CALIFORNIA
STATE LIBRARY
8/15/2025
Ms. Erin Christmas, Library Director
RIVERSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY
3900 Mission Inn Ave
Riverside, CA, 92501
Subject: Zip Books Project ZIP 25-69
Dear Ms.Erin Christmas:
The California State Library is pleased to approve the grant application for the Zip Book Project for a total of $14,760 in California Library Services Act funds.
Read the enclosed award packet thoroughly and contact your grant support team if you have any questions. Hard copies of this correspondence will not follow. Keep the entirety of the correspondence for your files and consider these award materials your original documents.
This grant is governed by the attached Grant Agreement and Certification of Compliance, which includes the project period, reporting requirements, and payment schedule as well as the proposal outlining the project plan and budget. Please sign the claim and certification forms at the back of your award packet using the Docusign system. Please understand that it can take from six to eight weeks from receipt of a fully executed claim form with no errors before grant funds are delivered.
If you have not received your payment after eight weeks, please contact your grant monitor.
Requirements Specific to Your Project
The following are requirements that are specific to your project. Please contact your project support team if you have any questions about or require support in fulling these requirements.
• It is an expectation for this project that the project manager or other project staff will attend four (4) community of practice sessions (schedule to be determined) over the course of the grant period.
• It is an expectation of this project that at least 85 percent of the materials purchased as part of this project will be added to the libraries collection. (The 85 percent number may include items shipped to other libraries to add to their collection).
Project Support Team
Awardees are provided support throughout the project period by a project support team comprised of a grant monitor and Library Programs Consultant from the State Library. The project support team is available throughout the project period to assist you.
• The Grant Monitor is available to assist you with compliance and reporting matters. The Grant Monitor assigned to your project is Monica Rivas and can be reached via email at [email protected].
• The LPC is available to assist you with programming questions. The Library Programs Consultant assigned to your project is Chris Durr and can be reached via email at [email protected].
Best wishes for a successful project.
Respectfully yours,
Greg Lucas
California State Librarian
CC: Monica Rivas, [email protected]
Annly Roman, [email protected]
Yesenia Urdarbe, [email protected]
Jessica Herdina, [email protected]