Library.ie » Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation http://www.library.ie news from Irish Libraries Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:37:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Applications are invited from public libraries for the 2012 Access to Learning Awards http://www.library.ie/2011/06/27/applications-are-invited-from-public-libraries-for-the-2012-access-to-learning-awards/ http://www.library.ie/2011/06/27/applications-are-invited-from-public-libraries-for-the-2012-access-to-learning-awards/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:56:31 +0000 abevan http://www.library.ie/?p=9330

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting applications to its 2012 Access to Learning Award (ATLA), which recognizes the innovative efforts of public libraries and similar institutions outside the United States to connect people to information and opportunities through free access to computers and the Internet. The award is given by Global Libraries, an initiative of the foundation’s Global Development Program. The recipient of the Access to Learning Award will receive $1 million (U.S.).
Applications for the 2012 Access to Learning Award must be submitted via an online submission process no later than September 30, 2011.

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Given each year by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Libraries initiative, the Access to Learning Award recognizes the innovative efforts of public libraries or similar organizations outside the United States to connect people to information through free access to computers and the Internet.
Applications for the 2010 Access to Learning Award must be submitted via an online submission process by October 31 2009.

]]> http://www.library.ie/2009/10/12/access-to-learning-award-2010/feed/ 0 BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION: ACCESS TO LEARNING AWARDS 2008 http://www.library.ie/2007/08/14/bill-melinda-gates-foundation-access-to-learning-awards-2008/ http://www.library.ie/2007/08/14/bill-melinda-gates-foundation-access-to-learning-awards-2008/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:18:16 +0000 abevan http://www.library.ie/weblog/2007/08/14/bill-melinda-gates-foundation-access-to-learning-awards-2008/

Applications are invited from libraries and organisations with a mandate to provide public access to information to apply for the Access to Learning Award (ATLA) 2008.
The award recognizes excellence and innovation in public libraries and similar institutions in providing access to information through the use of computers and the Internet, at no cost to the user. The recipient will receive a prize of US$1 million.
The 2008 brochures (in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) are now available from:

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalDevelopment/GlobalLibraries/AccessLearningAward/RelatedInfo/ATLABrochure.htm

Further information, for example resumes of past recipients and application forms, can be
found from the website,

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalDevelopment/GlobalLibraries/AccessLearningAward/RelatedInfo/ATLABrochure.htm

The closing date for the 2008 award is 31 December 2007.

If you, or any of your contacts, have any questions please do not hesitate to contact
ATLA at <atla@gatesfoundation.org>

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