PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To consolidate Federal library services programs; to stimulate excellence and promote access to learning and information resources in all types of libraries for individuals of all ages; to promote library services that provide all users access to information through State, regional, and international electronic networks; to provide linkages among and between libraries; and to promote targeted library services to people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals with disabilities, and to people with limited functional literacy or information skills.

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. EDUCATION;
- Libraries and Technical Information Services;
2. HEALTH;
- Libraries, Information and Education Services;
3. INFORMATION AND STATISTICS;
- Libraries, Clearinghouses, Archives;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- State;
- Public nonprofit institution/organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization;
- Other private institution/organization;

WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Other private institutions/organizations;