
CLiF Rural Library Conference 2019
Thank you to the 80+ librarians who joined CLiF at the Briggs Opera House/Hotel Coolidge in White River Junction for the Rural Library Conference.
Our Rural Library grant enables rural public libraries to create excitement around reading, increase circulation, and strengthen relationships with the communities they serve.
CLiF works closely with the public library, the local elementary school, and area child care centers and preschools to provide extensive support over the course of one school year. This includes:
Applications are due May 20, 2023 with grant notifications by mid-June.
“During CLiF presentations the children’s faces just lit up. We signed up close to 50 kids for library cards. The children are so interested in reading now. CLiF is a tough act to follow!”
Berlin, NH
“I do feel that the Year of the Book is making a change in the climate here – CLiF has given me ways to reach out and the families that need to be reached are responding.”
Liz Rosenfeld, School Librarian, Laconia, NH
CLiF has served over 350,000 children since 1998.