The Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant was given annually to one or more librarians or library educators who conducted innovative research that could lead to an improvement in services to any specified group(s) of people. The Grant was put on hiatus in 2021.

To fund travel expenses associated with attending ALA’s annual conference. The recipient is library practitioner in the profession for less than two years, or an individual who is newly employed in interlibrary loan, resource sharing or electronic reserves