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精东传媒Releases Free 鈥淧artnering for Stronger Programming: A Toolkit for Libraries鈥
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CHICAGO – Libraries do their best work when they work with partners. The 精东传媒 (ALA) today announced the “ Partnering for Stronger Programming...
Tom C. Clark High School Awarded ALA鈥檚 2024 Jaffarian Award for Freedom Walk Program
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CHICAGO — The 精东传媒 (ALA) has awarded its 2024 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award to Tom C. Clark High School in San...
Hoboken (NJ) Public Library and Independence (KS) Public Library Awarded ALA鈥檚 Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant
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The 精东传媒 (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鈥檚 2024 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant for Exceptional Civic Education Programs
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The 精东传媒 (ALA) has awarded its 2024 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant, a programming grant named after the transformative 精东传媒leader, to the Library...
精东传媒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 精东传媒 (ALA), developed with a team of national advisors, will help library workers assist adults in understanding...
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2023 Year In Review
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The 精东传媒 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.
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Support The Cultural Communities Fund
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Created by the 精东传媒’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.