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ALA invites library employees to apply for the 3rd annual Peggy Barber Tribute Grant. The Peggy Barber Tribute Grant is a programming grant named after the transformative ALA leader responsible for the creation of National Library Week and the Celebrity READ series.
This annual grant recognizes, promotes, and supports meaningful programs in libraries that have limited and/or no access to budgetary support for programming. This grant aims to help ease these budget challenges by awarding three libraries $2,500 to support their programming efforts. For 2021–2022, libraries are invited to submit applications for a grant to support humanities-based programming. Proposed programs may be in-person or online.
Applications for the 2022 award will be accepted from December 1st, 2022 - February 1st, 2023. Read the grant guidelines and apply online.
Peggy Barber served as ALA's associate executive director of communications from 1970 to 2000. In that role, she established ALA’s Public Information Office, Public Programs Office and the ALA Graphics department. After leaving ALA, she was a principal consultant with Library Communication Strategies and served as co-president of Friends of Libraries USA, now known as United for Libraries. She passed away in August 2019.
The Peggy Barber Tribute Grant was created with donations from Barber’s friends and colleagues. To show your support, make a contribution to the Peggy Barber tribute fund within ALA’s Cultural Communities Fund.
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