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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: Alright, welcome everyone we're so glad you're here, this is the orientation for the grants to states conference and also just an orientation to the grants to states Program.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: we've got a lot of new folks that have never been in person to one of our conferences.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: And for those who are attending virtually you're still going to hear a lot of the same stuff and a lot of it involves acronyms.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: So we thought one important thing we want to do today is just make sure that you have some introduction to that, among other things.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: And then you have an introduction to our team i'm going to let each one of us introduce themselves will go left to right in the picture order here so Dennis if you would get us started.

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Dennis Nangle: Hello everyone i'm Dennis angle, I am as Terry mentioned a part of the grants the state's team i'm a senior program officer I oversee 20 States I won't go through the entire list, but hopefully if you're one of my states, you know.

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Dennis Nangle: At this point, and i've been an mls for over five years now.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: Thanks and Madison.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: hi everybody, my name is Madison bowls I am also a senior program officer with the grants to states program I have 19 states in my portfolio and I see some familiar names.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: And some folks that may be meeting first time so welcome everybody.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: i've been an mls for about seven and a half years now.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: And I am the middle picture Terry.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: devoe i'm the associate deputy director for grants to states.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: used to be a program officer and i'm currently transitioning out of interim program officer role, while we had a vacancy but we've got that you can see thrilled.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: you're going to meet Cindy in just a moment so she and I are kind of co sharing a portfolio for the moment I am so glad you're here and i'm looking forward to meeting some of you at the conference next week.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: And then Laura.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): hi welcome everybody i'm warm can see i'm the program specialist with rents to states i've been with mls for about five years as well.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): And I can work across the States and do a lot of records management, and I also look forward to meeting everyone either virtually or in person, next week, thank you.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: All right, and we just got a new team Member last week we're so excited to welcome her from your side of the fold in the states over to ours Cindy.

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Cindy Boyden, IMLS: hi everybody i'm Cindy Boyden i've been with mls for eight days.

