[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6953]
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Part IV
Department of Education
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Library Education and Human Resource Development Program (Higher
Education Act, Title II-B, Institutes and Fellowships); Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for FY 1997
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 54 / Thursday, March 20, 1997 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA Nos. 84.036A and B]
Library Education and Human Resource Development Program (Higher
Education Act, Title II-B, Institutes and Fellowships); Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1997
Purpose of Program: The Library Education and Human Resource
Development Program promotes high quality library and information
science education and provides fellowship and institute grants to
institutions of higher education and library organizations or agencies
to recruit, educate, and train persons, and to establish, develop, or
expand programs, through courses of study or staff development in
library and information science. For FY 1997 the competition for new
awards focuses on projects designed to meet one or more of the
priorities listed in the ``PRIORITIES'' section of this notice.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, library
organizations, and library agencies.
For Fellowship Projects for FY 1997, only new Master's degree level
applications will be accepted.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: 5/9/97.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: 7/9/97.
Applications Available: 3/20/97.
Fiscal Information
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Estimated
Available Estimated range of average Estimated
CFDA number and name funds awards size of number of
awards awards
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84.036A, Institute Projects.......................... $900,000 $15,000-$150,000 $82,000 12
84.036B, Fellowship Projects......................... 900,000 22,000-88,000 44,000 21
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Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.
Maximum Award: For Fellowship Projects, in no case does the
Secretary make an award greater than $88,000 for a single budget period
of 12 months. The Secretary does not consider an application that
proposes a budget exceeding this maximum amount.
Project Periods
(a) Institute Grants. A long-term institute project must provide at
least one academic year but no more than 12 months of training; a
short-term institute project must provide at least one week but no more
than six weeks of training.
(b) Fellowship Grants. A new fellowship grant at the master's level
must be at least one academic year.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
85, and 86; and (b) the regulations for this program in 34 CFR Part
776.
Priorities
Absolute Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 776.5 the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet one or
more of the absolute priorities in this notice. The Secretary funds
under this competition only applications that meet one or more of these
priorities.
Institute Projects and Fellowship Projects
Absolute Priority 1--To recruit, educate, train, retrain and retain
minorities in library and information sciences.
Absolute Priority 2--To educate, train, or retrain library
personnel in areas of library specialization where there are currently
shortages, such as school media, children's services, young adult
services, science reference, cataloging, and library service
evaluation.
Absolute Priority 3--To educate, train, or retrain library
personnel in new techniques of information acquisition, transfer, and
management of communication technology.
Institute Projects Only
Absolute Priority 4--To educate, train, or retrain library
personnel to serve the information needs of the elderly, the
illiterate, the disadvantaged, or residents of rural America, including
Native Americans.
Invitational Priority: Within the absolute priorities, the
Secretary is particularly interested in applications that meet the
invitational priority in the next paragraph. However, an application
that meets this invitational priority does not receive competitive or
absolute preference over other applications (34 CFR 75.105(c)(1)).
To educate, train, or retrain library personnel in managing
collaborative efforts with other libraries and educationally-centered
organizations, e.g., museums, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Head Start
centers, and especially k-12 schools, for the purposes of promoting
reading and library services to children, young adults, and their
parents and caretakers.
For Applications or Information Contact: Chris Dunn or Judy Stark,
U.S. Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Room 300,
Washington, DC 20208-5571. Telephone (202) 219-2299 or 219-2284.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
Information about the Department's funding opportunities, including
copies of application notices for discretionary grant competitions, can
be viewed on the Department's electronic bulletin board (ED Board),
telephone (202) 260-9950; on the Internet Gopher Server (at gopher.//
gcs. ed.gov); or on the World Wide Web server (at http://gcs.ed.gov).
However, the official application notice for a discretionary grant
competition is the notice published in the Federal Register.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1021, 1032.
Dated: March 14, 1997.
Marshall S. Smith,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
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