Winning Grants: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians with Multimedia Tutorials and Grant Development Tools (How-to-Do-It Manuals) (How-to-do-it Manuals, 173)

Written by two experts who have collectively won millions of dollars in grants from an astonishing variety of funding sources, Winning Grants: A Multimedia How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians is a combination workbook, how-to-manual, and multimedia workshop. Now presented in Neal-Schuman s newly revised How-To-Do- It series layout, Winning Grants gives you Gerding & MacKellar s extensive grant-getting experience in an accessible design so you can master these complex processes more easily. The how-to manual is arranged in three sections. Part I, The Grant Process Cycle, features the full grant process cycle with MacKeller and Gerding sharing invaluable procedural advice that distinguishes proposals that receive sustained funding. Part II, Library Grant Success Stories, features 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 CD so you can make these templates your own and share them with colleagues. The CD includes the entire text of successful grant proposals plus ten instructional videos to walk you through each step of the grant process cycle:

Grants are the lifeblood of many libraries these days, and with budgets stretched to the limits, they can provide some of the needed resources. Applying for grants can be a challenging process, and this addition to the published literature is a great step toward assisting new grant writers. Emphasizing the importance of library planning as the critical first step, the book arranges chapters in sections covering “The Grant Process Cycle” and “Library Grant Success Stories.” Part 3, “Winning Grants Multimedia Toolkit and DVD,” contains worksheets and templates that can also be found on the accompanying disc, along with instructional videos that mesh with the various stages of writing a grant. The book is a great hand-holder for first timers and a great brushup with new ideas for the experienced grant writer. Highly recommended. --Diana Shonrock