[Bookstoprisoners] RE: [Btp-jail-libraries] grant proposal

[jamie storm]

I'm confused re which grant and what feedback from Leslie you are 
referencing, Niloofar.

As to jail needs, many of the most popular books are rarely donated from the 
UC community (eg, Walter Moseley, Donald Goines) and those that are 
available literally get read to pieces in a relatively short time.  Same for 
popular magazines (People, Ebony).  GED books are available for those taking 
the classes but others also want them and we don't have a supply.  Stephen 
Hartnett could probably suggest poetry books that students in his jail class 
would especially like (one of the young customers at the library last Friday 
looked at the poetry shelf and asked if we didn't have anything 'new", ie, 
published in the last 3-4 years).

Jamie


>From: "Niloofar Shambayati" <Nilu at insightbb.com>
>To: "Suzanne Linder" <suzanne.linder at gmail.com>,"Jay Schubert" 
><jay.schubert at gmail.com>,"Leslie Srajek" <lcrowley at uiuc.edu>
>CC: BTP 
><BooksToPrisoners at lists.chambana.net>,btp-jail-libraries at lists.chambana.net
>Subject: [Btp-jail-libraries] grant proposal
>Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:56:55 -0500
>
>Leslie, thanks for your thoughful comments.  I agree with your assessment 
>of the type of projects they'd like to fund.  Our mission is a tough sale, 
>especially since the direct beneficiaries are not necessarily part of our 
>community.  I think the chances of getting a share of this grant would 
>greatly increase, if our local jails would be the focus of the proposal.  
>Since I have no experience in this area, I'd like to pick the brains of our 
>jail-libraries volunteers to find out whether and in what ways their work 
>would be facilitated and improved by a modest grant money. If a valuable 
>project affecting our work at the jails can be identified, I say we should 
>apply.  Purchasing dictionaries, GED books, may be even paying a librarian 
>for a few hours per week (too ambitious or beyond our parameters?) etc... 
>Please send out your feedbacks.
>
>
>Niloofar


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