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Public Library Grants
2020/21 Public Library Infrastructure Grants
The Minister for the Arts the Hon. Don Harwin has approved the following grants for 2020/21.
| Council | Project Title | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armidale Regional | Armidale Library's Community Living Room | $166,000 |
| 2 | Bellingen Shire | Dorrigo Library Community Extension Project | $482,800 |
| 3 | Blacktown City | Upgrade of Max Webber Library, relocation of children's and fiction areas. | $400,150 |
| 4 | Central Coast | Mobile Library Upgrade | $190,000 |
| 5 | Clarence Valley | Yaegl libraries refurbishment | $274,960 |
| 6 | Georges River | Hurstville Library Sensory Garden | $200,000 |
| 7 | Gilgandra Shire | Furnishing fit-out of the new Gilgandra Shire Library and Community Hub | $300,170 |
| 8 | Greater Hume | Holbrook Library Complex Refurbishment Project | $199,696 |
| 9 | Hay Shire | Implementation of RFID | $47,076 |
| 10 | Junee Shire | Junee Library - Shelving Upgrade | $26,630 |
| 11 | Kyogle | Solar panels on mobile library | $46,509 |
| 12 | Lake Macquarie City | Lake Mac Libraries Digital Playbook | $114,304 |
| 13 | Liverpool Plains Shire | Quirindi Library Precinct | $500,000 |
| 14 | MidCoast | Transformed and Connected: Evolving Tea Gardens Library | $379,280 |
| 15 | Mosman | Mosman Creation Space Studios Project | $61,024 |
| 16 | Muswellbrook Shire | Accessible upgrade to Children’s Section of Muswellbrook Library | $89,000 |
| 17 | Narrabri Shire | Narrabri Shire Mobile Library | $141,727 |
| 18 | Northern Beaches | Move It and Use It: shelving on wheels for space activation | $500,000 |
| 19 | Port Macquarie-Hastings | A staged approach to new libraries | $128,495 |
| 20 | Queanbeyan-Palerang | Creation of a State of the Art Library in the Queanbeyan Cultural and Civic Precinct | $500,000 |
| 21 | Richmond Valley | Casino Library Community Courtyard | $192,830 |
| 22 | Singleton | Singleton Sustainably Seventeen | $474,439 |
| 23 | Strathfield | A place for everyone | $190,910 |
| 24 | Temora Shire | Renew & Refresh - Temora Shire Library | $194,000 |
| 25 | Wagga Wagga City | Wagga Wagga City Library Expansion | $200,000 |
| Total | $6,000,000 |
Previous recipients
Previous recipients are listed in the State Library of NSW Annual Reports.
Reporting forms
From the 2017/18 Public Library Grant round reporting and acquittal forms are to be filled out in Smartygrants. The applicant will receive an email directly from Smartygrants when a form is available for completion.
Further information and instructions
2016/17 PLIG round and previous years
For grants from previous years please fill out the forms below.
Acquittal statement (Word 43Kb)- Performance report (Word 110Kb)
Statement of income and expenditure (Excel 105Kb)
Public Library Grants archive
Public Library Grants Guidelines are available below for the reference of councils that are yet to acquit funded projects.
