Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program: Planning Grants

Program Overview:
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian (LB21) projects build a library and archival workforce that can meet the information needs of communities and increase the institutional capacity of libraries, archives, and library and information science graduate programs across the country.
The program supports projects that:
provide training and professional development to library and archives professionals;  develop faculty and information leaders; and recruit, educate, and retain the next generation of library and archives professionals.
Projects can support the recruitment, education, training, and retention of pre-professionals, students, faculty, and the current library and archives workforce.
Project Type
Planning:
1-2 yearsProject CharacteristicsPlaning projects support exploratory activities, such as:analyzing needs and feasibility;solidifying partnerships; ordeveloping project work plans, prototypes, proofs of concept, curricula, and pilot studies.You should identify planning activities that have the potential to lead to future implementation or research efforts.You should demonstrate how you will achieve and measure far-reaching