The American Library Association committed to promoting and advancing the librarian profession. One way ALA accomplishes this is by providing scholarships.

ALA and its units provide more than $300,000 annually for study in a master’s degree in library and information studies from an ALA accredited program, or for a master’s degree in school library media program that meets the ALA curriculum guidelines for a National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) accredited unit. See the ALA Office of Accreditation’s website for a list of ALA-Accredited programs. See the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) website for the list of Nationally Recognized NCATE-AASL Reviewed & Approved School Library Media Education Programs.

The scholarship process is open annually October - March. Applications and reference forms (which must be submitted on-line) are available now. Instructions and general information remain available year round.