Enhancement Grants support projects to enhance existing library services or implement new library services, particularly as they relate to the priorities of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) listed here:
- to expand services for learning and access to information and educational resources in a variety of formats, in all types of libraries, for individuals of all ages, in a variety of formats, in all types of libraries, for individuals of all ages;
- to develop library services that provide all users with access to information through local, state, regional, national, and international electronic networks, through local, state, regional, national, and international electronic networks;
- to provide electronic and other linkages between and among all types of libraries,
- to develop public and private partnerships with other agencies and community-based organizations;
- to target library services to help increase access and ability to use information resources for individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills, and
- to target library and information services to help increase access and ability to use information resources for persons having difficulty using a library and for underserved urban and rural communities, including children from birth to age 17 from families with incomes below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget).