The City of Belen is accepting applications for an Outreach Librarian

Minimum Pay: $10.50 per hour

QUALIFICATIONS:

v Excellent oral and written communication skills

v In depth knowledge of computer software, database searching and the Internet.

v Completion of a four-year accredited college degree in a related field or year for year of previous library or computer lab experience.

v Must be able to organize and perform work functions with limited supervision.

v Must be able to formulate short and long term goals.

v Able to work independently and to complete daily activities according to work schedule with minimal supervision.

v Valid New Mexico driver’s license.

v Able to successfully complete drug testing

v Prefer New Mexico Grade II Librarian’s Certification or Librarian Degree

v Prefer bilingual (Spanish/]English)

v Knowledge of the principles, practices and techniques of Library Service

v US Citizen, 18 Yrs. or older

Job description and applications are available at the City of Belen Human Resources Dept., 100 South Main, Belen, NM 87002 or call 505-966-2604.

For best consideration, all application materials should be received by 5:00 PM, Thursday, July 16, 2009.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for the inconvenience as I’m changing the website again in hopes of improving many things as well as functionality.  For the most part the site should work as it is, but please excuse the mess.  I should be mostly done with these changes by Wednesday, July 1.

Thanks,

Dan Kammer

Building on the national distribution of its Picturing America program, the National Endowment for the Humanities invites proposals for local and regional projects that foster collaboration between K-12 educators and humanities scholars for the purposes of encouraging “engagement with the rich resources of American art to tell America’s story.”

The Picturing America School Collaboration Projects grant opportunity is designed to help teachers and librarians form connections between the Picturing America images and coursework in the school’s core curriculum. Picturing America is part of the endowment’s We the People program.

Funded projects should support one or more conferences of one or two days each, accommodate at least twenty-four participants at each conference, and provide opportunities for participants to engage with scholars, museum and library professionals, and other experts. Conference attendees may include public school teachers, teachers at charter schools, members of home school consortia, and faculty from independent and religious schools.

Grants of up to $75,000 will be awarded for projects involving one or more conferences. The grant period will be twelve months.

Any U.S. nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status is eligible to apply for a grant, as are state and local governmental agencies and tribal governments. Grants will not be awarded to individuals.

Visit the NEH Web site for complete program information.

With support from the Ford Foundation, the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture has announced the introduction of a new competitive grant program.

The Transnational Cultural Remittances program is designed to increase understanding, support, and recognition of the cultural impact of continued migration of and connection between individuals in Mexico, Central America, and the United States. The program is available to individuals, collectives, and community-based organizations that are engaged in the practical exchange of culture through transnational community connections developed and maintained by culturally and economically linked communities.

The program seeks to identify exemplary cultural exchange projects that support grassroots artistic and cultural practices and strengthen social networks and economic justice across national boundaries. Projects demonstrating an ongoing connection between two or more of the following countries will be eligible for consideration to receive a competitive TCR grant in 2009 or 2010: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; and United States. Artists and non-governmental organizations in any of these countries may apply. Applicants do not have to include the United States to be considered.

Grants will range from $2,000 to $20,000.

For more information and complete guidelines, visit the NALAC Web site.

The National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Fund for the Arts is a field-advised grant that provides financial support to Latino working artists and to small and mid-sized Latino arts organizations in communities across the United States.

Support is awarded to nonprofit 501(c)(3) Latino arts organizations working in the fields of dance, interdisciplinary arts, literary arts, media arts, multidisciplinary arts, music, performance art, theater arts, and visual arts. A Latino arts organization is defined as one whose mission is focused on Latino art and culture, whose executive or artistic director is Latino, and/or whose board of directors is at least 51 percent Latino. The applicant must be a member of NALAC, be in existence for at least one fiscal year, have an operating budget of $1 million or less, and have professional staff, paid or unpaid, able to devote the time necessary to accomplish the proposed objectives. Latino arts organizations meeting these requirements may apply for general operating support, support for capacity-building initiatives, and project support.

Individual Latino artists interested in applying for an NFA grant must be a member of NALAC and be at least 18 years old. Whether working solo or in ensembles, Latino artists in the U.S. may apply for support for professional or career development, for creation, development, and presentation of work, and for research or general project needs.

