Criteria For Continuing Education Grant

• I. For KPLACE:
• Requirements:
• Must be staff [or trustee] of member library
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• Priorities:
• Applications from Level III KPLACE participants
• Applications from directors/head librarians
• Applicants whose library boards have agreed to arrange for coverage of library duties and to reimburse travel expenses
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• Limits:
• KPLACE participants are eligible for (but not guaranteed) grants for all three years of the program. Application is on an annual basis.
• Unless an NCKL reserved class slot at KPLACE would otherwise go unfilled, only one applicant per member library per KPLACE class.
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• Will pay:
• Registration cost of regular KPLACE housing as given on application or no housing rate (applicant must pay difference for special room arrangements).
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• II. For Tri-Conference:
• Requirements:
• Must be staff [or trustee] of member library.
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• Priorities:
• Applicants who have not attended Tri-Conference
• Applicants whose library boards have agreed to arrange for coverage of library duties and to reimburse travel expenses
• Applicants who are members of a sponsoring organization (KLA, KASL, KAECT, KLTA)
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• Limits:
• One Tri-Conference grant per library per year.
• Pre-conference and meal fees not included (for pre-conferences, see Open applications below).
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• Will pay:
• Registration for entire conference (at pre-registration, member rate)
  
•            or
• Daily registration (at pre-registration, member rate) not to exceed the cost of registration for the entire conference
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• III. Open applications:
• Requirements:
• Must be staff [or trustee] of member library.
• Applications must be received 4 weeks prior to event
• NCKLS may attach to the grant award the condition that the recipient provide a report, written or oral, on the event to system members, board, or staff.
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• Priorities:
• Applicants who have not recieved grants for KPLACE or TriConference in the past 12 months
• Applicants whose libraries have agreed to pay part of the expenses for attendance
• Applications accompanied by a letter of support from the supervisor (or board, in the case of the director) which includes a description of the library's financial support for attendance.
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• Limits:
• One grant per library per year.
• One grant per individual every two years.
• Maximum grant amount: $150 (May be appealed)
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• Will pay:
• Full or partial cost of registration.
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• OTHER CRITERIA:
• Applications will be funded based on:
• Relevance of the event to applicant's work
• Relative level of support from applicant's library
• Availability of funds