Alibris to Award Library Grants for Books Through Collection Development Award
For the fourth consecutive year, online bookseller Alibris (http://www.alibris.com/) is accepting applications from libraries for the Alibris Collection Award, which is designed to help libraries expand their collections in specific subject areas of interest to their respective communities. The Alibris Collection Award is a grant of up to $3,000 worth of books to an academic, public, special, K-12, or international library supporting specific collection development projects that advance the mission, priority areas, and goals of the selected library. The purpose of the award is simply to help provide books for otherwise under-funded libraries with replacement projects, retrospective collection development projects, or routine collection-building needs. Each applying library provides an online Donate-A-Book wish list of the desired titles along with the required statements of interest concerning the desired collection and needs of the applying library. All such approved Donate-A-Book applications will remain on the Alibris Web site until and after the award is granted, and are therefore eligible for specific book contributions from library patrons, constituents, and the general book-buying public.