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Cindy Boyden, IMLS: And I come to you from the state library of Ohio i'm super excited to see everybody virtually in in person, next week.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: This is a great team of very approachable people, so if you get nothing else out of this webinar please know that you can contact us at any time.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: But today what we're going to do is just a little bit of intro so that by the time you get to the conference next week, some of the concepts around our systems and our acronyms.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: The requirements and resources that we might be slinging around are a little more familiar to you at the outset.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: We do have some questions that we've built into this presentation, just as a way of helping you check.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: Your knowledge and as a learning mode, we hope, a fun way of learning so those will be coming up.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: And we do have a companion handout for this presentation on the website it's only a few pages compared to the entire deck, we will also get the deck up on the website, following the presentation.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: But maybe one of my colleagues can stick that handout link in the chat if it's not already there.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: And then also just to mention we're at the conference itself if you're coming in person, we have a 15 minute.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: slot before we get started with any of the formal program at 845 where, if you just want to get into one of the breakout rooms and see us physically how tall, we are.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: You might be surprised it's always fun to meet people in person, for the first time, we would love to see you there and that that invitation is extended to everyone, whether you're new to the conference or not.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: So that's a 15 minute opportunity to meet all of us, and then we also have something we tend to call program office or office hours.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: And those will be at the end of the first day in 15 minute increments and in the beginning of the second day in 15 minute increments and you can have a dedicated slots to meet with your dedicated program officer.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: And if you don't know who your program officer is just type it into the chat and will direct you to the right place, make sure you add your state because that's our.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: that's our way of deciding who goes where, but we were going to get started now with this presentation and I am going to turn it over to Laura.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Thank you, Terry.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): um so here are some acronyms and vocabulary that are a part of our program, starting with the museum and library services act.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): mls say, and this is the broader I am the less statute that encompasses Ls ta, which is also known as the library and services Technology Act.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): LM s ta as currently amended is a sub chapter of the authorizing legislation for mls 1996 Congress shifted the library services and construction act.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): To the library services and Technology Act Ls T as a sub Chapter two of the museum and library services act.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): This ended federal funding for library construction and replaced it with a focus on new information technologies.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): So Ls GA encompasses I am a less discretionary programs and implements of population based formula for the states the grants to states program at sometimes referred to as.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Is the largest source of federal funding support for library services in the US.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): State library administrative agencies or SL a's are official agencies charged by law, with the extension and development of library services.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): The lsat regulations require each SLA to submit a five year plan that details library service schools and es la he must also conduct a five year evaluation of service goals based on that plan.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): The chief officers of state library agencies are COSLA as an independent organization representing state and territorial agencies designed as the SLA.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): And costless serves as a mechanism to help address challenges faced by the heads of the state agencies, which are responsible for statewide library development.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): You have the cares act that was passed on march 27 2020 as an economic stimulus to assist American workers families small businesses during the pandemic.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): I am a less received $50 million to focus on digital inclusion and technical capacity building.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Our purpose, the American rescue plan act of 2021 and represents the second economic stimulus for pandemic response that includes the supportive museum and library services.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): And lastly, corp that's the community of practice this is new for 2022 and it's an mls forum for evaluators working on the grants to states.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Your evaluations, and this also offered opportunities for peer to peer engagement access to documentation and information about virtual meetings throughout the assessment period.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Next slide is So here we go with more terms here, and these are really related to your grant award document that each cms is our electronic grants management system.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): And the federal government requires a business on this case, the SLA to have unique identity ID or you will die through the federal system for award management sam.gov.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): The Federal Government stopped using duns to uniquely identify entities registered in the system for award management on April of this past year, at that point entities doing business with the Federal Government use the ui created in Sam.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): And you should already be an active registered in Sam and GSA assigned your ui and that will be viewable within Sam.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): And sam.gov record also includes the 10 and he is numbers, and these are.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): definitely on the slide but I mls also assigns the federal award identification number FA I and which you can find in each cms.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): And a CEO is the authorized certifying official for the ground award on most cases this will be the state librarian, but it could also be the administrator that the State library and reports to, and with that I will turn it over to Madison.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Thank you so much Laura.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Once i'm alas has received a message from the state library that a new LSE coordinator has started.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: I am less will send a welcome message letting that person know who their program officer is and where to find program information.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Your program officer will also send a message regarding who your mentor will be, we have a mentor Program.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: The mentors are drawn from a volunteer group of experienced coordinators, so you will have to experience people to draw from when you have questions about the Program.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Your mls program officer is the person to contact for the official interpretation of the program legislative requirements.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: By and once we have your name and contact information, we will add you to our state program report that SPR and the jms system.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: At this point, if you don't know who your program officer is let one of us know and that's either me Cindy or Dennis and we will be sure to point you to the right person.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Now there are several ways of communicating with us that I mls and the the avenue that when which you do varies depending on whether we like it represented one of our systems of record like ATMs.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Here are the reasons to use email, which are generally more informal questions, though the quarterly grant accrual reports are also submitted by email, and that as a requirement to the Program.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: And those need to be sent to that LM s ta RT accrual email address that we have here up on the screen and we'll cover quarterly grant approvals a bit more in a later slide.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Next slide please.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Now, as noted earlier EG miss REACH is used by mls awardees to manage your awards if you're a chief officer and authorizes certifying official lstm coordinator.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: A representative of library development a finance officer or an additional contact associated with that current I am alas award you will have access to the system to help you administer that grant.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Through jms REACH, you will be able to request payments and send official grant communications to your mls contact.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: You will have access to reporting schedules and previous payment requests listed and you will be able to also send official messages directly to the program officer responding are responsible for administrating your award.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Now, REACH is the email system messaging system with within each cms, and that is for official records, you will use reach to communicate with mls at at that record level course sauce of correspondence so, for example, a quick.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: requests that need prior approval those need to be submitted as a message in in REACH.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: A submission of annual certifications and assurances related to your grant award and that's annually and SPR reporting extension requests when in doubt of where to submit what you can ask your program officer, but now i'll turn it back over to Dennis.

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Dennis Nangle: Thank you Madison um we have a great deal of grants estates information available to you on the mls website i'm, particularly in the grants estates manual so the link.

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Dennis Nangle: To the grants estates manual is at the top of this slide and I believe there's also a link in in the handout to the manual as well.

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Dennis Nangle: and on while we have a lot of information on other parts of the mls website as well, this is kind of our all encompassing how to area and we do make sure that it's frequently updated and we are making sure that we.

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Dennis Nangle: are reviewing it on a regular basis, to make sure that it's accurate and so we, we really do emphasize that it's a key resource.

