Libraries Transforming Communities Grants The American Library Association¡¯s Libraries Transforming Communities Initiative Receives Additional $10 Million in Funding CHICAGO (Feb. 27, 2024) - The American Library Association (ALA) announced today that it has received $10 million in support of its Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC) initiative to continue providing libraries with tools and resources to serve people with disabilities. A substantial portion of the funding - $7 million - will be distributed in grants of $10,000 and $20,000 to small and rural libraries. In collaboration with the Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL), LTC offers grants to qualifying libraries across the country with a population under 25,000 and located at least five miles from an urbanized area, aligning with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) definitions of small and rural libraries. Libraries use the funding to increase the accessibility of facilities, services and programs to better serve people with disabilities. Read More: https://arsl.memberclicks.net/press-release--ltc-additional-funding ALA Awards $3.6 Million in Library Accessibility Funding to 310 Small and Rural Libraries CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the second round of recipients of its Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Accessible Small and Rural Communities grant, an initiative to help small and rural libraries increase the accessibility of facilities, services and programs to better serve people with disabilities. The 310 funded proposals represent 45 U.S. states. Of the selected libraries, 62 percent serve communities of less than 5,000 people. Eighty-five of the libraries also received funding in the first round of the grant initiative, bringing the total count of LTC: Accessible Small and Rural Communities grantees to 465. See the full list of libraries<https://www.ala.org/tools/librariestransform/libraries-transforming-communities/access/libraries>. ¡°The Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL) sends our congratulations to the second round of LTC: Accessible Small and Rural Communities libraries,¡± said ARSL Executive Director Kate Laughlin. ¡°We are proud of these libraries for conducting such community-focused projects across the country, enhancing the lives of many. We look forward to the great work that will come from this second round.¡± Read more: https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2024/03/ala-awards-36-million-library-accessibility-funding-310-small-and-rural Congratulations to the Maine libraries who received applied and received funding! The 10 highlighted in the list below are the 2nd round award recipients [announced March 2024]: Albert Church Brown Memorial Library (China, ME) 2 Brownville Free Public Library (Brownville, ME) 2 Caribou Public Library (Caribou, ME)1 Casco Public Library (Casco, ME)1 D.A. Hurd Library (North Berwick, ME)1, 2 Farmington Public Library (Farmington, ME)1 Fort Fairfield Public Library (Fort Fairfield, ME)1 Frenchman's Bay Library (Sullivan, ME) 2 Millinocket Memorial Library (Millinocket, ME)1 Owls Head Village Library (Owls Head, ME) 2 Raymond Village Library (Raymond, ME) 2 Shaw Public Library (Greenville, ME) 2 Southwest Harbor Public Library (Southwest Harbor, ME) 2 Thomaston Public Library (Thomaston, ME)1 Unity Public Library (Unity, ME) 2 Windham Public Library (Windham, ME) 2 Lisa M. Shaw [she/elle/ella/ye/±×³à/iyada/¬Ó¬à¬ß¬Ñ/ea] Small/Rural Libraries & Workforce Development Specialist Division of Library Development Maine State Library 242 State Street SHS 64 Augusta ME 04330 www.maine.gov/msl<http://www.maine.gov/msl> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (207 ) 747-8717 (text or call) What I¡¯m reading: Deadly Little Secrets by Pamela Crane What I¡¯m listening to: ¡°Love Me or Leave Me¡± - Day6; ¡°Touchin¡¯ and Movin¡¯¡± - Moon Byul; ¡°Only for a Moment¡± - Eric Nam ¡°If you want to see something clearly, look in the opposite direction.¡± [Midsomer Murders]