Greetings Colleagues, I trust you're well today. Today I'm celebrating the Preserving the Story writing project, the HBCU Library Alliance's first direct grant award. Project Coordinator/Writer Dr. Shanesha Brooks-Tatum has written success stories and is preparing the Alliance's historical document. I'm so excited about this project and its impact on the library community! Shanesha and I presented "Ten Years of Service and Transformation: The History of the HBCU Library Alliance" on Monday at ALA. It was so rewarding to share the history and progressive work of this organization with more than 35 attendees. It was AWESOME to see the following colleagues at Monday's session and I extend to them my heart-felt thanks for their support. Ellis Beteck, University of Maryland Eastern Shore Paul Blackmon, H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College (AL) Richard Bradberry, Morgan State University (MD) Lois Marshall, Lincoln University (MO) Orthella Moman, Tougaloo College (MS) Annie Payton, Fort Valley State University (GA) Alma Ravanell, Wiley College (TX) Respectfully, Sandra SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org www.hbculibraries.org 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-520-0593 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2012meeting-form.html for the October 21-23, 2012 HBCU Library Alliance 5th Membership Meeting and the Photographic Preservation Pre-Conference in New Orleans, LA. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.