A list of grant projects funded through the State Library of Oregon's Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Competitive Grants program since 2010. LSTA funds are from a federal allotment through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
This dataset has the following 9 columns:
Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
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Grant Period | grant_period | text | Projects are typically funded on the state fiscal year, July 1 through June 30. | 2024-2025 2012-2013 2020-2021 2019-2020 2014-2015 view top 100 |
Grant Number | grant_number | text | State grant number. | 19-05-5m 13-10-2a 15-10-2a 24-SPRI-2P 17-02-2p view top 100 |
Recipient | recipient | text | Grant recipient. | University of Oregon Libraries Springfield Public Library Josephine Community Libraries, Inc. East Linn County Public Libraries of Lebanon, Sweet Home, & Scio Coos Bay Public Library view top 100 |
Project Title | project_title | text | Project title. | Expanding Opportunities Program, Year 2 Gadget Gallery Expanding Opportunities Program, Year 3 Linn Benton Community Literacy Partnership Talk Time Conversation and Tutoring Support view top 100 |
Amount | amount | number | Grant amount awarded (actually amount of funds expended may be less). | 106000.00 5400.00 38885.00 30000.00 54614.00 view top 100 |
Abstract | abstract | text | Project abstract. | Opening the Doors Wider is designed to develop new non-resident library patrons by offering them a discounted card for three consecutive years, with the discount decreasing over three years from 90% to 75% to 50%. During that time each library will use grant funds to complete the cost of the card, with the grant funds in part being used for programming and collection development that reflect the needs and interests of these new patrons. In addition, the three libraries request support to establish and maintain regular meetings that will insure that the discounted cards program is on target. The Oregon Digital Newspaper Project will make the history of Oregon accessible to its citizens through the creation of an online historic Oregon newspaper collection. This funding covers the initial project with matching funds for digitization of 150,000 of historic newspaper pages (approx. 30 years of 12 rural weekly titles). An online newspaper archive will provide a window into the life of local Oregon communities a century or more ago. It will provide the opportunity to teach young people about the history of their communities and inspire them to research and write about our history. It will be freely available to anyone who can access the Internet from their home. Improve the technology in the library's meeting spaces to make meetings and events held in the spaces more inclusive to a hybrid online and in-person audience. The library will upgrade the community meeting room by adding technology and hardware to encourage new uses such as small business conferencing space and community education opportunities. The Expanding Opportunities Program seeks to meet the needs of citizens looking to improve their lives in the areas of education, employability, and entrepreneurship; specifically by partnering with service providers and delivering information literacy workshops on resources available through the libraries. Year 1 of the program emphasized program setup and needs assessment. Year 2 is expanding offerings to meet the information literacy needs of the target audience. Year 3 will be about refining and replicating the program, and will include assessment of Year 3 partner needs, further development of the Library Ambassadors, development and delivery of four new presentations, exploration of new ideas for extending the reach of the library and mitigating the digital divide, and packaging of the program for replication. view top 100 |
County | county | text | Oregon county in which recipient is based, and/or where the majority of work is conducted. | Lane Linn Coos Lincoln Josephine view top 100 |
Oregon Congressional District | oregon_congressional_district | text | Oregon Congressional District. | 4 2 & 4 view top 100 |
Library Type | library_type | text | Type of library. | public academic Public multiple Academic view top 100 |