LSTA Grant Awards, 2010-2011
June 10, 2010

The State Library of North Carolina, a Division of the Department of Cultural Resources, is pleased to announce Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awards for 2010-2011. One hundred ninety-eight (198) applications were considered in ten categories and requests for funds totaled $5,484,101. One hundred sixty-two (162) projects have been approved for funding totaling $4,923,671. These awards are made possible by LSTA grant funding from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal grant making agency.


IMPORTANT NOTE:  Funded libraries must not commit or expend any grant or matching funds until representatives of the library and the State Library sign grant agreements.


The following libraries received funding:

Basic Equipment Grants

Library Outreach Services Grants

NC ECHO Digitization Grants Planning Grants

School Library Collection Development Grants

Strengthening Public and Academic Library Collections Grants

Technology Grants

Special Grants

Statewide Leadership Grants


Provisional Grants: Notification letters to libraries will explain the requirements or conditions that must be met before awards are final.

Library Name
Location
 Amount Awarded 
Comments
Basic Equipment Grants  
.
 
Barton College,
Willis N. Hackney Library
Wilson
County: Wilson
$14,044
 
BHM Regional Library Washington
Counties: Beaufort, Hyde, Martin
$10,624
 
Brevard College,
James A. Jones Library
Brevard
County: Transylvania
$6,254
 
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Charlotte
County: Mecklenburg
$15,272
 
East Albemarle Regional Library Elizabeth City
Counties: Camden, Currituck, Dare, Pasquotank
$18,854
 
H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library Henderson
County: Vance
$25,000
 
Hyconeechee Regional Library System Hillsborough
Counties: Caswell, Orange, Person
$12,353
 
Iredell County Public Library Statesville
County: Iredell
$10,400
 
James Sprunt Community College, JSCC Library Kenansville
County: Duplin
$24,400
 
Mauney Memorial Library Kings Mountain
County: Cleveland
$11,400
 
Methodist University,
Davis Memorial Library
Fayetteville
County: Cumberland
$21,740
 
New Hanover County Public Library Wilmington
County: New Hanover
$21,146
 
Public Library of Johnston County & Smithfield Smithfield
County: Johnston
$10,920
 
Randolph Community College, Library Services Asheboro
County: Randolph
$23,935
 
Roanoke-Chowan Community College, Learning Resource Center Ahoskie
County: Hertford
$10,576
 
Sandhill Regional Library System Rockingham
Counties: Anson, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond
$12,800
 
Sheppard Memorial Library Greenville
County: Pitt
$24,720
 
Transylvania County Library Brevard
County: Transylvania
$22,772
 
   
$297,210
 
Library Outreach Services Grants  
.
 
Edgecombe County Memorial Library;
"ECML Outreach Initiative to Promote Intellectual Stimulation"
Tarboro
County: Edgecombe
$14,364
 
Greensboro Public Library; "McGirt-Horton Teen Leadership Project"
(Year 2 of 3)
Greensboro
County: Guilford
$40,000
 
   
$54,364
 
NC ECHO Digitization Grants  
.
 
East Carolina University, J. Y. Joyner Library and partners; "Ensuring Democracy through Digital Access"
(Year 2 of 3)
Greenville
County: Pitt
$53,099
 
Mauney Memorial Library and partners;
"Commemorating Kings Mountain"
Kings Mountain
County: Cleveland
$8,406
 
North Carolina State University Libraries and partners;
"Beaux Arts to Modernism: Early Twentieth Century Architecture in North Carolina"
(Year 2 of 2)
Raleigh
County: Wake
$96,725
 
UNC-Chapel Hill, Health Sciences Library;
"North Carolina History of Health Digital Library"
(Year 2 of 3)
Chapel Hill
County: Orange
$42,675
 
UNC-Chapel Hill, University Library;
"Commemorative Landscape of North Carolina"
(Year 1 of 2)
Chapel Hill
County: Orange
$74,998
 
UNC-Chapel Hill, University Library;
"Driving Through Time: The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina"
(Year 2 of 2)
Chapel Hill
County: Orange
$74,985
 
UNC-Chapel Hill, Wilson Library;
"Creating Online Access to Legacy Finding Aids"
(Year 3 of 3)
Chapel Hill
County: Orange
$74,911
 
Wake Forest University, Z. Smith Reynolds Library;
"Biblical Recorder Digitization Outsourcing Project"
Winston-Salem
County: Forsyth
$75,000
 
   
$500,799
 
Planning Grants  
.
 
