This 3-sentence summary provides the essential information from the Libri Foundation grant application document: The document is a grant application form for the Libri Foundation's Books for Children program, requesting funding to purchase new children's books for the Crisp County High School media center in Cordele, Georgia. The application details the library's budget, programming, needs, and plan to publicize and utilize new books if awarded a matching grant of up to $350 to address budget cuts impacting their materials budget.

1. The Libri Foundation
Books for Children Program
Grant Application Form
Please answer the following questions. If additional space is needed, use the back of the form or attach
additional sheets. Do not rewrite the form. Please return form with all pages stapled together. Forms may
be typed or handwritten.
I. APPLICANT:
Name of Library: Crisp County High School
Street Address: 2402 Cougar Alley PO Box:
City: Cordele State: GA Zip: 31015
Shipping Address (if different):
City: State: Zip:
Contact Person: Chiquisha Tomlin Title: Media Specialist
Library Phone: (229 ) 276-3430 and/or Contact Phone: ( )
Library Fax: ( 229 ) 276-3436 E-mail: ctomlin@crisp.k12.ga.us
Previous BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grant recipient? Yes No x If yes, what year?
II. TYPE OF LIBRARY:
A. Please circle the number which BEST describes your library:
1. City, town, township, or village library
2. Branch of a city, town, township, or village library - Name of main library?
3. County library
4. Branch of a county library - Name of main library?
5. Combination town & public school library
6. Tribal library. Tribal affiliation?
7. Other. Please explain Public School Library
B. Does the library have any branches or bookmobiles? Yes No x If yes, how many?
C. Is your library a member of a regional or cooperative system? Yes x No If yes,
1. What is the name of the system? Crisp County School System
2 Are the libraries in the system governed jointly or separately? Separately
3. How much funding does your library receive from the system?
4. What services does the system provide to your library? Funding for instructional
technologies, books, and other resources for learning; technical support

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III. AREA SERVED:
A. For what geographic area is your library the primary library?
Name of Area: South Georgia
Population of Area: 40,000
Population of the town in which the library is located: 11,498
In what county/parish/borough is the library located? Crisp
B. What is the nearest city with a population of at least 40,000 people? Albany, GA
How many miles is the library from this city? 35
C. Is there an institution of higher education in the library’s district? Yes x No
Name of the institution: South Georgia Technical College
D. What are the area’s primary industries? (Agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining, tourism, etc.)
Manufacturing; tourism
IV. CIRCULATION/PROGRAMMING:
A. How many hours per week is your library open? 40
Please list the library’s hours: 7:45am- 3:45pm
B. How many hours per week are your branches open? 48
C. Approximately how many patrons come into the library each week? 150
D. Approximately how many of these patrons are children age 12 and under? 0
E. What is the average number of books checked out each week? 250
F. Approximately how many of these books are children’s books? 0
G. What type and how many hours of children’s programming does the library offer?
Programming can include storytelling, puppet shows, summer reading programs, service to
day care centers, craft activities, etc. Please be as detailed as possible.

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V. BUDGET INFORMATION: Please provide the following information for the applicant’s most
recently completed fiscal year. If your library is a branch library and receives its funding from the
parent institution: 1) answer the questions first with your library’s budget and 2) in parentheses,
include the parent institution’s budget. Any funds listed in Part II, Section C, question 3 must be
included as part of your total annual budget.
A. Total annual budget (ALL expenditures, inc. salaries): $622,587.22
B. Total annual book budget (reference, adult, YA, children): $15,523
C. How many paid employees does the library have? 3
D. How many paid employees have an MLS, MLIS, or equivalent? 2
E. How is the library funded?
Allocated funds from the GaDOE
F. Has the library suffered any budget cuts in the last three years? Please explain.
Yes. Due to the state deficit, the budget has been slashed by at least $6,000.
VI. LOCAL FUND RAISING: The library’s local sponsor(s) may raise between $50 and $350,
which will be matched 2-to-1 by The Libri Foundation. The Foundation will only match funds
raised by a local sponsor. It will not match funds taken from the existing library budget.
A. Who will be the library’s local sponsor(s)? Note: The local sponsor may be a formal group
such as the Friends of the Library or a service organization, or it may be an informal group of
library supporters.
Crisp County School System; Friends of the Library.
B. How much money does the sponsor(s) plan to raise? (Must be between $50-$350) $350.00
Important Note: The Foundation will not match more than $350.
C. How does the sponsor(s) plan to raise the matching funds? Please be as specific as possible.
Fundraisers include selling discarded items such as old computers and outdated books that have
been weeded out. Proceeds will be used to benefit the media center.

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VII. NEEDS ASSESSMENT: Please explain why the library needs the Foundation’s assistance to acquire
new children’s books.
Due to severe budget cuts that the school systems has sustained, as well as the state government, it is dire that we
acquire this money to help fund new books for our media center. Our high school has a daycare center and having
children’s books at our convenience (other than the ones currently in the center) would be very beneficial and
convenient.
VIII. PUBLICIZING THE NEW BOOKS: Describe how the library plans to publicize and promote its new
children’s books. Note: Libraries are strongly encouraged to celebrate their new books by hosting a
special event, such as an open house or a special story hour.
This library will host a special story hour, during after school hours, so that parents can get a chance to
come in and see what the library has to offer other than the new books.
IX. BOOK SELECTION: Please list the book reviewing sources the staff consults when selecting
children’s books. American Association of School Librarians website; Library of Congress
X. REPORT: All grant recipients are required to write a one-page report, in the form of a letter, within
eight weeks of receiving the new books. The letter should include general information about the
library and the community it serves as well as specific information relating to the BOOKS FOR
CHILDREN grant on topics such as how the local funds were raised, how the books will be used, and
the impact the new books had on the library (ex: new patrons, increased community awareness,
increased circulation). Copies of newspaper articles and other publicity items about the grant should
be attached to the report.
Do you agree to provide this report within eight weeks of receiving the new books? Yes x No
Signature of Authorizing Official:
Print Name: Chiquisha D. Tomlin
Title: Media Specialist Date: 3/25/11
Questions should be directed to:
Barbara J. McKillip, President Phone: 541-747-9655
The Libri Foundation Fax: 541-747-4348
PO Box 10246 Email: libri@librifoundation.org
Eugene, OR 97440 Web site: http://www.librifoundation.org
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Completed application forms must be mailed to The Libri Foundation. Faxed or emailed applications will
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