LSTA Policies and Procedures Manual

In Connecticut, LSTA pays for these projects in part or in whole:

1. Instructors for continuing education classes in locations around the state

2. Critical portions of researchIT CT and findIT CT, the statewide library catalog

3. Library service for 5,000+ patrons of the CT Library for Accessible Books

• Over 160,000 talking books delivered
• Almost 10,000 playback machines distributed

4. deliverIT CT vans and drivers that deliver over 2.2 million library items per year

5. The Summer Reading Program with 58,000 participants

6. Service Center collections that help serve over 450,000 state residents through local libraries

• 28,000 audio, large print, professional, and children's/YA materials circulated each year
• 2,400 items added to these collections

7. Over $135,000 in grants to libraries over the past 5 grant cycles

8. The Connecticut Public Library Annual Report and statistics, which the State Library Data Coordinator reports to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

See how the State of Connecticut has spent LSTA funds in the past years using the Search State Program Report (SPR) Projects page from IMLS.

• $1,953,012* for 12 projects using FFY2014 funding (project activities between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015)
• $1,953,731* for 15 projects using FFY2015 funding (project activities between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016)
• $1,946,276* for 14 projects using FFY2016 funding (project activities between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017)
• $1,962,430* for 7 projects using FFY2017 funding (project activities between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018)
• $1,999,793* for 11 projects using FFY2018 funding (project activities between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019)
• $2,024,351.77* for 15 projects using FFY2019 funding (project activities between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020)
• $2,152,655.00 for 11 projects using FFY2020 funding (project activities between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021)
• $ 2,142,520.00 for 9 projects using FFY2021 funding (project activities between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022)
• $2,089,045.00 for projects using FFY2022 funding (project activities between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023)
• $2,384,829.00 for projects using FFY2023 funding (project activities between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024)

*These amounts do not include spending on LSTA Administration.

Our New Five-Year Plan has been approved by the Institute of Museum and Library Services! 

See link below. 

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds are provided through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). IMLS is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s approximately 120,000 libraries and 35,000 museums. The mission of IMLS is to inspire libraries and museums to advance innovation, lifelong learning, and cultural and civic engagement. Their grant making, policy development, and research help libraries and museums deliver valuable services that make it possible for communities and individuals to thrive. The use of LSTA funds in Connecticut is administered according to the Five-Year Plan (2018-2022) submitted to IMLS in June 2017.

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