The Department of Library and Information Sciences will begin a project with rural libraries with a $1.6 million grant from the Robert and Ruby Priddy Charitable Trust.

The project pays tuition for UNT students enrolled in the College of Information’s Certificate of Advanced Study program with an emphasis in rural librarianship.

Scholarship recipients will support an outreach coordinator in assisting library staff with outreach plans in about 105 libraries in small Northwest Texas towns.