(WSIL) -- Thousands of dollars in grant funding is going to local libraries and schools to help purchase new materials.
Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has awarded $752,835 in “Back to Books� grants to 187 Illinois libraries for fiction and nonfiction books.
Awards ranged from $465 to $4,900 per library and were made possible by federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Here is a list of libraries or school district's receiving grants in southern Illinois:
- Benton CHSD #103 $4,900.00
- Carbondale Unity Point SD #140 $4,900.00
- Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD #2 $4,900.00
- Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library District $4,900.00
- Chester Public Library $4,900.00
- Dongola Public Library District $2,000.00
- DuQuoin Public Library $2,000.00
- Golconda Pope County CUSD #1 $4,500.00
- Harrisburg Public Library District $4,900.00
- Herrin City Library $4,189.00
- Jonesboro Public Library $4,900.00
- Marion Crab Orchard Public Library District $4,900.00
- McLeansboro Hamilton County CUSD #10 $4,900.00
- McLeansboro McCoy Memorial Library $4,900.00
- Mount Vernon C.E. Brehm Memorial Public Library District $4,000.00
- Murphysboro Sallie Logan Public Library $1,500.00
- Nashville CHSD #99 $4,900.00
- Rosiclare Memorial Public Library $4,900.00
- Royalton Public Library District $4,900.00
- Sparta Public Library $4,900.00
- Tunnel Hill New Simpson Hill S.D. # 32 $4,900.00
- Vienna School District #55 $4,999.00
- Vienna Township HSD #13-3 $4,900.00
