The Kathleen Cooks Fund can award money for proposals which meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Result in a new or improved service to users of library and information services in Wales

• Add to knowledge in Welsh libraries and information services

• Improve professional knowledge among members of CILIP Wales

• Assist in the production or purchase of specific items or collections of permanent value to Wales

The Fund is administered by a management committee consisting of the Officers of CILIP Cymru / Wales together with two elected members who represent public and academic / special libraries in Wales.

Awards are made at the discretion of the management committee and will reflect the quality of the proposal and the money available in the fund. Awards are typically in the region of £500 - £1000, but may on occasion be greater.

Proposals may be submitted by Welsh library authorities, by branches and groups of CILIP Cymru / Wales, or by individual members of CILIP Wales. They may be submitted at any time of year.

Proposals should consist of a brief description of the work to be undertaken, the amount of financial support sought, and the use to which any money awarded will be put. They should not exceed 1000 words and may be submitted on paper or electronically using the form provided.

Proposals should be sent to:

Mandy Powell

CILIP Cymru Wales

Bute Library

Cardiff University

PO Box 430

CF24 0DE

Mandy.powell@cilip.org.uk

 Cronfa Kathleen Cooks

Kathleen Cooks oedd llyfrgellydd Llandudno o 1947 hyd 1973. Gadawodd yn gymynrodd swm i'w ddefnyddio er budd llyfrgelloedd a llyfrgellwyr yng Nghymru, ac mae'r llog ar y gymynrodd ar gael bob blwyddyn i gefnogi prosiectau a datblygiadau.

Gall Cronfa Kathleen Cooks ddyfarnu arian i gynigion sy'n cyfarfod ag un o leiaf o'r meini prawf canlynol:

• Arwain at wasanaeth newydd neu ddiwygiedig i ddefnyddwyr gwasanaethau gwybodaeth a llyfrgell yng Nghymru 
•  Ychwanegu at wybodaeth o fewn llyfrgelloedd a gwasanaethau gwybodaeth yng Nghymru
• Gwella gwybodaeth broffesiynol ymhlith aelodau CILIP Cymru
• Cynorthwyo i gynhyrchu neu bwrcasu eitemau neu gasgliadau penodol o werth parhaol i Gymru

Gweinyddir y Gronfa gan bwyllgor rheoli sy'n cynnwys Swyddogion CILIP Cymru ynghyd â dau aelod etholedig sy'n cynrychioli llyfrgelloedd cyhoeddus a llyfrgelloedd academaidd / arbennig yng Nghymru.

Dyfernir arian yn ôl doethineb y pwyllgor rheoli, a bydd yr hyn a ddyfernir yn adlewyrchu ansawdd y cais a maint yr arian sydd ar gael yn y gronfa. Fel arfer dyfernir symiau o £500 - £1000, ond gellir dyfarnu mwy ar adegau.

Gall y canlynol gyflwyno ceisiadau: awdurdodau llyfrgell yng Nghymru, canghennau a grwpiau o fewn CILIP Cymru, ac aelodau unigol o CILIP Cymru. Gellir cyflwyno ceisiadau ar unrhyw adeg o'r flwyddyn.