Additional Requirements
Your organization must qualify as one of the following six types
of organizations:
(1) A library or a parent organization, such as a school district, a
municipality, a State agency, or an academic institution, that is
responsible for the administration of a library.
Eligible libraries include:
๏ผ Public libraries.
๏ผ Public elementary and
secondary school libraries.
๏ผ Tribal libraries.
๏ผ College (including community
college) and university libraries.
๏ผ Research libraries and archives
that are not an integral part of
an institution of higher
education and that make
publicly available library
services and materials that are
suitable for scholarly research
and are not otherwise available.
๏ผ Private or other special library,
but only if the State in which
such private or special library is
located determines that the
library should be considered a
library for purposes of Library
Services and Technology (see
20 U.S.C. ยง 9121-9165).
๏ผ Archives, including institutional,
community-based, and special
collections, that are under the
supervision of at least one
permanent professional staff
member and are available to
the public.
(2) An academic or administrative unit, such as a graduate school of library
and information science that is part of an institution of higher education
through which it would apply;
(3) A digital library or archives, if it makes materials publicly available and
provides library or archival services, including selection, organization,
description, reference, and preservation, under the supervision of at least
one permanent professional staff librarian/archivist;
(4) A library or archival agency that is an official agency of a State, Tribal, or
other unit of government and is charged by the law governing it with the
extension and development of public library services within its jurisdiction;
(5) A library or archives consortium that is a local, statewide, regional,
interstate, or international cooperative association of library entities that
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provides for the systematic and effective coordination of the resources of
eligible libraries or archives, as defined above, and information centers that
work to improve the services delivered to the clientele of these libraries or
archives; or
(6) A library or archives association that exists on a permanent basis;
serves libraries, archives, or library or archival professionals on a national,
regional, state, or local level; and engages in activities designed to advance