Latino artists and organizations are provided with grants ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 each.  Projects must begin after November 1, 2009 and end by September 30, 2010.

In addition, an established Latino artist will be awarded the Master Artist Grant of $20,000 for his/her work in the community and to provide support that enables the Master Artist to serve as a mentor to another artist in the community.

Please note: Artists and organizations who received NFA funding in the 2008-09 cycle must wait one year before applying to the NFA again. These grantees will be eligible to apply in 2010.

Visit the NALAC Web site for complete program guidelines and information on becoming a NALAC member.

Writing Competition Invites Native Americans to Share Insights on Economy

The Alaska Federation of Natives, in partnership with the National Congress of American Indians and the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, has launched “Native Insight: Thoughts on Recession, Recovery & Opportunity,” a writing competition designed to encourage Native Americans to share their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in the current economic and political landscape.

The national competition will distributed a total of $60,000 among three Alaska Native winners and three Native Hawaiian/Lower 48 American Indian winners ($10,000 each), with opportunities for their winning essays to be published in Native journals and magazines across the United States.

The competition is open to Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and American Indians of all ages.

For complete program information, visit the Native Insight Web site.

High School Students Invited to Submit Entries for Green Your School Contest

The Student Conservation Association’s Green Your School Contest is a national competition to stimulate and/or identify conservation service projects designed by high school students that improve, restore, beautify, or conserve their high school environment.

To be eligible, projects must have been begun after August 1, 2008. Entries must be completed by a student and will be judged according to the following criteria: the project has or will improve the environmental health of the school; the project is sustainable; the project is initiated by students and engages other students, teachers, and school administrators; the submission itself is of high quality; and the project engaged the community.

There will be one Grand Prize of $5,000, and two runner-up prizes of $2,500 each. Prizes will be awarded directly to high schools and not to individuals.

Visit the SCA Web site for complete program information.

L’Oréal Paris is accepting nominations for its annual Woman of Worth awards program.

In 2009, there will be ten honorees selected from across the United States. L’Oréal will make a $5,000 donation to each honoree’s chosen charitable cause, and will make an additional $5,000 donation in the name of each winner to support the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. In addition, one honoree and her cause will be selected by the public at large via online vote and will be recognized as the National Woman of Worth Honoree, with the honoree’s charity receiving a donation of $25,000 from L’Oréal Paris in her name. All honorees will receive national recognition for both their cause and their efforts.

Nominees should have a record of exemplary service within their own communities and community at large, be able to demonstrate the impact of their work, be aspirational and inspirational to others, demonstrate commitment to their cause, and exemplify leadership.

Nominees must be women, legal residents of the fifty United States or the District of Columbia, 18 years of age or older, and consent to be nominated. All volunteer activities of the nominee must be unpaid and cannot include court-ordered community service; however, nominees who receive a nominal stipend for their service (e.g., in connection with a national service program) may be eligible. The volunteer activity should have lasted for at least six uninterrupted months and should be ongoing.

Self-nominations are permissible and encouraged.

Visit the Women of Worth Web site for complete nomination guidelines.

Drucker Institute Seeks Applications for Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation

The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University has announced a call for applications for the 2009 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation.

Administered annually since 1991, the Drucker Award is granted to a social-sector organization that demonstrates Peter F. Drucker’s definition of innovation — change that creates a new dimension of performance. In addition, the judges look for programs that are highly effective and have made a difference in the lives of the people they serve.

Applicant organizations must have nonprofit 501(c)(3) status. The program submitted for consideration must have made a difference in the lives of people it serves, exemplify innovation by demonstrating a new dimension of performance, and have specific and measurable outcomes.

With support from the Coca-Cola Foundation, this year’s first-place prize has been increased to $100,000, up from the $35,000 awarded in previous years. The second-place prize is $7,500, and the third-place prize is $5,000. The winners of this year’s competition will also be recognized at a gala dinner in Los Angeles in the fall, preceded by a one-day conference on innovation in the social sector.

Complete program information and application are available at the Drucker Institute Web site.