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Dennis Nangle: To get here if you're not going right to the link from the mls website, you can click on grants and then there's a grant programs area and then under grant programs.

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Dennis Nangle: there's a grants the state's special link and then from there there's also a grants and states manual link that you can navigate to.

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Dennis Nangle: In addition to the sections that you see here on the screen, which are the screen headers on all of those green headers are actually expandable So if you click on them under each category, there are links to relevant.

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Dennis Nangle: Resources under those categories, but in addition to the what you can see here on the screen, there are.

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Dennis Nangle: Areas that show that state allotment tables for a national or a.

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Dennis Nangle: Year by year comparison and there's also an award cycle calendar which will go into later on financial requirements there's resources about financial and performance reporting, which is where you would find a lot of SPR related health.

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Dennis Nangle: A site visits I mls guidance statutes regulations presentations and conferences forms and contacts so it's a pretty exhaustive list, and we really do work hard to make sure that we have as much information publicly available to you as possible.

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Dennis Nangle: And, as I refer to under the financial performance reporting section, there is.

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Dennis Nangle: A lot of key resources, about the reporting system that's specific to us at grants to states which was which we affectionately refer to as the state programs report or the SPR.

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Dennis Nangle: On and on this slide here are links to three particularly helpful resources on the SPR overview guide and guide slide deck has been another recently updated on consolidated resource that.

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Dennis Nangle: brought together a lot of former presentations that we put together about the SPR and we rolled them all into one resource it even has it's a used to be a PowerPoint but it.

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Dennis Nangle: allows you to interact with it like a table of contents so it's very applicable to get to exactly certain areas that you might be looking for.

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Dennis Nangle: um and then the same program reporting requirements document defines all the fields that you'll be filling out in the SPR system if you're ever wondering why or what's expected to be in there.

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Dennis Nangle: On and then the SPR reporting system user documentation file on that resource guide you through the SPR system, specifically with like, step by step screenshots and even a glossary of terms if you wanted to know what certain terms in the SPR meant.

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Dennis Nangle: And this is a screenshot to the SPR system itself, so you see the URL at the top on that will be very helpful to, and I do believe that that URL is also in the handout.

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Dennis Nangle: for you to refer to obviously recommend bookmarking it it's kind of a very near and dear website that you'll be using for reporting.

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Dennis Nangle: And so, in order to get you set up into the system that you have if you aren't already you have reached out to your program officer, they will set you up with.

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Dennis Nangle: An account your username will be your email address, and then we send you a password which you'll be able to change once you log in.

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Dennis Nangle: We highly recommend using chrome and firefox that the most we noted known to be the most reliable browsers for using the system and we just want to kind of make a note here also that.

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Dennis Nangle: we've found that there are issues with saving and editing when you have to browser windows or tabs of the State program report open at the same time.

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Dennis Nangle: So we just want to kind of caution, you against that if you found that you lost some data in may have been because it was opened in more than one place.

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Dennis Nangle: The SPR is also our.

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Dennis Nangle: definitive area for updating contacts, and this makes grants estates unique from other parts of it mls mls will use.

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Dennis Nangle: On ATMs other other offices of I unless we use ATMs for contact updates and things like that, but because we have this entirely separate system.

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Dennis Nangle: We use the SPR for maintaining contacts and, and this is important for a number of reasons, you need updated contact information in order to certify your in your report every year.

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Dennis Nangle: um and we also use the contacts listed in state info area to provide.

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Dennis Nangle: Relevant individuals access to each dms and it's also the basis for our communications list so if you want to make sure that you're getting relevant and appropriate emails from us, this is where you want to make sure that the right people are are listed.

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Dennis Nangle: And, but please, please also note that only you can update this page for key contacts and agency information.

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Dennis Nangle: i'm, including the ui and ei and these elements aren't required they don't have an asterisk next to it to save the data, but they are required in order for you to certify the report on, and please also note that the parent organization should match the name associated with your UPI number.

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Dennis Nangle: We also have a section for three fiscal officers, that you can list in the state info section, as you can see the the primary fiscal officer.

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Dennis Nangle: should be listed first and then, if you have other fiscal staff that you would like to have access to a jms you can list them here as fiscal officer one or two.

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Dennis Nangle: If you need even more fiscal staff that might need access to each cms for a draw Downs or things like that then feel free to email your program officer with the contact information and we can we can make sure that that's arranged.

