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The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) in January received a $750,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to fund a multi-year effort to connect the digital collections of [...]

The Hartford Public Library (HPL), CT, recently received a $14,000 grant from the Aurora Foundation for Women and Girls toward a new program, Barriers Can't Stop Us: Building Immigrant Women's [...]

The Wayne State University College of Education and Walter P. Reuther Library Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs were recently awarded a joint $83,100 grant from the National Historical Publications [...]

ALA's International Relations Office reported in early March that the Association had raised $25,000 for the Ukrainian Library Association (ULA) through its Ukraine Library Relief Fund. Through the fund, ULA [...]

The Baker & Taylor/Young Adult Library Service Association Collection Development Grant was awarded to the Montrose Regional Library. The grant consists of $1,000 for new materials to the Young Adult [...]

On August 16, PLA announced it had selected 160 public libraries to host digital literacy workshops across the country, thanks to more than $1 million in contributions from AT&T. The [...]

The Fayetteville Public Library Foundation has received a $1 million gift from the Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation as it launches the final phase of a fundraising campaign. The [...]

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $2 million grant supporting a collaboration between the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) and ALA to improve and expand library services for [...]

Rivers Casino is helping the Allegheny County Library Association do a little 'bookkeeping' with a generous ledger entry. Since opening in 2009, Rivers Casino has generated $9.3 million for the [...]

In covering achievements in the library world, it's natural to focus on outcomes, reporting and raising up the endpoint of success. This story represents a win, for sure. But as [...]

NUMBERS CAN BE TELLING, AND THE STORY HERE PRESENTS A STARK reality that signals an ideal opportunity to foster a stronger relationship between public and school libraries in ways that [...]

Because ALA's 2006 Annual Conference was the first' major convention in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, many librarians feel an affinity for the city and a strong concern for its [...]

In most communities, whether poor or wealthy, the distribution of wealth forms the traditional bell curve. Public libraries should not neglect the 10 percent at the wealthy end of the [...]

More than a year ago, I made a New Year's resolution to join Facebook. Six months later, I amazed my family by actually following through on my resolution. They had [...]

A public library system and major university manage a jointly funded, library built in San Jose. It is one of its kinds in the nation and the partnership has completely changed the chemistry between the city and the university.

Fundraising experts state that the unprecedented intergenerational transfer of wealth taking place in the United States would continue until 2052, and promises to create a 'golden age of philanthropy'. An understanding of this Great American Wealth Transfer and a focused planned giving program can enable public libraries to benefit fully from it, as did the Fairfax County, Virginia, Public Library.

As the pandemic goes on, the economic fallout continues as well. Grants and other funding become even more important for keeping lessons and programs running as school and local government [...]