Sixty Libraries Nationwide Receive I. B. Singer Centennial Grants

After an open nationwide competition, The Library of America, the American Library Association (ALA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) have selected 60 public and academic libraries from 32 states -- from Alaska to Florida -- to receive $450 grants to develop programs about Isaac Bashevis Singer that will be free and open to the public. They will also receive the three-volume hardcover authoritative collection "Isaac Bashevis Singer: Collected Stories" to be published by The Library of America in July 2004. The selected libraries are (in alphabetical order by state):

  • Juneau Public Libraries, Juneau, Alaska
  • Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Oakland Public Library, Oakland, Calif.
  • Redwood City Public Library, Redwood City, Calif.
  • San Jose Library, San Jose, Calif.
  • Santa Monica Public Library, Santa Monica, Calif.
  • Ryan-Matura Library, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Conn.
  • Simsbury Public Library, Simsbury, Conn.
  • Miami Dade Public Library System, Miami Beach, Fla.
  • Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
  • University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Fla.
  • Cohen Library and Media Center, Athens, Ga.
  • Bettendorf Public Library, Bettendorf, Iowa
  • University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho
  • Oakton Community College Library, Des Plaines, Ill.
  • Carmel Clay Public Library, Carmel, Ind.
  • Shrewsbury Public Library, Shrewsbury, Mass.
  • Tisch Library, Tufts University, Medford, Mass.
  • Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Md.
  • Flint Public Library, Flint, Mich.
  • Huntington Woods Public Library, Huntington Woods, Mich.
  • Friends of the St. Paul Library, St. Paul, Minn.
  • James W. Miller Learning Resources Center, St. Cloud, Minn.
  • Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library, St. Louis, Mo.
  • St. Louis Public Library, Schlafly Branch, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Everett Library, Charlotte, N.C.
  • Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Neb.
  • Keene Public Library, Keene, N.H.
  • Brick Branch of the Ocean County Library, Brick, N.J.
  • Princeton Public Library, Princeton, N.J.
  • Somerset County Library System, Bridgewater, N.J.
  • Teaneck Public Library, Teaneck, N.J.
  • Mesa Public Library, Los Alamos County Library System, Los Alamos, N.M.
  • Chappaqua School District Library, Chappaqua, N.Y.
  • Farman Free Library Association of Ellington, Ellington, N.Y.
  • Great Neck Library, Great Neck, N.Y.
  • Greenburgh Public Library, Elmsford, N.Y.
  • Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, Hewlett, N.Y.
  • Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, Hempstead, N.Y.
  • Lehman College Library, Bronx, N.Y.
  • Sachem Public Library, Holbrook, N.Y.
  • The New York Public Library, New York, N.Y.
  • Cuyahoga County Public Library, Beachwood, Ohio
  • Tulsa City-County Library, Tulsa, Okla.
  • Multnomah County Library, Portland, Ore.
  • Bucks County Free Library, Doylestown, Pa.
  • Gingrich Library, Albright College, Reading, Pa.
  • Haverford Township Free Library, Havertown, Pa.
  • Reeves Library, Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pa.
  • Yardley-Makefield Branch of Bucks County Free Library, Yardley, Pa.
  • The Barrington Public Library, Barrington, R.I.
  • Charleston County Public Library, Charleston, S.C.
  • Divinity Library, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
  • Beldon Library, San Antonio, Texas
  • El Paso Public Library, El Paso, Texas
  • Houston Public Library, Central Library, Houston, Texas
  • Brigham City Public Library, Brigham City, Utah
  • Radford University McConnell Library, Radford, Va.
  • St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
  • Neill Public Library, Pullman, Wash.