Programming & Exhibitions
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Learn about current grant and exhibit opportunities available from ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ's Public Programs Office.
Programs & Resources
Latest Programming & Exhibition News
Hoboken (NJ) Public Library and Independence (KS) Public Library Awarded ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ’s Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant
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The ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ (¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ) has awarded its fifth Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant to the Hoboken (NJ) Public Library and the Independence (KS) Public...
Three Libraries Awarded ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ’s 2024 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant for Exceptional Civic Education Programs
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The ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ (¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ) has awarded its 2024 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant, a programming grant named after the transformative ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ leader, to the Library...
ALA Releases 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 ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ (¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ), 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 ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ (¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ) have announced 50 libraries that will host "Americans and the Holocaust", a traveling...
ALA awards $3.6 million in library accessibility funding to 310 small and rural libraries
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The ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ (¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ) 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 ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ 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 ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ’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.
