South Dakota State Library Snapshot
The South Dakota State Library (SDSL) is a division within the Department of Education. It has a staff of 27 and is located on the first floor of the MacKay Building on the Capitol complex in Pierre. Visit http://library.sd.gov/.
The SDSL works with public, school and academic libraries throughout the state by promoting and expanding citizen access to library services and resources. The SDSL provides back-up services to local libraries to supplement their ability to meet citizen information needs, increases proficiency of librarians by providing training and continuing education, provides specialized services or materials that individual libraries cannot feasibly deliver on their own, and provides the research needs of state government employees. The State Library also assists local libraries in strengthening communities by enabling citizens to engage in lifelong learning, linking citizens and businesses to new economic opportunities, and promoting information literacy using 21st century technology. The State Library maintains specialized collections that supplement the resources of other libraries and improve the work of state government by providing timely access to information. One such specialized collection is the Grants Foundation Center.
Foundation Center’s Funding Information Network Partners The South Dakota State Library is a Funding Information Network partner of the Foundation Center. As a member of this nationwide network of libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit agencies, the South Dakota State Library provides visitors with free public access to grantmaker directories, books on fundraising and nonprofit management, and the Foundation Center’s electronic database, Foundation Directory Online Professional. This comprehensive, fully searchable database includes detailed profiles of all active U.S. foundations, as well as an extensive file of recent grants awarded by the nation’s top funders.
Foundation Directory Online Subscription database – available (in-house) at the SD State Library. j
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IT’S CURRENT... Updated weekly; the latest grants are provided electronically by many foundations. FLEXIBLE... Target your searches by state, county, city, metro area, ZIP code, and geographic focus of the funder. For
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complete flexibility, search by key words and use the power search! ACCURATE... Monitors more than 35 different information sources to gather information for the directory. AND SMART! More than 1,100 distinct search terms are indexed for fields of interest and subject areas. Tag records with any reminder word or phrase. Save your search strategies in a password-protected ‘My FDO’ e-folder. Instant access to four comprehensive databases— Grantmakers, Companies, Grants, and IRS Forms 990s – search them individually or search them all using Power Search. Fact-filled funder portfolios with abstracts from our Philanthropy News Digest, the grantmaker’s latest RFPs, publications, jobs, and key staff affiliations. New! Interactive maps showing a foundation’s grants by state, county, city, ZIP code, and congressional district; see international grants by country. New! Interactive charts showing a foundation’s grants by area of interest with three levels of detail; click through to recipient lists and grant records! Grants Database contains over 1.5 million records of recently awarded grants by the largest grantmakers.
Grant Resources http://www.delicious.com/sdslreference – SD State Library Delicious page – no login needed.
http://thegrantplant.blogspot.com/ – a good article, plus list of resources.
http://librarygrants.blogspot.com/ – a good resource for library grants.
www.foundationcenter.org – lots of excellent free resources and free webinars, chat with a librarian online to get questions answered.
http://www.grantspace.org/ – another site from the Foundation Center. Easier to navigate, clear search categories, online chat feature, free webinars.
Cornerstone – SDSL’s monthly newsletter. We always highlight a couple of grants resources.
SDSL professional collections – grants books that can be borrowed from SDSL. Search the catalog and borrow via ILL.
For more information contact Brenda Hemmelman at brenda.hemmelman@state.sd.us or 800-423-6665. SOUTH DAKOTA MUNICIPALITIES
