Upcoming Opportunities These opportunities are available for free unless otherwise noted. Descriptions are provided by host organizations. Laura Bush Foundation Collection Grants SCHOOL LIBRARIES November 27, 2023 | 11:59 PM CTate The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries provides funds to our Nation’s neediest schools so that they can extend, update, and diversify the book…
Ordering is now OPEN for the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) materials provided free of charge by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. For your convenience, ordering instructions are outlined in a special edition of TSLAC’s Texas Summer Library Program Newsletter. Please contact Christina Taylor at LD@tsl.texas.gov if you did not receive this information.…
Save the date. Starting on November 15, 2023, Texas public libraries will be able to order Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) materials provided free of charge by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC). For your convenience, ordering instructions will be outlined in a special edition of TSLAC’s Texas Summer Library Program Newsletter. Thus,…
Upcoming Opportunities These opportunities are available for free unless otherwise noted. Descriptions are provided by host organizations. The Best Things in Life are Free! Rural library training for open educational resources November 3, 2023 | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Central | Virtual Patrons likely know that public libraries provide no-cost access to books. What they…
Welcome to the 2024 Texas Summer Reading Program! The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) supports Texas summer programs in partnership with the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) – a consortium of all 50 states working together to make high quality reading materials available at the lowest cost possible for libraries. The 2024 CSLP…
The 2024 Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) manuals will soon be available via the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC). All accredited Texas public libraries will be able to download them, and manual access generally opens in October. Since CSLP is presently still finalizing the process for this year’s summer library program, we wanted…
Upcoming Opportunities These opportunities are available for free unless otherwise noted. Descriptions are provided by host organizations. National Voter Registration Day September 19, 2023 Whether you’re new to the world of registering voters or you’re a National Voter Registration Day veteran, everyone can use a little help getting their friends, family, and broader community registered…
APPLICATIONS WILL CLOSE SOON! This year’s Family Place Libraries Project grant application will close for submissions on Sunday, October 1, 202124 at 11:59 PM. The application is entirely online and can be accessed after logging into the TSLAC Grants Management System (GMS). The links below will, respectively, take you to the Family Place Libraries Project…
Ten fingers and ten toes. As I stared down at the squirming bundle in my arms, focused on the soft burbling noises it made, and let the smell of warm skin and powder soothe me, that was the phrase playing on repeat in my head: ten fingers and ten toes. That’s what my family told…
The 2024 Texas Family Place Libraries™ Grant Program will open for application on Friday, September 1, 2023. Grant guidelines for the program, as well as specific information about the application process, past recipients, and additional resources are on the TSLAC Family Place Libraries™ Project page. Applications will be due Sunday, October 1, 2023. Accredited Texas…