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Awards & Grants
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- DigitalLead: Rural Libraries Creating New Possibilities
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Digital Literacy
- DigitalLead: Rural Libraries Creating New Possibilities, supported by Microsoft Corp. (2019)
- Libraries Lead with Digital Skills, sponsored by Google (2019)
- PLA and Microsoft Public WiFi Access Micro Grant Program (2020)
- Skilling for Employment Post COVID-19, in partnership with Microsoft Corp. (2021)
Health
- Libraries Connecting You to Coverage: Affordable Care Act, in partnership with Community Catalyst and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2021)
- Libraries Connecting You to Coverage: Medicaid, in partnership with Community Catalyst and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2021)
Literacy
- Fostering Creative Community Connections, in partnership with Short Edition and supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (2018)
Awards & Grants (2020)
For decades, PLA’s awards program honored those providing public library service whose vision and accomplishments are extraordinary and deserve recognition. In 2021, PLA leadership chose to pause the awards program until further notice. Information is included here for archival purposes.