Written by two experts who have won millions in grants from an astonishing variety of funding sources, Winning Grants is a combination workbook, how-to-manual, and multimedia workshop.
Featured Review
"[This] useful, step-by-step guide leads users through each phase of the process and demystifies the procedure of finding library funding in these difficult economic times...this great all-around resource should be a staple for those just entering the challenging world of grant seeking and for the well-rounded library collection."
Library Journal, October 2010
Now presented in Neal-Schuman’s newly revised How-To-Do-It series layout,
Winning Grants gives you MacKellar’s and Gerding’s combined decades of successful grant-getting techniques in an accessible design so you can master these complex processes more easily. The authors’ expertise is unique as they have been on all sides of the grant process as grant writers, reviewers, project coordinators, consultants, and trainers. They have maintained the popular
Library Grants Blog for over five years, helping librarians find grant opportunities easily and at no cost.
This multimedia package features three sections. Part I, “The Grant Process Cycle,” presents the full grant process cycle with MacKellar and Gerding sharing invaluable procedural advice that distinguishes proposals that receive sustained funding. Part II, “Library Grant Success Stories,” showcases real-life success stories that demonstrate the process in practice and provide motivational tips from successful library staff. Part III, “The Winning Grants Multimedia Toolkit and DVD,” includes time-saving tools, such as reusable checklists, worksheets, and templates. All of these tools are both in the book and reproduced as Microsoft Word documents on the multimedia DVD so you can make these templates your own and share them with colleagues. The DVD includes the entire text of successful grant proposals plus ten instructional videos to walk you through each step of the grant process cycle:
1: Grant Process Cycle Overview
2: Planning for Success
3: Discovering and Designing the Grant Project
4: Organizing the Grant Team
5: Understanding the Sources and Resources
6: Researching and Selecting the Right Grant
7: Creating and Submitting the Winning Proposal
8: Getting Funded and Implementing the Project
9: Reviewing and Continuing the Process
10: Top 10 Tips for Grant Success
You can also use these materials for workshops and training.
Winning Grants: A How-To-Do-It Manual For Librarians With Multimedia Tutorials And Grant Development Tools will help you stay on track, keep you organized, and take you through the grant process cycle, starting with your library goals and finishing with a successful grant proposal.
Pamela H. MacKellar
Pamela MacKellar is an author, teacher and library consultant who has been a librarian for 30 years. She has held positions as a library director, assistant librarian, newspaper librarian, health sciences librarian, cataloger, technology consultant and independent consultant in libraries of all kinds including special, school, public, post-secondary, tribal, prison and a state library agency. Pam has designed and taught online courses and face-to-face workshops on grants for librarians and non-profit staff, written successful proposals for government and foundation grants, administered grant projects and reviewed grant proposals for federal and state agencies. She has also presented at national, regional and state library conferences.
Pam is the author of The Accidental Librarian (Information Today, Inc., 2008) and Writing Successful Technology Grant Proposals: A LITA Guide (Neal-Schuman, 2012) and co-author of Grants for Libraries: a How-To-Do-It Manual (Neal-Schuman, 2006) and Winning Grants: A Multimedia How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians with Multimedia Tutorials and Grant Development Tools (Neal-Schuman, 2010), she has written numerous articles, and she co-hosts the Library Grants Blog. She is the recipient of the 2010 Loleta D. Fyan Award from the American Library Association for the project, “Online Management Course for New Library Directors in New Mexico”. Learn more on her website.
Stephanie K. Gerding
Stephanie Gerding is a nationally known library consultant, trainer, and author. Stephanie has written over 20 published articles on grants, and has been on all sides of the grant process as a grant writer, reviewer, and grant project coordinator at libraries, nonprofits, foundations, and government organizations. Stephanie co-authors the Library Grants Blog. She is currently working with TechSoup for Libraries as a writer, blogger and trainer to support technology education for libraries.
Stephanie’s first co-authored book, Grants for Libraries, was published by Neal-Schuman and received a starred review in Library Journal. Her second book, The Accidental Technology Trainer, was published by Information Today.
She presents workshops around the country and online on grants, training, research, customer service, leadership, and technology topics for all types of libraries. She has presented at national conferences including ALA, PLA, Internet Librarian, and Computers in Libraries. In 2000, Stephanie gave workshops on library topics in rural South Africa, where she was a volunteer for the World Library Partnership. She has taught online courses for many organizations, including NorthCentral University, WebJunction, TechSoup for Libraries, State Libraries, and the University of North Texas.
Stephanie worked with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s U.S. Library Program conducting week-long train-the-trainer programs. She has also managed statewide library training programs at New Mexico and Arizona State Libraries. She administered a corporate library at Federal Express, and worked for SIRSI as a customer services consultant.
Stephanie has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, with a concentration in technical writing, and a Master of Science degree in Library and Information Science with a concentration in Corporate Information from the University of Tennessee. Stephanie lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband and baby girl. She may be contacted at sgerding@mindspring.com.
