Heights,” says Local History Librarian
Meghan Hays, who will manage the
project. “And making our diverse history
more visible and accessible will benefit
the entire community.”
The Library also received a
$39,000 grant from the American
Rescue Plan Act – also known as the
COVID-19 Stimulus Package – passed
by Congress last year. The grant is
for a project called Arts for Resilience
in Our Community (AROC). It is
designed to connect young adults, ages
15 to 24, with professional artists to
foster confidence, build resilience,
and increase social and community
connectedness in response to the
impact COVID-19 has had on them.
Funds will support the work of
three professional artists in theatre
arts, visual arts, and musical arts who
will present a series of workshops over
three months. It will conclude with an
exhibition of the works created.
The arts help us heal. They offer us a
way to cope and process new or existing
emotions. Artists can help us process
important information and make it
more personally and culturally relevant.
The grant was made possible
through the federal Institute of Museum
and Library Services, and administered
by the State Library of Ohio.
“I am grateful to the State Library
Board for its support of both of these
projects,” says Library Director Amy
Switzer, “and I am thankful to our
staff who develop such creative ways
to serve our community and find the
extra resources to make them possible.”
Both projects are designed to create
opportunities for connection, creation,
and conversation within the community.
Shaker
Library
Library is Awarded
$43,500 in Grants
for New Projects
The State Library of Ohio has awarded
The Shaker Heights Library a $4,500
Library Science and Technology Act
Metadata Mini Grant to digitize a
collection of 1970s–1990s slides and
images, and add them and hundreds
of other images to the Digital Public
Library of America (DP.LA). The Local
History Collection contains written
and photographic material – much
of it donated – about the schools,
residential architecture, businesses, racial
integration, and numerous other subjects.
“This project will support the
development of a more inclusive and
representative history of Shaker
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