Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:26:10 +0530 (IST) From: Shamprasad Pujar <pujar@igidr.ac.in> Dear Members, FYI Regards, Dr S.M. Pujar, IGIDR, Mumbai ====================== -- Original Message -- From: Carol Priestley <carol.priestley@nida-net.org> To: <ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:16:16 +0100 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Access to Learning Award (ATLA) 2009 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 <http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalDevelopment/GlobalLibraries/AccessLearningAward/RelatedInfo/ATLABrochure.htm>www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalDevelopment/GlobalLibraries/AccessLearningAward/ Please notethe 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> ATLA Administrator email: <atla@gatesfoundation.org> Carol Priestley Director Network for Information & Digital Access (NIDA) 37/39 Ludlow Road, London, W5 1NX, UK Tel: 44 (0)20 8997 3274 http://www.nida-net.org/