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DLD Programs

All CT Reads

A year-long initiative to promote lifelong reading, learning, and connection.

 

Children's and YA Services

Learn about children, teen, and early literacy resources, policies, and collections.

Creative Aging in CT Libraries

A Partnership Program with Lifetime Arts, the CT Office of the Arts, and the CT State Library.

CT Library for Accessible Books (CTLAB)

A network library of the Library of Congress’ National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS).

CT Libraries & Partners for Digitial Equity (CTLPDE)

Connects libraries and community organizations to advocate digital equity.

CT State Library Public Libraries Awards logo in white against dark blue background

CT State Library Public Libraries Awards

Designed to honor and celebrate outstanding public libraries.

CT Pages

A channel for sharing community engagement success stories by libraries with and for their communities.

E-Rate Assistance

Helps to ensure that schools and libraries can obtain telecommunications and Internet access at affordable rates.

Experiencing America

Information and supporting materials for the Experiencing America book discussion sets.

The GIANT Room

Description and resources related to the Giant Room project.

Grants

Grant opportunities for CT Libraries.

Growing Equitible Library Services (GELS)

A workshop series that provides trainings to help libraries become more socially and emotionally conscious community institutions.

Library Buildings and Construction

Information related to the CT State Library's Construction Grant Program. 

Libraries Without Borders

A partnership to build deeper and more authentic connections between libraries and community.

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)

Information related to LSTA subgrants and LSTA funding from IMLS. 

NASA at My Library

Description and STEM-related resources for this NASA-funded education initiative.

Professional Development and Continuing Education

Professional development and continuing education opportunities and resources.

Statewide Interlibrary Loan

Information pertaining to shared CT library catalogs. 

Summer with the Library

Resources and supports for library summer reading programs.

Towards Inclusive Accessibility in Libraries (TIAL)

Seeks to address the knowledge gaps and biases that exist about people with disabilities and people who are aging.

Transformation for Libraries: The Futures School (TFSX)

Resources on Futures Thinking and Strategic Foresight.

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