LSTA Youth Services Collaboration Grants
June 1, 1998

The State Library is pleased to announce the results of the recent round of LSTA Youth Services Collaboration Grants. Thirty-five (35) applications were received. Applicants requested a total of $69,344, over twice the amount of funds available for this demonstration program. Fourteen (14) grants will be funded totaling $27,388.

No grant funds may be encumbered or expended until the library receives the final executed grant agreement signed by library representatives and the State Librarian.

The following libraries received funding.

Funded Libraries / Project	Grant Amount
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center; Cumberland County High Schools Media Centers "Links to Literature"	$2,000
Durham County Library; Shepard Magnet School Media Center "Share A Book: A Club for Students Aged 11 Through 15 and Their Parents"	$2,000
East Wake Middle School Media Center; R.B. Harrison Branch Library (Wake County Public Libraries) "Storytelling Outreach"	$1,400
Forsyth County Public Library; Brunson Elementary School Library "Authors Among Us"	$2,000
Franklin County Library; Frank County Public Schools, Elementary Media Centers "Pirate Extravaganza"	$2,000
Dr. W. T. Griggs Elementary School Library; Currituck County Public Library "Building an AR Partnership Between School and Public Libraries"	$2,000
Hampton B. Allen Library (Anson County Library); Anson County Middle School Library "Project Tomorrow, Phase II"	$2,000
Independence High School Library; Mint Hill Branch Library (Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County) "Classics Come Alive"	$1,990
Iredell County Public Library; Northview Elementary School Library "Arthur's Race to the Public Library"	$2,000
Kenansville Elementary School Library; Duplin County Library "Partners for Summer Reading Progress"	$2,000
Lee County Library; Deep River Elementary School Library "Endless Summer: Collaborative Reading Program for Migrant Children"	$2,000
Ocracoke Branch Library (BHM Regional Library); Ocracoke School/Community Library "David Bookman's Top Ten Young Adult Reading List"	$2,000
Rowan Public Library; Rowan Salisbury Schools Media Services "Rowan County Takes on the Battle of the Books"	$2,000
Wilkes County Public Library; Union Elementary School Library "Creative Learning Enhancements"	$1,998