1. Not too small for a BIG Read! Owen County Public Library: Jennifer Nippert & Faith Mulberry Hopkinsville Christen County Public Library: Martha White “The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.”

2. What we’ll cover…  What is The Big Read?  The Application Process  Owen County Public Library: Call of the Wild  Hopkinsville Christian County Public Library: To Kill a Mockingbird Owen County Public Library

3. What is the Big Read…  The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. Managed by Arts Midwest, The Big Read provides competitive grants to support innovative reading programs in selected communities.  One to one matching grant  Ranging from $2,500 to $20,000 The NEA has funded more than 1,100 Big Read programs, providing more than $16 million in grants.

4. Before you apply…  This is a matching grant  Staff time  Includes evaluation/reporting  You need to request a DUNS number  Can take a few days to receive  The Big Read website The Big Read website Before you can bid on government proposals, you need to obtain a Dun & Bradstreet, or D-U-N-S, Number, a unique nine-digit identification number for each physical location of your business. D-U-N-S Number assignment is free for all businesses required to register with the federal government for contracts or grants.

5. The Application Process…  Informational  Contact Info, Financial Info, Programming Dates  Book selection  Target Audience  Organizational Description  Project Description

6. The Application Process…  Organizer Biographies  Partnership Descriptions  Promotional Description  Budget Budget  The 1 to 1 match can consist of other grants or cash contributions, applicant organization contributions (salaries, wages, fringe benefits, and administrative overhead), in-kind contributions, or earned revenue.  Unallowables  Letter of Support

7. Questions…

8. Owen County Public Library Presents: The Call of the Wild…  Program dates: September 1, 2014-October 11, 2014  Big Read Grant Request $8,500  Big Read Grant Awarded $7,600

9. The Library…

10. Kickoff…

12. Programming…  Kids

13. Programming…  Adults

14. Ideas…  Brain Storming  Spin off topics of interest  Literary topics  Book Clubs  Pinterest Pinterest  Other Participant’s Events Other Participant’s Events

15. Partnership: Schools…  Involved all 4 th and 5 th grade students  Involved the 8 th grade, Freshman (belatedly) and AP Senior classes  Keynote Speaker  Be persistent- email- call- email again- call again

16. Promotion…

17. PR…

18. Numbers…  We purchased 1012 copies of the book  650 Regular Print  312 Classic Starts  20 Large Print  20 Spanish  10 Audio  Kickoff: 265  Paws to Read: 55  School Programs  150 - 5 th grade  154 – 8 th grade  176 – Freshman & AP Seniors

19. Hopkinsville Christian County Public Library Presents: To Kill a Mockingbird  Program dates: October 8, 2015-November 12, 2014  Big Read Grant Request $20,000

20. The Library…

21. Kickoff…

23. Birds of Prey…