Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has awarded more than $670,000 in “Another Back to Books” grants to 159 libraries to acquire fiction and/or non-fiction books, learning CDs and DVDs and other educational materials, including a couple in the listening area.  This includes $5,000 to the Nashville High School library and $2,000 to the Case – Halstead Public Library in Carlyle.  Libraries submitted applications specifying the types of books and other materials they would purchase if they received funding, such as building collections in women’s studies and sociology, health sciences books for nursing students, books and other materials to help veterans make the transition from military to civilian life, DVD’s to provide training to firefighters, new materials in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and craftsmanship subjects, cultural, geographical and travel books and DVD’s, Spanish language fiction and non-fiction books, DVD’s and audiobooks, large-print books for senior citizens on retirement-related topics such as health, hobbies, finances, technology and travel.  Awards are funded by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services and Illinois State Library.