[WLA-CYA] FW: [Fwd: [HUMTALK] Posted on behalf of Lainie Castle, American Library Association]

[Susan M. Simpson]

Fyi from the Wyoming Humanities Council.

Susan M. Simpson, County Librarian

PPO, LEH announce new grants for PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME

Applications now invited from *library systems* as well as state-level
organizations

CHICAGO - Applications are currently available for PRIME TIME FAMILY READING
TIME(r), an award-winning reading, discussion and storytelling series
offered by PRIME TIME FAMILY READING, Inc., an affiliate of the Louisiana
Endowment for the Humanities (LEH), in partnership with the American Library
Association (ALA) Public Programs Office and with support from the National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

Statewide organizations including state libraries, state humanities
councils, centers for the book, and library associations are invited to
apply. For the first time, applications are also invited from library
systems. Applications are available online and can be downloaded from
www.ala.org/publicprograms. **The receipt deadline for applications is
November 1, 2007.**

Based on illustrated children's books, PRIME TIME is designed to help
low-income, low-literate families bond around the act of reading and talking
about books. It models and encourages family reading and discussion of
humanities topics, and aids parents and children in selecting books and
becoming active public library users. PRIME TIME received the 2003
Advancement of Literacy award from the Public Library Association (PLA), a
division of the ALA, and the Coming Up Taller award from the President's
Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in 2000.

This year, PRIME TIME will add up to 18 sites to its national roster by
working with three state-level organizations to present PRIME TIME at four
libraries in each state, and two library systems to present PRIME TIME at
three branch locations in each system. All PRIME TIME training and
promotional materials now support Spanish bilingual programs for English
language learners, and applications that provide plans for bilingual
programming will be given funding priority. Previous PRIME TIME award
recipients are eligible to apply.

Selected states and systems will receive grant funding and materials to work
with library staff to present the PRIME TIME series at participating library
sites. Each series will meet once a week for six weeks at participating
libraries. Through a discussion leader and a storyteller, children ages 6 to
10 years and their parents or guardians will hear classic children's
stories; watch reading aloud demonstrations; discuss humanities themes in
each book; and learn about library resources and services. Younger siblings,
ages 3 to 5 years, will participate in separate pre-reading activities.

A state or system project director will work with local project teams to
present the series. Each local project team will consist of a library
coordinator, a humanities scholar, a storyteller, a community
organizer/translator, and pre-school coordinator to present the activities
for younger siblings. Selected states / systems will receive:
●    Travel, lodging and most meals to attend a mandatory meeting of
state/system project directors in New Orleans on January 17, 2008.
●    Travel, lodging and most meals to attend the mandatory training
workshop in New Orleans January 18-20, 2008 for the state/system project
directors, as well as local library coordinators, scholars, and
storytellers.  Community organizers/translators and preschool coordinators
are not required to attend the training.
●    Twenty-two sets of reusable books and book bags.
●    Stipends for each site’s scholar, storyteller, community
organizer/translator and preschool coordinator (maximum of $2,150 per site).
●    Stipends for participant transportation (maximum of $600 per
site)
●    Gift books and certificates of completion for participants.
●    Extensive training and promotional materials that support PRIME
TIME programming.

Libraries interested in participating in PRIME TIME are encouraged to
contact their state library, humanities council, center for the book,
library association, or system headquarters to initiate an application.
Complete information about PRIME TIME is available online at
www.ala.org/publicprograms or www.leh.org.

PRIME TIME is based on a successful series of the same name that was created
by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in 1991 at the East Baton
Rouge (La.) Parish Library and has spread nationally with funding from NEH.
By the end of 2007, over 750 programs will have been conducted in 36 states
and the Virgin Islands.

For more information and to download an application, visit
www.ala.org/publicprograms or www.leh.org. Questions about the grant should
be directed to Miranda Restovic, LEH, at restovic at leh.org or Lainie Castle,
ALA Public Programs Office, at lcastle at ala.org.