Requesting Funds

• Once a grant award has been made, requests for payment of grant funds may be submitted no more than once each thirty days for expenses already incurred and/or anticipated within the next 30 days.
• After the first request, subsequent requests for payment should be accompanied by a brief description of how project funds to date were spent.
• The final ten percent of project funds may not be requested until the final report for the project has been submitted.
• Project(s) must be completed with all funds expended.

Reporting

1. A mid-project progress report will be due on March 1, 2007.
2. A final written report is due no later than September 30, 2007. The final report should describe to what extent the objectives were achieved, and include:
• outputs, i.e., the specific, measurable accomplishments of the project
• outcomes i.e., the affect the project had on the library, network and/or patrons,
• an overall evaluation of the project, i.e., its success in accomplishing what it proposed, and
• a final report of project expenditures.
Note: Use Outcome-Based Evaluation (OBE) if you have received the OBE training OR the OBE format is appropriate to your grant program. For information about OBE, visit the IMLS web site http://www.imls.gov/applicants/obe.shtm , Tools and Materials.

3. Grant recipients will be asked to share information about their project for reporting to Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS). See LSTA Stories1. As part of our evaluation of the Library Services and Technology Act, both for us and the Federal government, we gather anecdotal information about the ways that LSTA grant projects have benefited individuals and community groups. For examples and guidelines see LSTA in Rhode Island ( https://cs.ala.org/lsta/search.cfm ) or contact Beth Perry, bethpy@olis.ri.gov , 401-574-9305.

4. Grant recipients may be asked to share information about their project with the LORI library community, for example, with a brief article for the LORI website or a presentation at a library-related meeting or CE program.