Transforming Access: How Nearly 700 Small and Rural Libraries Are Advancing Accessibility

Transforming Access: How Nearly 700 Small and Rural Libraries Are Advancing Accessibility

Since 2022, the American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities initiative has awarded grants to 662 small and rural libraries nationwide. In the latest round of funding, 300 libraries will receive money to enhance accessibility to facilities, services, and programs for people with disabilities. Seventy-three percent of these round-three grantees serve populations of 5,000 people or less.…