Programming & Exhibitions
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Learn about current grant and exhibit opportunities available from ALA's Public Programs Office.
Programs & Resources
Latest Programming & Exhibition News
Hoboken (NJ) Public Library and Independence (KS) Public Library Awarded ALA’s Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant
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The ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿â (ALA) has awarded its fifth Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant to the Hoboken (NJ) Public Library and the Independence (KS) Public...
Three Libraries Awarded ALA’s 2024 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant for Exceptional Civic Education Programs
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The ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿â (ALA) has awarded its 2024 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant, a programming grant named after the transformative ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿âleader, to the Library...
¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿âReleases Free Library Programming Guide, Resources to Help Adult Patrons Understand the Unseen Aspects of the Internet
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The new free guide from the ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿â (ALA), developed with a team of national advisors, will help library workers assist adults in understanding...
50 public and academic libraries selected to host extended traveling exhibition from ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿âand the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿â (ALA) have announced 50 libraries that will host "Americans and the Holocaust", a traveling...
¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿âawards $3.6 million in library accessibility funding to 310 small and rural libraries
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The ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿â (ALA) today announced the second round of recipients of its Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Accessible Small and Rural Communities grant, an...
2023 Year In Review
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The ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿â Public Programs Office empowers libraries to create vibrant hubs of learning, conversation and connection in communities of all types. At any given time, multiple PPO-supported projects are underway in libraries across the United States.
In 2023, PPO distributed 685 grants totaling $3,544,000, reaching 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands.
About the Public Programs Office
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Through professional development activities, programming resources, model programs and grant opportunities, the Public Programs Office supports libraries as they fill their role as community cultural center, a place of cultural and civic engagement, where people of all backgrounds gather for reflection, discovery, participation and growth.
Support The Cultural Communities Fund
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Created by the ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿â’s Public Programs Office in 2004 with a challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities; the endowment has since grown to $3.2 million. Cultural Communities Fund (CCF) supports excellence and innovation in community-focused library programming through grants, awards, and professional development.
Please join our network of CCF supporters — including more than 500 library professionals, foundations and corporations. You can designate your gift to support a specific grant or award (listed below) or you can give an unrestricted gift, and we will use your donation where it is needed most.
