RAILS Announces 2025 Catalog Membership Grant Recipients

The Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) has selected five libraries to receive RAILS Cataloging Membership Grants. 

Congratulations to this year's recipients: 

  • Camp Point Public Library (RSA) - $9,413.87
  • Chadwick Public Library (RRLC) - $23,239.00
  • Hamilton Public Library (RSA) - $12,910.00
  • North Pike District Library (RSA) - $7,127.00
  • Vernon Area Public Library District (CCS) - $62,000.00 

This grant aims to support resource sharing by making a library management system affordable for any library. These funds will cover the startup costs for these libraries to join a RAILS Local Library System Automation Program (LLSAP) consortium and expand the resources available to their communities. 

For more information about the RAILS Cataloging Membership Grant, contact Anne Slaughter, RAILS Director of Technology Services.