- TLA Awards & Scholarships
- Librarian of the Year
- Distinguished Service
- Lifetime Achievement
- Outstanding Services to Libraries
- Wayne Williams Library Project of the Year
- Libraries Change Communities Award
- Benefactor Award
- Branding Iron Awards
- Sam G. Whitten Intellectual Freedom Award
- Demco/Upstart Innovative Programming Award
- Texas Library Champions
- TLA Scholarships
- Unit Awards & Scholarships
- Ashley Bryan Award
- Distinguished Service – School Administrators Award
- Shirley Igo Award
- Media Virtual Presence Award
- Texas Youth Creators Award
- Library Instruction Project of the Year
- Siddie Joe Johnson Award
- Outstanding Service in Library Instruction
- Small Community Librarian Award
- Small Community Library Advocate Award
- Jack Alton Strawn Standing TALL Award
- TASL Library Information School Scholarship
- Young Adult Reading Incentive Award
- Stipends
- Black Caucus
- Children’s Round Table Stipends
- CULD Stipends
- District 3
- District 8
- ESCUE-Paraprofessionals
- H-E-B Strong Texas Libraries TLA Annual Conference Stipend
- Jr. Library Guild-Diversity & Inclusion
- Devin Zimmerman- Library Instruction
- Public Libraries
- Small Community-Biblionix
- LIFTA Stipend
- LIRT Stipend for TALL Texans
- TASL Stipend
- Tocker Foundation
- YART Stipends
- Grants
Stipends
- Black Caucus
- Children’s Round Table Stipends
- CULD Stipends
- District 3
- District 8
- ESCUE-Paraprofessionals
- H-E-B Strong Texas Libraries TLA Annual Conference Stipend
- Jr. Library Guild-Diversity & Inclusion
- Devin Zimmerman- Library Instruction
- Public Libraries
- Small Community-Biblionix
- LIFTA Stipend
- LIRT Stipend for TALL Texans
- TASL Stipend
- Tocker Foundation
- YART Stipends
LIFTA Stipend
This stipend to attend the TLA Annual Conference is open to trustees, friends, lay advocates and volunteers.
- TLA Awards & Scholarships
- Librarian of the Year
- Distinguished Service
- Lifetime Achievement
- Outstanding Services to Libraries
- Wayne Williams Library Project of the Year
- Libraries Change Communities Award
- Benefactor Award
- Branding Iron Awards
- Sam G. Whitten Intellectual Freedom Award
- Demco/Upstart Innovative Programming Award
- Texas Library Champions
- TLA Scholarships
- Unit Awards & Scholarships
- Ashley Bryan Award
- Distinguished Service – School Administrators Award
- Shirley Igo Award
- Media Virtual Presence Award
- Texas Youth Creators Award
- Library Instruction Project of the Year
- Siddie Joe Johnson Award
- Outstanding Service in Library Instruction
- Small Community Librarian Award
- Small Community Library Advocate Award
- Jack Alton Strawn Standing TALL Award
- TASL Library Information School Scholarship
- Young Adult Reading Incentive Award
- Stipends
- Black Caucus
- Children’s Round Table Stipends
- CULD Stipends
- District 3
- District 8
- ESCUE-Paraprofessionals
- H-E-B Strong Texas Libraries TLA Annual Conference Stipend
- Jr. Library Guild-Diversity & Inclusion
- Devin Zimmerman- Library Instruction
- Public Libraries
- Small Community-Biblionix
- LIFTA Stipend
- LIRT Stipend for TALL Texans
- TASL Stipend
- Tocker Foundation
- YART Stipends
- Grants
2025 LiFTA ANNUAL CONFERENCE TRAVEL STIPEND – LAY ADVOCATE
The Library Friends, Trustees, and Advocates Round Table (LiFTA) is pleased to offer a $600 travel stipend to attend the 2025 Annual Conference of the Texas Library Association on April 1-4, 2025, in Dallas. Please consider the following information and submit your application! Deadline is February 14, 2025.
Questions? Contact Denise Wallace, LiFTA Stipend Committee Chair
Stipend Requirements
- ONLY for Library Trustees, Friends, Lay Advocates, Volunteers (Paid library staff, and undergraduate or graduate library students are not eligible.)
- Texas resident and TLA member
- First time attendees given priority
- Must register for and attend the LiFTA Opening Author Luncheon at Annual Conference
- Join the LiFTA Round Table unit with your TLA membership
- Must submit a written report (not to exceed one page) about your conference experience.
- Serve on the LiFTA Conference Travel Stipend selection committee the following year
Money can be applied toward
- Transportation
- Hotel
- Meals
- Any other costs associated with attending the TLA Conference
Timeline
- October 2024 through February 14, 2025: Stipend publicized and open for applications
- March 03, 2025: Stipend recipient announced
- March 06, 2025: All other applicants notified
- April 1-4, 2025: TLA Annual Conference
- TBD – Attend the follow-up LiFTA Business Meeting (usually scheduled 30-60 days after the Annual Conference). During this meeting, present your conference experience report.
Funds
- Recipient will receive the travel stipend after conference attendance.