RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Librarian, or designee, to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $3000 from the Association for Library Service to Children BWI Summer Reading Program Grant for the period January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No library fund match.
BACKGROUND:
Grant funds will allow the Library to acquire additional children’s materials on the newly acquired Axis 360 e-book platform. Items purchased with grant funds will reflect the 2013 Summer Reading Festival theme, Reading is so Delicious, with the purchase of children’s e-books on nutrition, cooking, and health. Items purchased will include electronic picture books, easy readers, juvenile fiction and young adult fiction. Grant funds will also purchase two iPad Minis. The library will use these devices to demonstrate Axis 360 to students, teachers, parents and caregivers within county schools.
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