Digital Equity Resources for Libraries
ALA advocates with and for libraries to ensure their eligibility and inclusion in federal, state, and local programs. ALA will continue to add to this web page and share policy information, best practices, funding opportunities, and a range of resources from libraries and partner organizations to support your digital equity work. We also encourage you to share your stories with us so we can continue to share the contributions libraries are making to advance digital equity in communities across the country.
Resource Highlights
The federal government is making historic investments through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in advancing digital equity, literacy, and inclusion for all. The IIJA highlights the important role that community anchor institutions, like libraries, play in creating a digitally equitable future for all.
To learn more about the federal funds libraries are eligible for right now, visit our Federal Funding Opportunities page
Check out upcoming webinars and ALA featured resources! Visit Resources and Tools for Libraries for additional toolkits, guides, and webinars to support you in federal funding applications and your digital equity work.
ALA’s Digital Inclusion Working Group is a space for library workers to collaborate and exchange knowledge around digital equity work taking place in libraries of all types across the U.S. The working group meets on the last Tuesday of each month and has an accompanying Connect Space.
Join us for peer-to peer connection and regular digital equity and inclusion policy updates!
- Next Meeting: May 27
Click here to learn more about the wide range of federal funding opportunities available to libraries of all types to support broadband access, digital equity, inclusion, and digital literacy.
Click here for digital equity resources and tools designed to support libraries when applying to current federal funding opportunities including helpful webinars, toolkits and more.
Digital Equity News
- February 6, 2025: ALA Files Amicus Brief in FCC Supreme Court Case
- January 6, 2025: Biden-Harris Administration Recommends for Award More Than $250 Million to Expand Digital Skills
- November 15, 2024: Commission for Libraries Leads Nation in Opening Digital Equity Grant
- September 5, 2024: Apply for Digital Equity Funding Now; ALA and ACRL Provide Support
- July 24, 2024: Biden-Harris Administration Opens Applications for $1 Billion Digital Inclusion Grant Program
- July 9, 2024: New Public Library Technology Survey report details digital equity roles
- April 3rd, 2024: New ALA tools guide libraries in applying for more than $1 billion in federal Digital Equity Act funding
- January 24, 2024: Emily Drabinski: Will Congress Keep Its Broadband Promise?
- December 15, 2024: ALA to Launch New Digital Inclusion Working Group for Library Workers
- May 25, 2023: FCC Announces More Funding Opportunities for ACP Outreach Grants
- May 18, 2023: What's New in Digital Equity: WIdely Signed Letter Supports the ACP
- January 8, 2023: Tech Advances leaving many in CT locked out of jobs and economy
Libraries and Digital Equity: Press Kit
Staff Contacts
Megan Janicki
mjanicki@alawash.org
Larra Clark
lclark@alawash.org
