Three teams recently completed projects as part of HSLIC's inaugural year of its new Seed Funding Grant Program. The purpose of this internal mini-grant program is to help foster a variety of research and innovative projects by HSLIC employees. This supports the library’s value of Innovation, fostering an environment that values creativity, flexibility, open-mindedness, and informed risk-taking. This program also provides a supportive environment for those who wish to gain experience conceptualizing, writing, and administering grant projects.
This year's winners were:
Wellness Room, Varina Kosovich, project lead, with Kelleen Maluski
Creating a Web Archives of the HSC Newsroom, Jonathan Pringle, project lead, with Lori Sloane
Reading is Healthy Book Club Kits, Amy Weig-Pickering, project lead, with Kristin Proctor and Allison Cruise
“It was amazing to be able to dream big and utilize seed funding to make a positive impact on library services,” said Kosovich. Pringle added, “Seed funding provided us with the opportunity to learn about HSC-wide challenges and needs that exceeded the initial scope of the project; with the appropriate tools now in place, we quickly responded to unanticipated and critical web preservation requests that lent additional weight and significance to our work.” HSLIC’s Operations Management Team plans to continue offering this opportunity next fiscal year and in future years, as funds are available.