August 2007

The Ministry of Culture’s 2006/07 Library Strategic Development Fund (LSDF) program helps bolster strong communities and student success by funding initiatives that will enhance public libraries across Ontario.

The Library Strategic Development Fund is one of the mechanisms by which the Ministry will carry out its commitments. The goal of the fund is to strengthen the cultural and economic vitality of the province by making strategic investments in projects/initiatives designed to enhance the public library sector at the provincial and regional levels. The LSDF helps the public library community to address government priorities. These are success for students; better health; and jobs and prosperity.

LSDF funding assists the public library community to implement strategic planning priorities and conduct provincial level research and development, to better serve their customers. New technical support services for the public library sector, research initiatives, increased capacity to address emerging issues, innovative projects to improve access to the public library system, new standards and guidelines, partnerships for new products or services, and digital collections and services are examples of projects that can be considered for funding.

The deadline for the 2007/08 LSDF have now passed.

A letter announcing the LSDF program for 2007/08 was sent to libraries in August 2007.

• News Release - McGuinty Government Supports Dynamic Libraries

For more information on projects that received funding refer to:

• GRANT RECIPIENTS (2007-08)
• Projects previously funded under Digital Alliances and Digital Content Creation components
• Non-digital projects