When the UIUC Library joined the project in June 1995 (and the INP relocated its offices there), it became responsible for the central and southern Illinois counties.
With the planning phase completed in March 1989, the Illinois Newspaper Project team received another grant from NEH to undertake the cataloging and inventorying work (or, "fieldwork"), with technical assistance provided by the Library of Congress.
The CHS team took responsibility for inventorying and cataloging newspaper collections found in the northwest part of the state.
[3] Titles digitized as part of this program are hosted on the Library of Congress' Chronicling America website.
[7] In July 2013, the INP received funding under the NEH to continue digitizing culturally significant Illinois newspapers until August 31, 2015.