Burke County Public Library Morganton
County: Burke
$20,000
 
Catawba County Library System Newton
County: Catawba
$20,000
 
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Charlotte
County: Mecklenburg
$20,000
 
Cleveland County Memorial Library Shelby
County: Cleveland
$20,000
 
Duke University, Divinity School Library, and partners Durham
County: Durham
$30,000
 
East Albemarle Regional Library Elizabeth City
Counties: Camden, Currituck, Dare, Pasquotank
$20,000
 
Fontana Regional Library Bryson City
Counties: Jackson, Macon, Swain
$20,000
 
Guilford College, Hege Library Greensboro
County: Guilford
$10,750
 
Guilford Technical Community College, M. W. Bell Library, and NC-LITN libraries Jamestown
County: Guilford
$34,983
 
Halifax County Library Halifax
County: Halifax
$19,082
 
Neuse Regional Library Kinston
Counties: Greene, Jones, Lenoir
$9,275
 
Peace College, Lucy Cooper Finch Library Raleigh
County: Wake
$20,000
 
Southern Pines Public Library Southern Pines
County: Moore
$20,000
 
UNC-Chapel Hill, University Library, and partners Chapel Hill
County: Orange
$22,039
 
Union County Public Library Monroe
County: Union
$20,000
 
   
$306,129
 
School Library Collection Development Grants  
.
 
A. B. Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary School Raleigh
County: Wake
$10,000
 
Anson High School Wadesboro
County: Anson
$10,000
 
Asheville High School and School of Inquiry & Life Sciences at Asheville Asheville
County: Buncombe
$10,000
 
Asheville Middle School Asheville
County: Buncombe
$10,000
 
Avery County High School Newland
County: Avery
$10,000
 
Bostian Elementary School China Grove
County: Rowan
$10,000
 
Brevard Middle School Brevard
County: Transylvania
$10,000
 
Brier Creek Elementary School Thomasville
County: Davidson
$10,000
 
Bunn Elementary School Bunn
County: Franklin
$10,000
 
C. M. Eppes Middle School Greenville
County: Pitt
$7,500
 
Carolina Beach Elementary School Carolina Beach
County: New Hanover
$10,000
 
Cedar Creek Middle School Youngsville
County: Franklin
$10,000
 
Charles E. Boger Elementary School Kannapolis
County: Cabarrus
$10,000
 
Coats-Erwin Middle School Dunn
County: Harnett
$10,000
 
Courtney Elementary School Yadkinville
County: Yadkin
$10,000
 
Douglas Creative Arts & Science Magnet Elementary School Raleigh
County: Wake
$10,000
 
East Henderson High School East Flat Rock
County: Henderson
$10,000
 
East McDowell Junior High School Marion
County: McDowell
$10,000
 
Elizabeth Hanford Dole Elementary School Salisbury
County: Rowan
$10,000
 
Emma B. Trask Middle School Wilmington
County: New Hanover
$10,000
 
Fairview Elementary School High Point
County: Guilford
$10,000
 
Forbush High School East Bend
County: Yadkin
$10,000
 
Friendship Elementary School Winston-Salem
County: Davidson
$10,000
 
Gaston Elementary School Gaston
County: Northampton
$10,000
 
Greenwood Elementary School Sanford
County: Lee
$10,000
 
Harnett Central High School Angier
County: Harnett
$10,000
 
Hudson Elementary School Hudson
County: Caldwell
$5,000
 
Ira B. Jones Elementary School Asheville
County: Buncombe
$10,000
 
Irving Park Elementary School Greensboro
County: Guilford
$9,984
 
Isaac Dickson Elementary School Asheville
County: Buncombe
$10,000
 
Jacksonville Commons Middle School Jacksonville
County: Onslow
$10,000
 
John Cotton Tayloe Elementary School Washington
County: Beaufort
$10,000
 
John Griffin Middle School Fayetteville
County: Cumberland
$10,000
 
Kenansville Elementary School Kenansville
County: Duplin
$10,000
 
Knox Middle School Salisbury
County: Rowan
$10,000
 
Lee County High School Sanford
County: Lee
$10,000
 
Lincolnton Middle School Lincolnton
County: Lincoln
$7,200
 
McDowell High School Marion
County: McDowell
$10,000
 
Mount Tabor High School Winston-Salem
County: Forsyth
$10,000
 
Mountain Park Elementary School State Road
County: Surry
$6,000
 
Mull Elementary School Morganton
County: Burke
$10,000
 
North Asheboro Middle School Asheboro
County: Randolph
$10,000
 
North Forsyth High School Winston-Salem
County: Forsyth
$10,000
 
North Harnett Primary School Angier
County: Harnett
$10,000
 
North Lincoln Middle School Denver
County: Lincoln
$10,000
 
North Pitt High School Bethel
County: Pitt
$10,000
 
Northampton County High School - West STEM Gaston
County: Northampton
$10,000
 
Old Fort Elementary School Old Fort
County: McDowell
$10,000
 
Parkwood Elementary School Durham
County: Durham
$10,000
 
Penderlea School Willard
County: Pender
$10,000
 
Pine Valley Elementary School Wilmington
County: New Hanover
$10,000
 
Pinkston Street Elementary School Henderson
County: Vance
$10,000
 
Polk Central School Mill Spring
County: Polk
$10,000
 
Polk County High School Columbus
County: Polk
$10,000
 
River Road Middle School Elizabeth City
County: Pasquotank
$10,000
 
Rocky Point Primary School Rocky Point
County: Pender
$10,000
 
Rugby Middle School Hendersonville
County: Henderson
$10,000
 
Sallie B. Howard School for the Arts and Education Wilson
County: Wilson
$10,000
 
Saluda Elementary School Saluda
County: Polk
$10,000
 
Sedge Garden School of Mathematics and Science Kernersville
County: Forsyth
$10,000
 
