[Scla-list] Funding opportunity - Community Day

[Ruth Riley]

Colleagues,

I've been asked to share this announcement from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Southeastern/Atlantic Region (NN/LM SE/A).

Ruth



The NN/LM SE/A is introducing a new funding opportunity for community day activities. Community Day is part of the nationwide effort encouraging Americans to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses, schools and communities. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security through its "Ready America" (http://www.ready.gov) campaign highlights the importance of emergency preparedness and promotes individual involvement through events and activities across the country.



The objectives of the SE/A Community Day award are to:



1.   Encourage, strengthen and/or expand library partnerships with first

responders and community emergency management personnel.



2.   Provide access to emergency management information tools and

resources for families or other target populations.



3.   Integrate and involve libraries in emergency preparedness, response

and recovery planning.



4.   Promote and publicize the role libraries, faith or community

organizations or American Indian Tribes can play in emergency preparedness.



5.   Strengthen and expand medical library partnerships with public

libraries, faith or community groups or American Indian Tribes.



The SE/A award targets partnerships with or applications from public libraries, American Indian Tribes or faith organizations. For more information about the award see:

http://nnlm.gov/sea/funding/expresscommunityday.html. Applications are due by August 30, 2009 for events after October 1, 2009.



For questions, please contact the SE/A office.











Janice E. Kelly



Executive Director



NN/LM Southeastern/Atlantic Region



University of Maryland HS/HSL



601 West Lombard Street



Baltimore, MD  21201 - 1512



T: 410-706-2855



T: 800 - 338-7657 (in region only)



F: 410-706-0099



E: jkelly at hshsl.umaryland.edu<mailto:jkelly at hshsl.umaryland.edu>


Ruth A. Riley, MS, AHIP
Director of Library Services
School of Medicine
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC  29208
ruth.riley at uscmed.sc.edu | 803-733-3353
http://uscm.med.sc.edu

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