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<p><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">**Please forgive cross-posting**</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">Please direct <b><i>ALL</i></b> questions to Jennifer Cross, RUSA Web Services Manager at
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<p><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">"Show me the money: Growing grants-related services in the library" Webinar</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Date:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Thursday, 2/23/2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Description: </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">To meet the evolving needs of researchers on our campuses, as well as the growing financial need within our communities-at-large, libraries are increasingly providing grants support
to their diverse constituencies. Examples include workshops, online guides, and consultations tailored to research, creative, or nonprofit interests. Grants support facilitates (and necessitates) collaboration with stakeholders on campus and in the community,
and expands the vision of the library as innovator and partner. Join us to learn about ideas you can adapt at your institution.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">To meet the evolving needs of researchers on our campuses, as well as the growing Throughout the academy, colleges and universities are struggling to find ways to meet increasing demands
for financial support of research and creative projects. Grant-seeking is becoming a more common practice in the lives of faculty and students during a time in which budgets are shrinking but quality research and programmatic offerings are paramount. In addition
to campus research offices and grants development officers, university libraries provide essential grant-seeking support to their campus communities, from proposal writing resources to funding databases to online guides.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">In addition to the academic community, university libraries are partnering with regional libraries and nonprofit organizations for programmatic offerings. Grant-seeking support provides
an opportunity to work in tandem to meet the funding needs of our communities-at-large, as well as our overlapping missions of public service, education, and outreach. Working with key stakeholders both on and off campus, libraries at the University of Michigan
and the University of Maine have designed a suite of grant-seeking workshops and online guides targeted to a wide range of constituents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">These include:<br>
-faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students from all disciplines and in both in-person and virtual settings<br>
-community nonprofits seeking funding for programs and operations<br>
-students and parents seeking financial support for college<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">This webinar will consist of a panel discussion among three librarians who have provided grants support in the past or are currently providing grants support to a range of constituencies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">Takeaways:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pinpoint resources of interest to diverse grant-seeking communities.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#303030;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Identify potential partnerships for grant-seeking support and instruction on campus and in the community.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#303030;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Identify workshop ideas that can be adapted at other institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030"><a href="http://www.ala.org/rusa/onlinece/grants-related-services">Learn more </a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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