New Jersey State Library

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is a federal agency that administers the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) by annually awarding grants to State Library agencies who distribute LSTA funds within their states. LSTA's priorities are to improve electronic linkages for libraries and to target services to persons having difficulty using a library. Each year the New Jersey State Library receives approximately $3.8 million in LSTA funding.

LSTA Grants Awarded in New Jersey: Congressional District 6

FY 2002

Asbury Park Free Public Library. Web Based Online Catalogs $25,000. Purchased tech-nology to promote statewide resource sharing of library materials.

INFOLINK: the Eastern New Jersey Regional Library Cooperative (Piscataway). Youth Services Symposium $6,000. INFOLINK organized a Youth Services Symposium at which 100 public librarians and school library media specialists met to discuss ways that libraries can best serve the needs of children and youth at the local, regional and state level.

Libraries of Middlesex (South River Public Library). Literacy Program $20,000. Tutoring and programs that meet the literacy and ESL needs of adults and families. Consortium of 24 Middlesex County libraries.

FY 2001

Dunellen Free Public Library. Services to Special Populations. $10,000. Assisted senior citizens to use the library with adaptive technology and Internet classes.

Highland Park Public Library. Web Based Online Catalogs. $9,678. Purchased technology to promote statewide resource sharing of library materials.

New Brunswick Free Public Library. Services for Special Populations. $10,000. After-school Homework Center for high school students with outreach program for Hispanic students.

Rutgers University Libraries. Tapeload of Bibliographic Records. $15,000. Purchased RLIN records for titles cataloged during the year to be downloaded into the OCLC database.

Rutgers University Libraries. VALE: Database Access for Academic Libraries. $100,000. VALE Consortium of 45 New Jersey public and private academic libraries provides access to a variety of databases in electronic formats for its members.

South Amboy, Dowdell Library of. Web Based Online Catalogs. $10,070. Purchased technology to promote statewide resource sharing of library materials.

FY 2000

Dunellen Free Public Library. Services to Children and Young Adults. $10,000. Services for children having difficulty using the library.

Dunellen Free Public Library. Services to People with Disabilities. $15,000. Purchased adaptive technology and provided services and programs to persons with vision, hearing or learning disabilities.

Libraries of Middlesex. Literacy Program. $15,000. Tutoring and programs that meet the literacy and ESL needs of adults and families.

Middlesex County College Library. Services to People with Disabilities. $7,210. Purchased adaptive technology and provided services and programs to persons with vision, hearing or learning disabilities.

New Brunswick Public Library. Services to Children and Young Adults. $10,000. After-school Homework Center for students in grades 6-8.

Rutgers University Libraries. Tapeload of Bibliographic Records. $15,000. Purchased RLIN records for titles cataloged during the year to be downloaded into the OCLC database.

Rutgers University Libraries. Services to People with Disabilities. $15,000. Purchased adaptive technology and provided services and programs to persons with vision, hearing or learning disabilities.

Rutgers University Libraries. VALE: Database Access for Academic Libraries. $100,000. VALE Consortium of 45 New Jersey public and private academic libraries provides access to a variety of databases in electronic formats for its members.

FY 1999

Libraries of Middlesex. Literacy Program. $15,000. Tutoring and programs that meet the literacy and ESL needs of adults and families.

Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library. Integrated Online Library System Implementation. $75,000. Automated library through membership in a library computer consortium providing online catalog and circulation control services.

Old Bridge Public Library. Computer Training Center. $19,998. Installed training center to provide free hands-on computer training for the public to search the Internet and use business application software.

Rutgers University Libraries. Tapeload of Bibliographic Records. $15,000. Purchased RLIN records for titles cataloged during the year to be downloaded into the OCLC database.

FY 1998

Long Branch Public Library. Integrated Online Library System Implementation. $100,000. Grant for libraries serving disadvantaged communities. Automated library through membership in library computer consortium providing online catalog and circulation control services.

Rutgers University Libraries. Tapeload of Bibliographic Records. $15,000. Purchased RLIN records for titles cataloged during the year to be downloaded into the OCLC database.

FY 1997

Libraries of Middlesex. Literacy Program. $15,000. Tutoring and programs that meet the literacy and ESL needs of adults and families.

Middlesex County College Library. Academic and School Library Cooperation. $10,000. Libraries shared electronic resources and online databases.

Piscataway Township Public Library. Services to Special Populations. $9,986. Purchased materials in Chinese and Gujariti for community residents.

Rutgers University Libraries. Tapeload of Bibliographic Records grant. $15,000. Purchased RLIN records for titles cataloged during the year to be downloaded into the OCLC database.

Sayreville Free Public Library. Public and School Library Cooperation. $9,665. Libraries shared electronic resources and online databases.

District 6 Libraries. Internet Access PCs. $9,875. The following four libraries were awarded contracts to purchase Internet access PCs: Asbury Park, Matawan-Aberdeen, Neptune Twp., Red Bank.