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Dennis Nangle: And here is just to break down the the ways that people can access the SPR and the different permission levels of the SPR on theirs for users roles in the SPR system, and so on.

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Dennis Nangle: The lsat coordinator and authorized certifying official accounts they have permission to manage sub recipient user accounts in the system.

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Dennis Nangle: They also may establish user accounts and they can update lost or forgotten passwords for sub recipients on, that is, if you as a state library want to decide to have your sub recipients report directly into the SPR.

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Dennis Nangle: There there's a relatively newer user role that we've added and that's SLA projects data entry and this user allows someone to view and Edit all of the projects.

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Dennis Nangle: That you have listed in your SPR but they can't access your administrative project or any of your financial reports so.

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Dennis Nangle: we're thinking that the project data entry role might be useful for additional state library consultants on and it's also been used for third party evaluators as needed now, I believe I am going to hand it over to Laura.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Thank you Dennis.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Up So here we have.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): A timeline and the light colored bar is the period of performance and the block afters the time you have to submit your report.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): As a reminder, the cures act toward rent parallel with your fyi 2020 award and ended up in September 30 2021 and the arpa award is also running parallel with your fyi.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): 2021 award and love and until September 30 2022 this is kind of a handy little chart to help you visualize all the different or more it's happening here.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Next slide please.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): And the grant cycle calendars for each year are also available online in our grants to states manual.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): But as our former colleague and friend cheryl Michelle Feral used to say, you might want to print this out.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Because it provides the due dates for materials, you need to send to mls so it's a really handy thing to have in your fingertips, to help you visualize all the different due dates and reporting.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Next slide please.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): every three months I mls needs you to report on grab a cruel amounts for the grants to states Program.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): And so we developed this worksheet because there isn't an official federal form for the quarterly grant accrual reports each quarter's accrual must represent the total expenses for active grant awards.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): That our grantees incurred during the grant period, but has not yet submitted to mls for reimbursement.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Because to federal fiscal years typically overlap in their ramp periods of quarterly accrual information will cover these two separate active grants.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): You should send the grant number or numbers and total grant accrual amounts for the current award years in the body of the email to LM s ta RT a accrual@mls.gov.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): And remember, to submit this information, no later than four business days after the last day of the quarter, which is also noted in the grant cycle calendar.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): The Ls thc listserv was designed by and for LSD coordinators to share information on practical aspects of administering LSD grants it's maintained by the Oregon state library.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): coordinators can ask questions about reports sub awards allowable costs all sorts of topics here.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Larger questions of availability of federal funds or policy should be directed to your program officer, however, and I mls is not responsible for the content of this list, and now i'll turn it back to Dennis for some checking questions.

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Dennis Nangle: Thank you Laura yes.

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Dennis Nangle: We thought that we would.

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Dennis Nangle: creatively.

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Dennis Nangle: Have you review what we've learned with a little bit of informal quiz so our first checking question is.

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Dennis Nangle: um Oh, and feel free to answer, using the chat as we kind of all over the possible answer, so the first question is you use EG Ms reach to a manager awards.

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Dennis Nangle: Be request payments see send official grant communications, such as prior approval requests for equipment D access reporting schedules and previous payment requests or e all of the above.

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Dennis Nangle: Not everyone wants.

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Dennis Nangle: seeing a positive correct answers in the chat So yes, you may most of you have guessed it correctly.

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Dennis Nangle: In 2019 we began using REACH, which is a web based or words management system for grant related communications and streamlining record keeping.

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Dennis Nangle: The next check in question, you should update your state's personnel information and submit annual reports through ATMs true or false.

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Dennis Nangle: Nice says a little bit trickier I like I.

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Dennis Nangle: Like the tension knowing exactly.

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Dennis Nangle: So drumroll please, the answer is false.

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Dennis Nangle: This is a little bit trickier but you submit all personnel changes through the SPR state info option which is under account management and the SPR and and reports will also be submitted through the SPR if you.

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Dennis Nangle: If you are familiar with mls and maybe you're overseeing a discretionary grant in addition to grants the States, I can see why this would be a bit of a existential crisis for you, because on that side of things they certainly using jms in a different way than we do.

