2014 Access to Learning Award (ATLA) – October 15

Dear colleagues,

Please assist us in announcing the extended deadline for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2014 Access to Learning Award (ATLA) to libraries and organizations in your network. The application deadline has been extended to 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), October 15, 2013.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s annual Access to Learning Award (ATLA) 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 recipient of the Access to Learning Award will receive $1 million (U.S.).

Please share this opportunity with your colleagues by directing them to the ATLA website at http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ATLA. The ATLA 2014 application form is also available athttp://www.gatesfoundation.org/ATLA.

Please do not hesitate to contact the ATLA administrator at atla@gatesfoundation.org if you have any questions.

Best,