LCLC Resources

See the notes from our 2008 member survey here

Local Resources for Disaster Planning (2003)

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Here is an excerpt from Nancy Kraft's presentation at our spring workshop in 2008 on disaster planning:


Local Grantors & Funding Resources

• The Cedar Rapids Public Library serves as a Cooperating Collection for the Foundation Center in New York and has many great resources, including an excellent online database of funders
• Iowa Arts Council
• Humanities Iowa
• Iowa Conservation & Preservation Consortium provides two scholarships of $500 per year to the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies in Mount Carroll, Illinois.
• Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
• Linn County Historic Preservation Commission
• Witwer Trust Grant Program administered by the Linn County Board of Supervisors
• Historical Resource Development Program of the State Historical Society of Iowa is part of the REAP act (Resource Enhancement and Protection Act) and has three pools of money for grants: 1. Documentary Collections; 2. Museums; and 3. Historic Preservation.

Associated and Support Groups

• The Consortium's Library Disaster Recovery Booklet
• Linn County Board of Supervisors
• Governor Culver's Office
• The Iowa Legislature
• Iowa's Library Services Areas
• Library Service Area Boards
• Iowa Center for the Book
• Iowa State Data Center
• State Library of Iowa
• Iowa Library Association

Online Resources

• Silo Locator - Iowa's Online Catalog
• HealthInfoIowa
• Vocational Biographies (username Cedar Rapids Pub Lib, password 5r5r)
• MedLinePlus: Trusted Health Information
• Code of Iowa et al.
• GPO Access, federal government documents online
• Library of Congress

Member Resources to Share

• Vocational Biography & Learning Express resources from the Cedar Rapids Public Library
• Social Computing: IMs & Blogs (handout from 4/17/07 presentation)
• Social Computing: Wikis (handout from 4/17/07 presentation)
• Social Computing: MySpace & RSS (handout from 4/24/07 presentation)
• Podcasting (handout from 4/24/07 presentation)