<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:SimSun;
panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cordia New";
panose-1:2 11 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cordia New";
panose-1:2 11 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"\@SimSun";
panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With LLC’s Action Research Project well under way, I wanted to make sure you all know about a
<a href="http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/researchawards/impactgrants">new ACRL research grant opportunity</a> in case you haven’t seen the announcement yet. The opportunity may be of particular interest given that President Trump’s budget proposal for FY 2019
<a href="https://www.imls.gov/news-events/news-releases/imls-director-dr-kathryn-k-matthews-statement-presidents-proposed-fy-2019">
“<span lang="EN">proposes funding for the orderly closure of the Institute of Museum and Library Services”</span></a><span lang="EN"> which could affect our plans to request a second round of funding for LLC’s Action Research in the Library grant program.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">The ACRL proposal looks fairly easy to complete (the project proposal cannot exceed 1000 words), although successful applicants for the grants must be members of ACRL. The deadline for submitting proposals is April 1, 2018.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Mary Ann <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mary Ann Lund Goodwin, Ed. D.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Executive Director <b>| </b>CCS Libraries <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Community Colleges of Spokane <b>|</b> 509-533-3820 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:maryann.goodwin@ccs.spokane.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">maryann.goodwin@ccs.spokane.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="119" height="35" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D3A72F.0B2E6DD0" alt="CCS_color"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>