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Dennis Nangle: Believe it's now time for medicine to ask questions.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Yes, thank you and now we're on to a little bit of a different flavor, the more you know here are a few other things, to keep in mind.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: While we didn't explicitly cover them in the orientation will run through these questions and answers to give you more of a flavor of the Program.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: So true or false, I have a list should be credited on any grant related products such as websites brochures and posters Is this true or false.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Thanks some great answers in the chat.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: And the wall are correct.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: It is true.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: True, acknowledging I mls is required of the State library administrative agencies and their sub grantees for any project that uses I mls funds.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Remember, to refer to that grantee communications kit and share it with your grantees this acknowledgement also helps us keep track of your great work in the field, so we see it publicly as well.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: It is a topic will be covering a little bit more of on day two of the conference.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: The SPR is only open between October through December to enterprise project information Is this true or false.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Thanks man answers and seeing some answers i'll saying false.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: And you're correct it's false the SPR is now open all year, except for occasional downtime for system updates and those are usually Wednesday evenings also this year's final reports deadline will move from December to January, based on recent changes to the regulations.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Alright next question now only substantive changes to your five year plan like a change in goals needs to be approved by mls Is this true or false.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: Do I sense hesitation.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: I see mostly truth, a few forces peppered in.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: And it is true, small changes like deciding not to run that particular project do not need mls approval, the proposed revision must be submitted to mls for review.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: As an amendment to your plan and that's only a change in goals proposed revisions are do no later than April 1 for it to be effective, the following fiscal year starting October 1 now send it back over to Laura.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Great alright our next question.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): What percent of your award can be utilized for SLA administrative costs 2% 4% zero or all of these choices see.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): They answers D all these choices, you are correct, I are not required to spend any of your funds on administration, but if you do, you can spend up to 4% continuing.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): The more you know promotional material that states libraries are good places and deserves to exist it's an allowable cost Is this true or false.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Consistent here.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): is indeed false public relations costs such as brochures bookmarks charged to an LSD project to carry out that specific project would be allowable but always remember to consult with your program officer for further guidance on allowable costs.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): All right, if the cost is not allowable Ellis GA funds, we can still pay for the cost using our own funds and counted as a match true or false.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Right, yes, and for those views said false, you are right allowable cost principles do apply to both federal and match funds.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): And Next, I will keep the questions going here, but these few are what we like to think of some of our top misconceptions also will call them myth busters and our first myth site visits or an opportunity to find the skeletons in your SPR closet and they take place annually true or false.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): This is false site visits are intended to provide on site guidance and an opportunity to take a deeper dive into the unique structure of your state library and program officers typically visit each SLA once during a five year cycle.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Question myth buster to anyone out in the field doing I mls things should directly contact I mls if they have questions, instead of the SLA.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Good false if the SLA is the primary point of contact with any sub recipients.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Great myth buster three all requirements related to mls surveys and funding come from my mls.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): This is false there's a lot of variation from State to State in terms of administrating the program as well as misconceptions about I mls requirements that are actually State requirements for example eligibility surveys tied to state aid librarian certification required.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Right, and this is our final myth buster here if you're having issues related to the mls program that might cause bigger headaches, later on, you should wait to tell I mls about them until they become real problem.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Definitely, a fall, so the program is a federal state, partnership and we want to help you resolve things before they create larger problems for the program so please contact us early and often.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Now you're happy to take any questions.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): You have one here, can you please go over the crew report slide one more time.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: And in the in the grants to states manual we do have a space in there about the quarterly work rules and there's a.

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Madison Bolls, IMLS: sort of a template that's that looks pretty much exactly like what you see here on the screen, you can.

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Laura McKenzie (IMLS): Our digital signatures acceptable, for example, can we submit digital signatures on documents such as the five year plan assurance.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: Yes, this form should accommodates digital signatures now.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: But you can also print them and ink sign them and scan them if that's your preference.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: Well, it seems like we might have come to allow in the questions so we don't need to to keep the call going, knowing that you can reach out to any one of us at any time to answer any of your questions.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: And then hopefully we'll see some of you in person, or virtually next week where we'll present a lot more content.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: which may inspire a lot more questions so we really appreciate all your work for this program.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: We understand and acknowledge how hard you work, especially in this time of pandemic long tail and all the stimulus funds that have come your way so Keep up the good work and we'll see you next week.

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Teri DeVoe, IMLS: bye everyone.