Public library grants and subsidies

Public Library Funding Strategy 2011/12
Subsidy type Amount

Subsidy - $1.85 per capita, as prescribed by the Library Regulation 2010

Subsidy by council (Excel 37.5 KB)

$13,374,499
Disability & Geographic Adjustment (DGA) $6,500,540

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Includes $500,000 (Year 1 of $2,000,000 over 4 years) for Wireless hotspots in country libraries

$2,440,000
Outback Letterbox Library  $100,000
Strategic Network Projects $470,560
State Library services to public libraries $433,235

Library Development Grants
Available to metropolitan Sydney councils 

Country Libraries Fund Grants
Available to country councils

$730,166


$2,000,000

Revitalising Regional Libraries Grants
$500,000 (Year 1 of $2,000,000 over 4 years) for country councils
$500,000
Total Public Library Grants and Subsidies $26,549,000

Library Development Grants and Country Libraries Fund Grant 2011/2012

Applying for a grant

Applications close Monday 19 December 2011

Library Development Grant Guidelines (PDF 327 KB)

Metropolitan libraries - Application for a Library Development Grant 2011

Metropolitan libraries - Application for a library building project Library Development Grant 2011

Country libraries - Application for a Library Development Grant 2011

Country libraries - Application for a library building project Library Development Grant 2011

Country Libraries Fund Grant - eligible councils

Guide to using the online application forms

Reporting forms

Certification statement (WORD - 260 KB)

Performance report (WORD - 260 KB)

Statement of income and expenditure (EXCEL- 60 KB)

Recipients of Library development grants

Recipients 2010/11

Recipients 2009/10

Recipients 2008/09

Past guidelines

View Development Grant Guidelines archive.

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