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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi listers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We’re interested in
applying for an IMLS <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sparks</st1:place></st1:City>!
Ignition grant for development of Koha in new and exciting ways, and
we’re looking for partners to collaborate with us. The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Sparks</st1:City></st1:place>! grants are grants up to $25,000 for
innovative solutions to broad-ranging challenges in libraries, archives and
museums, with an emphasis on making the results of the project open and
accessible. From <a
href="http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/SparksIgnition.shtm"
title="http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/SparksIgnition.shtm">http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/SparksIgnition.shtm</a>
:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=copy><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>“</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Successful proposals will address problems,
challenges, or needs of <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">broad relevance</font></b></strong>
to museums, libraries, or archives, will test <strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">innovative responses</font></b></strong> to these
problems, and will make the findings of these tests widely and openly
accessible. Grant funding may include all activities associated with planning,
deploying, and evaluating the innovation, as long as the expenses are allowable
under federal and IMLS guidelines. Examples of projects that might be funded by
this program include, but are not limited to: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>exploring the potential of highly original,
experimental collaborations,</span></font> <font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>implementing new workflows or processes with
potential for substantial cost savings,</span></font> <font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>testing new metrics or methods to measure the
impact of promising tools or services,</span></font> <font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>rapid prototyping and testing of new types of
software tools, or creating useful new ways to link separate software
applications used in libraries, archives, or museums,</span></font> <font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>offering innovative new types of services or
service options to museum, library, or archive visitors, or</span></font> <font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>enhancing institutions’ abilities to
interact with audiences in new ways to promote learning or improve
services, such as through the deployment of innovative crowd-sourcing
techniques.”</span></font> <font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Innovative +
collaborative + open sounds like Koha to me! We would welcome anyone who would
like to join us in this project- we have some ideas of our own, but we welcome
more! (And by our own ideas I mean that we’re at the “gee, wouldn’t
it be cool if…” stage). Please let me know if you would like to
join us in pursuing this potentially amazing opportunity!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-Jen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Jen Tobias<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Technical Services and
Special Collections Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Naropa</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:navy'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Allen Ginsberg Library<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(303) 546-3505<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>jtobias@naropa.edu</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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