ISOS Announces Library Grants

State Senator Sue Rezin is pleased to announce that several libraries throughout the 38th District are receiving more than $405K in state library grants this year to help ensure all residents have access to quality resources and programming.

These grants, awarded by the Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian, include:

• Public Library Per Capita Grants – awarded annually to support local public library services. Public libraries can use this funding for operational needs, including purchasing materials for their library collections and capital improvements to their facilities.
• Equalization Aid Grant – awarded under a statutory formula to provide a minimum level of funding when local funding through taxes is too low to meet the service population’s base needs.
• Public Library Construction Grants – allows libraries to address refurbishing and renovation of existing facilities, assure compliance with accessibility standards, and even build new facilities.
• New Technology Grants – helps fund things such as adding hardware and software, expanding online collections and e-resources, purchasing digital devices and mobile apps, increasing Wi-Fi capacity and internet accessibility, incorporating patron self-checkouts, and assuring ADA compliance for library websites and purchasing adaptive technologies that accommodate service needs for persons with disabilities.

The recipients for the 38th Senate District are as follows: