01/10/2024

Library Group Launches Accessibility Grant Program

The fund is designed to support libraries in small and rural communities

The American Library Association (ALA) has adapted one of its long-running programs to support accessibility needs at small-town and rural libraries.

Since 2014, ALA has operated the Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC) program, which provides grants to libraries to bolster their roles as community centers.

"It started off as a need to shift public discourse away from libraries as institutions in crisis and as a way for us to facilitate them as agents of change," said Samantha Oakley, project director in ALA's public programs office.

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