{"id":6718,"date":"2017-05-19T01:43:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T01:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=6718"},"modified":"2017-05-19T01:43:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T01:43:21","slug":"the-texas-book-festival-announces-2017-library-grant-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=6718","title":{"rendered":"The Texas Book Festival Announces 2017 Library Grant Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LIbrary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3454\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LIbrary.jpg\" alt=\"Edge is a groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind management and leadership tool, helping libraries create a path for the continuous growth and development of their public technology services. As libraries continue to adapt to the needs of 21st century communities, Edge will support positive change through community engagement, strategic decision making, and data-driven development. Photo: Google Maps\" width=\"600\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LIbrary.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LIbrary-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LIbrary-405x161.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Organization Awards Largest Amount to Date, Ethel L. Whipple Memorial Library Among Recipients<\/h3>\n<p>AUSTIN, TX &#8211; The Texas Book Festival announced the winners of its 2016-17 Texas Library Grants at the Texas Library Association conference in San Antonio today. Forty-four public libraries across 35 Texas counties received grants totaling $100,450 &#8211; the largest amount the organization has awarded in its 21-year history of giving.<\/p>\n<p>The TBF\u2019s Texas Library Grants support collection enhancement to help public libraries meet the needs of their diverse communities. Out of the 44 public libraries awarded, 15 are first-time Texas Book Festival library grant recipients. The grants targeted a mix of needs across Texas\u2019 libraries including grants specifically for children\u2019s books, Spanish and bilingual books, large print books for seniors, and to create and enhance Young Adult sections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublic libraries are an invaluable resource throughout our state,\u201d says Lois Kim, executive director of the Texas Book Festival. \u201cWe are proud to support the important work they do and help them continue to adapt to meet the needs of our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year, TBF awarded the Ethel L. Whipple Memorial Library $2,500 along with 43 other libraries throughout the state.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Texas Book Festival\u2019s founding in 1995, part of its mission has been to promote Texas libraries and literacy. Each year, proceeds raised at the annual Festival through book sales and individual, corporate, and foundation sponsorships fund the Festival\u2019s Texas Library Grants. Nearly $3 million has been awarded to more than 600 libraries across Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for the 2017-18 public library grant cycle will be available in November 2017. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasbookfestival.org\/library-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.texasbookfestival.org\/library-grants\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organization Awards Largest Amount to Date, Ethel L. Whipple Memorial Library Among Recipients AUSTIN, TX &#8211; The Texas Book Festival announced the winners of its 2016-17 Texas Library Grants at the Texas Library Association conference in San Antonio today. Forty-four public libraries across 35 Texas counties received grants totaling $100,450 &#8211; the largest amount the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6719,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6718\/revisions\/6719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}