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ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- January 18, 2000
- CONTACT: Dave Druker
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- CONTACT: Randy Nehrt
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White Awards More Than $800,000 in Library Grants
SPRINGFIELD –– Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse
White announced today that 15 Illinois libraries will receive
$844,208 in grants from the federal Library Services and
Technology Act.
"Innovation is the key to these grants that allow libraries
to implement unique methods of conducting programs and to develop
new services and activities to lead library patrons into the new
century," said White.
The FY2000 grants, administered by the Illinois State
Library, range from $13,250 to $124,000 and can be used for
widely varied projects. Libraries, universities and museums will
form partnerships to develop model projects and activities.
In Chicago, the University of Illinois Library (UIC) will
partner with the Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) to
develop and produce an interactive learning resource of interest
to high school students. Centered on the 1960 presidential
debates, the interactive learning resource includes video and
audiotapes from the MBC archives.
The Farm Progress Show and the Rolling Prairie Library
System in central Illinois will join to demonstrate the impact of
technology on downstate rural communities. Other grants will
establish homework centers, bring library services to underserved
patrons and communities and provide resource sharing among
libraries, schools and parent groups statewide.
FY2000 LSTA Grants
| City | | Institution | | Grant Amount |
| Champaign | | Lincoln Trail Libraries System | | $80,000.00 |
| Champaign | | The Board of Trustees of theUniversity of Illinois | | $75,000.00 |
| Chicago | | University of Illinois at Chicago | | $71,900.00 |
| Decatur | | Rolling Prairie Library System | | $20,000.00 |
| Fulton | | River Bend Community Unit District #2 | | $30,000.00 |
| Geneva | | DuPage Library System | | $64,550.00 |
| Godfrey | | Lewis and Clark Community College | | $124,000.00 |
| Joliet | | Joliet Public Library | | $77,660.00 |
| Lake Zurich | | Ela Area Public Library District | | $25,940.00 |
| Loves Park | | North Suburban Public Library District | | $61,573.00 |
| Marion | | Marion Carnegie Library | | $13,250.00 |
| Mattoon | | Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center | | $45,000.00 |
| Urbana | | Urbana Free Library | | $67,085.00 |
| Wheeling | | North Suburban Library System | | $67,750.00 |
| Wheeling | | North Suburban Library System | | $20,500.00 |
| Total=$844,208.00 |
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