Mercantile Library

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT A SERIES OF LITERARY DISCUSSIONS LED BY AUTHORS AND A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR EMERGING WRITERS.

TO SUPPORT SYNTAX/SYNAPSE A SERIES OF CREATIVE INVESTIGATIONS EXPLORING INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN FICTION AND NEUROSCIENCE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.

TO SUPPORT FREE AND LOW-COST PUBLIC READINGS, LECTURES, AND WRITING WORKSHOPS AT THE CENTER FOR FICTION.

TO ORGANIZE THE BRIDGE LITERARY AWARD 2019

TO SUPPORT LITERARY PROGRAMMING FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN.

TO SUPPORT THE CENTER FOR FICTION'S "FICTION FUTURES," A YEAR-LONG, MULTI-PLATFORM PROGRAM OF LIVE AND ONLINE EVENTS EXPLORING THE CHANGING NATURE OF

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT STAFF SALARIES FOR LITERARY PROGRAMMING AT THE CENTER FOR FICTION.

TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING COSTS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

TO SUPPORT STAFF SALARIES FOR THE KIDSREAD PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT A NEW MEDIA INITIATIVE THAT WILL EXPAND THE CENTER FOR FICTION'S ONLINE PRESENCE AND PROMOTE FICTION TO A BROAD NATIONAL AUDIENCE.

PRESERVATION ASSESSMENT FOR THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY [THIS APPLICATION REQUESTS A GRANT OF $8279 TO FUND A PRESERVATION ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED BY THE NEW ENGLAND DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER TO COVER THE BOOK COLLECTION, ARCHIVES, AND ARTWORK HOUSED IN THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY. THE PRESERVATION ASSESSMENT WILL BE THE FIRST STEP IN THE PREPARATION OF A LONG-RANGE PRESERVATION PLAN TO IMPROVE THE HOUSING AND ACCESSIBILITY OF THE LIBRARY?S ARCHIVES, BOOKS, AND ARTWORKS, IN THE CONTEXT OF A PLANNED EXPANSION OF THE PHYSICAL SPACE OF THE LIBRARY THAT WILL DOUBLE ITS SQUARE FOOTAGE.]