While working at a non-profit I am currently getting schooled in writing grants. In the process I have developed some grant writing tips.
1. Be sure to read the entire grant...and then read it again!
This may seem obvious, but when you have other responsibilities reading the ENTIRE grant can become a daunting task. What I suggest is to take the documentation home (gasp!) and read it.
2. Attend any and every webinar provided about the grant, even if you don't have questions.
You'll find that some of the questions posed by other institutions can help you make your grant narrative more dynamic.
3. Have someone proofread the grant before submission.
Once you start searching for grants and browsing through the guidelines you will notice that many granting agencies stress the importance of a well written grant. To me this suggests that some grants are submitted wth spellnig and grammerr errorrs. Make your institutions grant stand out from the bunch by submitting a grant that is error free!
Week 12 at The Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum
The inventory of all identified photos is complete! MCLM’s collection of processed photos consists of 13,485 photographs that range in date from the mid 1800’s to the early 2000’s. These photographs account for 2,579 folders of different people and places. Successfully completing this task allowed me to utilize my organizational and people management skills.
Every fourth Saturday of the month MCLM hosts a movie event called Black Talkies on Parade featuring a vintage African American film. This month the movie was The World, The Flesh and The Devil featuring Harry Belafonte. In preparation for this event I helped put together a one case exhibit. The items that were pulled for the exhibit pertained to Harry Belafonte and Black Hollywood.
Every fourth Saturday of the month MCLM hosts a movie event called Black Talkies on Parade featuring a vintage African American film. This month the movie was The World, The Flesh and The Devil featuring Harry Belafonte. In preparation for this event I helped put together a one case exhibit. The items that were pulled for the exhibit pertained to Harry Belafonte and Black Hollywood.
Week Eleven at The Mayme A. Clayton & Museum
Lately I’ve been working on inventorying MCLM’s extensive collection of sheet music. Inventorying is a step that occurs at MCLM before processing begins. This is a necessary step because the museum needs to establish control over each item in the collection. The Society of American Archivists calls this step a preliminary inventory, defined as “A listing of the contents and condition of a collection made before processing.” The items that are being inventoried are the aforementioned sheet music, photographs, art work, and movie posters.
This week I also gave a presentation to The California African American Genealogical Society. My presentation went over personal preservation practices for paper and photographs. CAAGS was very receptive and I was excited to field their interesting questions.
Lastly, be sure to look out for MCLM in Carter Magazine, we are going to be a featured institution!
This week I also gave a presentation to The California African American Genealogical Society. My presentation went over personal preservation practices for paper and photographs. CAAGS was very receptive and I was excited to field their interesting questions.
Lastly, be sure to look out for MCLM in Carter Magazine, we are going to be a featured institution!
Week 10 at The Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum
This week The California Library Association Black Caucus honored the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum. The certificate was presented to Cara representing MCLM by a former volunteer, who is now working for Los Angeles Public Libraries. MCLM was presented with two books; the first was a signed copy of the children’s book Jemmie’s Big Day and a reference book entitled African American Librarians in the Far West. The children’s book is a wonderful addition to our collection and will hopefully become apart of the children’s summer reading program MCLM is hoping to implement. Also, this week at MCLM I began the digitizing images that will be included on our website. I saved the images as TIFF files at 600 dpi, the archival standard for digital images.
Poor Neglected Blog
I'm so sorry bloggy, I really have neglected you. For here on out I will be posting a weekly update, with possible sporadic daily updates.
Week 9 at the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum
This week MCLM hosted two events, the closing reception for The Get on Board exhibit and Nothing but the Chicago Style Blues. The turn out for the closing reception for the Get on Board exhibit was phenomenal! This event featured a panel discussion with Freedom Riders Robert Farell, Robert Singleton, Rita Matinson and Woodrow Coleman. The second event at MCLM this week was Nothing But the Chicago Style Blues. This event featured The Legendary Melvin Eddy Blues Band. Mr. Eddy sporadically comes out of retirement to perform, he was amazing! Along with this blues event MCLM sold food tickets as a fundraiser for the institution. A busy week, but I definitely learned a lot about how to manage multiple events in small amount of time.
Week 9 at the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum
This week MCLM hosted two events, the closing reception for The Get on Board exhibit and Nothing but the Chicago Style Blues. The turn out for the closing reception for the Get on Board exhibit was phenomenal! This event featured a panel discussion with Freedom Riders Robert Farell, Robert Singleton, Rita Matinson and Woodrow Coleman. The second event at MCLM this week was Nothing But the Chicago Style Blues. This event featured The Legendary Melvin Eddy Blues Band. Mr. Eddy sporadically comes out of retirement to perform, he was amazing! Along with this blues event MCLM sold food tickets as a fundraiser for the institution. A busy week, but I definitely learned a lot about how to manage multiple events in small amount of time.
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