Grants - America Library Association

America Library Association (ALA), Chicago, IL, (800) 545-2433, www.ala.org

Grant: $10,000 grant

Description: Sirsi Corporation has established an annual $10,000 grant to be administered by ALA as part of the ALA Awards Program. Sirsi's Leader in Library Technology Grant will help encourage and enable continued advancements in high quality library services. It will provide monetary assistance to a library for projects that make creative or groundbreaking use of technology to deliver services to the library's community. To apply for this grant, visit www.ala.org. The deadline for applications is December 1, 1999.

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