As promised, I dove back into school today and began the first assignment in my UCLA class, "Successful Grant Proposals." The goals of the first assignment were to choose a topic and identify several potential funding sources using The Foundation Center website.
That seemed easy enough. I already had a topic - modeling global ultra-violet radiation exposure using GIS, courtesy of a colleague at the University of Southern California. Part 1 - check!
That seemed easy enough. I already had a topic - modeling global ultra-violet radiation exposure using GIS, courtesy of a colleague at the University of Southern California. Part 1 - check!
| I figured I'd just jump on The Foundation Center website and enter a few search terms to finish the second part of the assignment. I used their interactive mapping tool to identify the nearest cooperating center, The Santa Monica Library. A few more clicks and I'd be done! I did a bit of a double-take when I read that you can only access the library's online database in-person unless you pay a subscription fee. |
I checked several other nearby cooperating centers and found the same result.
Bummer! It looks like I'm off to the library... just like in middle school. I wonder if they still have those dusty card catalogs?
Bummer! It looks like I'm off to the library... just like in middle school. I wonder if they still have those dusty card catalogs?
