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Funding

Stories from the Web is a Reader Development Programme managed by Birmingham Libraries.

Current Year:

Stories from the Web is being funded through a national subscription model. View all the library authorities currently subscribing to Stories from the Web.

Previous Funding:

From 2003 onwards, Stories from the Web has been funded through a subscription model.

2001/2003
Birmingham, the managing partner authority ensured the continuation of Stories from the Web during this period.

August 2000/July 2001
Stories from the Web was funded by a grant from the DCMS/Wolfson Public Libraries Challenge Fund, during this time there were a total of twelve partner library authorities including Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, Birmingham, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Leeds, London Borough of Islington, London Borough of Croydon, Norfolk, Suffolk and Walsall. In addition the UK Office for Library & Information Networking (UKOLN) continued to host the server.

November 1997- March 2000
The original funding was through a Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) research grant. Partners during this period included UK Office for Library Networking (UKOLN), Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds Library Services. Publishers and Authors played a vital role in supporting the research project.