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SYLVIA D. HALL-ELLIS, Ph.D., teaches at the University of Denver's Library & Information Science Program. She has over 30 years of experience working in libraries, grant writing, project design and management, information systems design and development, strategic planning, nonprofit organization management, and training. A member of a variety of professional organizaions, Dr. Hall-Ellis is listed in several editions of regional and national bibliographic volumes. She has published numerous technical reports, articles, and two monographs, and has conducted major field-based research studies.

ANN JERABEK is Head, Interlibraries Services, Sam Houston State University. She has held several professional library positions since coming to the University in 1988 as a Reference Librarian. Prior to her arrival at Sam Houston, she worked at Collin County Community College in McKenney, Texas. Her educational background includes a B.A. in English, an M.A. in religion, and an M.L.S. In addition to publishing in the topic of grants, Ann has also written on needs assessment for library services, library anxiety, and recently published an article on developing and writing job descriptions for positions in interlibrary loans.

This invaluable handbook provides necessary information to help school libaries and school library systems complete the arduous grant-application process.

School Library Journal

Experienced grant researchers and university librarians Hall-Ellis and Jerabek provide a systematic approach to every aspect of the grant process. Each section breaks down important concepts and is clearly supported by reproducible forms, examples, and lists. Two important segments address budget and personnel considerations. The project-evaluation section includes data-collection instruments and time lines, while a final chapter discusses practical suggestions such as publicity and writing letters of appreciation. Grant writers will find the comparison of successful and poor grantsmanship and a list of 50 tips to be especially useful tools. The substantial annotated bibliography covers both print and nonprint resources; a list of federal grant programs rounds out the abundant practical information. This surprisingly readable guide should be on every school library media specialist's professional shelf.-Susan McCaffrey, Haslett High School, MI Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.