The $5,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant will be awarded to a US library for the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2008 National Library Week theme, “Join the circle of knowledge @ your library.” The grant is sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing, a division of Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and mediacompany, and is administered by the Public Awareness Committee of the American Library Association (ALA). National Library Week is April 13-19, 2008. Funds can be used to pay for promotional aspects of the program, i.e., printing/design of flyers, advertising, honoraria, and other campaign expenses related only to promotion.

A grant application form and guidelines are available on ALA’s web site.