Providence Public Library

PURPOSE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 PUBLIC LAW 117-328 AND THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT FOR DIVISION L OF THAT ACT. PROJECTS SELECTED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ARE LISTED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) THAT ACCOMPANIES A SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR’S APPROPRIATIONS ACT OR CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. THE JES LISTS PROJECT, RECIPIENT, STATE, AMOUNT AND CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AWARD PROJECTS INCLUDE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. HUD WILL NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL THE RECIPIENT SUBMITS THE REQUIRED PROJECT NARRATIVE AND CONFIRMS ALIGNMENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. TO FIND THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT AWARD AS WRITTEN WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD USE THE FOLLOWING LINK AND PATH SELECTIONS TO GET TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANTS HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/EDI-GRANTS, SELECT THE FISCAL YEAR OF INTEREST, SCROLL DOWN TO PROGRAM LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UNDER FISCAL YEAR 20XX CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 20XX: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT).; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVED PROJECT NARRATIVE.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE THE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS OR SERVED BY THE ENTITIES THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE JES RECIPIENT OR PROJECT DESCRIPTION SECTIONS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL PARTNER WITH CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND WORLD EDUCATION, INC. TO TEST AND DISSEMINATE INNOVATIVE ADULT EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT LIBRARY PRACTICES. THE PROJECT WILL BUILD UPON AND EXPAND PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES ALREADY IN PLACE AT THE THREE PARTNER LIBRARIES (LEARNING LOUNGES, MOBILE LEARNING, AND LEARNING CIRCLES). THE THREE PARTNERS AND SIX SELECTED PILOT LIBRARIES WILL IMPLEMENT ONE OR TWO NEW APPROACHES INTO THEIR SYSTEM TO STUDY HOW THESE PRACTICES CAN BE IMPLEMENTED AND COMBINED IN DIFFERENT LIBRARY SETTINGS.

LEVERAGING AND EXPANDING ON PREVIOUS PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY (PPL) WORK IN DATA VISUALIZATION, DATA ANALYSIS, AND DATA PROGRAMMING FOR DIVERSE YOUTH AND ADULTS, PPL WILL SEED AN INNOVATIVE, RESPONSIVE, HOLISTIC EDUCATION PROGRAM CALLED DATA FOR GOOD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DATA SKILLS ARE INCREASINGLY FUNDAMENTAL TO A NUMBER OF JOBS AND INDUSTRIES AND IN DAILY LIFE. CONCURRENTLY, THERE IS GROWING RECOGNITION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TODAY?S WEALTH OF DATA TO SERVE AS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR ADDRESSING CRITICAL AND EMERGING SOCIAL ISSUES AND DRIVING POSITIVE CHANGE. DATA FOR GOOD PROGRAMMING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ENGAGE AND IMPACT TEENS AND ADULTS ACROSS A BROAD AGE SPECTRUM, ACCORDING TO INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY?S NEEDS, DEMANDS, AND PRIORITIES. BENEFITS TO PARTNER INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITIES, AND THEIR LEARNERS WILL INCLUDE EMPOWERING COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH DATA SKILLS THAT ARE INCREASINGLY BROADLY RELEVANT ACROSS INDUSTRIES, OCCUPATIONS, AND DAILY LIFE.

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS

PPL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RENOVATION: INVESTING IN PUBLIC HUMANITIES SUSTAINABILITY AND ACCESS

RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL NEWSPAPER DIGITIZATION PROJECT

RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL NEWSPAPER DIGITIZATION PROJECT [PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY (PPL), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RI HISTORICAL SOCIETY (RIHS), REQUESTS $321,241.61 FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUED FUNDING THROUGH THE NATIONAL DIGITAL NEWSPAPER PROGRAM. NEH'S CONTINUED SUPPORT WILL FACILITATE AN ADDITIONAL 100,000 PAGES OF HISTORIC RHODE ISLAND NEWSPAPERS BEING DIGITIZED, WITH FOCUS ON AMPLIFYING THEMES AROUND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION THAT TIE TO SALIENT CURRENT THEMES, EVENTS, AND AREAS OF INTEREST INCLUDING CLIMATE CHANGE, PRODUCTION AND OVERCONSUMPTION, AND THE UPCOMING US SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY. FUNDING WOULD ALSO SUPPORT EXPANDED OUTREACH AND SPECIAL PROJECTS PROMOTING INVENTIVE USE OF THESE NEWLY AVAILABLE RESOURCES, INCLUDING A DATA VISUALIZATION FELLOWSHIP AND ACTIVITIES ALIGNED WITH ?A MORE PERFECT UNION? PROGRAMMING THAT IS UPCOMING IN 2026.]

RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL NEWSPAPER DIGITIZATION PROJECT [WITH SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES? NATIONAL DIGITAL NEWSPAPER PROGRAM, PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY (PPL), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY (RIHS), WILL COMPLETE AN EXTENSIVE NEWSPAPER DIGITIZATION PROJECT THAT WILL RESULT IN A WEALTH OF RHODE ISLAND?S HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS BEING DIGITIZED AND WIDELY AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY. RIHS CURRENTLY HOLDS MASTER NEGATIVE MICROFILM OF 314 NEWSPAPER TITLES THAT CEASED PRIOR TO 1923. AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT, AT LEAST 100,000 PAGES WILL BE DIGITIZED. [EDITED BY STAFF.]]

SEE NOTICE OF AWARD, ATTACHMENT 1 - TERMS AND CONDITIONS, ATTACHMENT D - STATEMENT OF WORK, ABSTRACT

TO SUPPORT ARCHIVAL PROCESSING OF THE RECORDS OF AS220, AN ARTS ORGANIZATION WHICH PROVIDES GALLERIES, STUDIOS, AND PERFORMANCE SPACES FOR ARTISTS, AND WHICH HAS SERVED AS A MODEL FOR URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE U.S. SPANNING 30 YEARS, AS220 RECORDS DOCUMENT POSTWAR SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY THROUGH THE VOICES OF NUMEROUS UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS