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Access to Learning Award (ATLA) 2009

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting applications from libraries and organisations with a mandate to provide public access to information to apply for the Access to Learning Award (ATLA) 2009.

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 2009 brochures (in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish), application form and further information are now available from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation website.

Please note: the closing date for the 2008 award is 31 October 2008.

If you, or any of your contacts, have any questions please contact ATLA at atla@gatesfoundation.org.