Shawboro Elementary School Shawboro
County: Currituck
$10,000
 
Sherwood Elementary School Gastonia
County: Gaston
$10,000
 
Sherwood Forest Elementary School Winston-Salem
County: Forsyth
$10,000
 
Southeast Middle School Kernersville
County: Forsyth
$10,000
 
Southern Pines Primary School Southern Pines
County: Moore
$10,000
 
Southwest Guilford High School High Point
County: Guilford
$10,000
 
Sunny View Elementary School Mill Spring
County: Polk
$10,000
 
Table Rock Middle School Morganton
County: Burke
$10,000
 
Topsail Middle School Hampstead
County: Pender
$10,000
 
Tuscola High School Waynesville
County: Haywood
$10,000
 
Valle Crucis School Sugar Grove
County: Watauga
$10,000
 
Vance Elementary School Asheville
County: Buncombe
$10,000
 
W. G. Pearson Magnet Middle School Durham
County: Durham
$10,000
 
W. M. Irvin Elementary School Concord
County: Cabarrus
$10,000
 
West McDowell Junior High School Marion
County: McDowell
$10,000
 
West Wilkes Middle School Wilkesboro
County: Wilkes
$10,000
 
   
$745,684
 
Strengthening Public and Academic
Library Collections Grants
 
.
 
BHM Regional Library Washington
Counties: Beaufort, Hyde, Martin
$20,000
 
Burke County Public Library Morganton
County: Burke
$20,000
 
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center Fayetteville
County: Cumberland
$20,000
 
Edgecombe County Memorial Library Tarboro
County: Edgecombe
$20,000
 
Elon University, School of Law Library Greensboro
County: Guilford
$20,000
 
Gaston College Library Dallas
County: Gaston
$1,000
 
Granville County Library System Oxford
County: Granville
$5,847
 
Madison County Public Library Marshall
County: Madison
$7,892
 
Roanoke Rapids Public Library Roanoke Rapids
County: Halifax
$8,270
 
Roanoke-Chowan Community College, Learning Resource Center Ahoskie
County: Hertford
$3,632
 
Scotland County Memorial Library Laurinburg
County: Scotland
$7,500
 
Wake County Public Libraries Raleigh
County: Wake
$17,775
 
Wayne Community College, WCC Library Goldsboro
County: Wayne
$19,986
 
   
$171,902
 
Technology Grants  
.
 
Alamance County Public Libraries Burlington
County: Alamance
$29,552
 
Albemarle Regional Library Winton
Counties: Bertie, Hertford, Gates, Northampton
$4,291
 
AMY Regional Library Burnsville
Counties: Avery, Mitchell, Yancey
$8,432
 
Braswell Memorial Public Library Rocky Mount
County: Nash
$100,000
 
Cabarrus County Public Library Concord
County: Cabarrus
$100,000
 
Cleveland County Memorial Library Shelby
County: Cleveland
$27,656
 
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center Fayetteville
County: Cumberland
$98,370
 
Davidson County Community College, DCCC Libraries Lexington
Counties: Davidson, Davie
$18,064
 
Edgecombe County Memorial Library Tarboro
County: Edgecombe
$9,440
 
Fontana Regional Library Bryson City
Counties: Jackson, Macon, Swain
$96,000
 
Mauney Memorial Library Kings Mountain
County: Cleveland
$26,824
 
North Carolina State University Libraries Raleigh
County: Wake
$100,000
 
Queens University of Charlotte, Everett Library Charlotte
County: Mecklenburg
$44,323
 
Shaw University, James E. Cheek Learning Resource Center Raleigh
County: Wake
$97,050
 
UNC-Pembroke, Mary Livermore Library Pembroke
County: Robeson
$4,681
 
Wake Technical Community College, WTCC Libraries Raleigh
County: Wake
$98,736
 
   
$863,419
 

 

Special Grant Projects    
Project
Library Name
Amount
 Awarded
Foreign Language Collection Services Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
$25,000
North Carolina Literary Map UNC-Greensboro, University Libraries
$13,032
   
$38,032

 

Statewide Leadership Projects
State Library of North Carolina
 
Project
Amount
 Awarded
Access to State Government Information Initiative $267,230
Collaborative Virtual Reference Project - NCknows $195,000
Collection Development and Preservation Project, Government and Heritage Library $50,000
Digital Multimedia Accessibility in the NCPedia Demonstration Project $9,100
Library Program Development and Support $123,000
NC CARD  $600,258
NC Library STARS (Service to All -- Rural & Small) $43,320
North Carolina ECHO Exploring Cultural Heritage Online $384,059
Plinkit North Carolina Project $24,477
Statewide Library Needs Assessment $55,500
LSTA Administration (4% of allotment) $194,188
  $1,946,132

 

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