Spectrum Scholarship Program

Affirming our commitment to diversity and inclusion by seeking the broadest participation of new generations of racially and ethnically diverse librarians
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What We Do

The Spectrum Scholarship Program actively recruits and provides scholarships to American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Middle Eastern and North African, and/or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students to assist them with obtaining a graduate degree and leadership positions within the profession and ALA.

Through the Spectrum Scholarship Program, the American Library Association affirms its commitment to diversity and inclusion by seeking the broadest participation of new generations of racially and ethnically diverse librarians to position ALA to provide leadership in the transformation of libraries and library services.

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Contribute to ALA's national diversity and recruitment effort designed to address the specific issue of under-representation of critically needed ethnic librarians.

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