses SE locations:

Thursday, May 11 Ottumwa Public Library   10:00-1:00
Thursday, May 18 Williamsburg Public Library   10:00-1:00
Tuesday, May 23 Maquoketa Public Library   10:00-1:00

Roundtable Registration
 
SPRING GRANT SERIES

If you are interested in exploring grants in your library, I encourage you to watch any of these recordings in our spring grant series.  While the live versions are all over, the recordings will be available in IaLearns and on our YouTube channel.  

Find Grant Money For Your Library And Community: Using Foundation Directory

Two Identical Sessions:
Tuesday, April 25, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 27, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

In this webinar presented by Douglas Moore of Foundation Directory (FD), you’ll learn how to search the interface for grants for your library and how to teach your patrons as well. The first half of this webinar will be a demonstration of how to search and use the information in FD, the second half will be open for your questions.

Get that Grant! Best Practices to Wow Funders and Bring Money to Your Library
Tuesday, May 2, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

In this webinar we showcase the tips and tricks to write great grant proposals to increase your likelihood of getting funding. We’ll explore what makes an effective grant and focus on the four main rules for writing a great grant proposal: Know your funder, Follow the rules, Do your homework and Focus on people’s needs.

Kernels! Practical Grantseeking
Self-paced | View on IA Learns or  YouTube

Join Sam Bouwers (State Library of Iowa) and Aimee Campbell (Director of the Albia Public Library) as they chat about how Albia has successfully used grant funding to jump start library facilities improvements, technology upgrades, and community programming.