Greetings Colleagues, Continue to be safe and well. EXCITING UPDATE!!! I'm pleased to announce the third cohort of the HBCU Library Alliance Summer Conservation/Preservation program. This dynamic program of the Winterthur University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, in partnership with the HBCU Library Alliance, has received funding to coordinate eight fully-funded eight-week summer internships in library and archives preservation at nationally recognized library preservation/conservation laboratories. Our thanks are due the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the University of Delaware College of Arts and Science, the Department of Art Conservation at the University of Delaware, and the Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library (DE) for funding this internship project. Thanks to Board member Debbie Hess Norris, University of Delaware, for her commitment to the project. Summer 2020 Interns The following eight students have been accepted into the Summer 2020 Conservation/Preservation program. 1. Clarke Bagsby, Fisk University (TN) 2. Amarah Ennis, Hampton University (VA) 3. Sydnee' Jackson, Southern University New Orleans (LA) 4. Taryn-Marie Jenkins, Hampton University (VA) 5. Camryn Johnson, Hampton University (VA) 6. Beyonce' Lundy, Benedict College (SC) 7. Jasmine Malone, Xavier University (LA) 8. Lescia Valmond, Grambling University (LA) Internship Project Starting Point and Virtual Session Schedule The internship will begin in June with the first virtual session scheduled for Tuesday, June 9 at 10:30 ET. The interns will collectively attend weekly, interactive webinars over eight weeks and site supervisors will commit to teaching live webinars. Sessions will be presented each Tuesday at 10:30 ET ending on July 28. The 90-120 minute virtual sessions will include individual presentations and group work. To enhance the sessions, interns from Rounds 1 and 2 will be invited to participate and share their experiences. It is our hope that all interns will find ways to connect with each other. Each intern will be connected with a site supervisor who will be their mentor for a preservation-related research project to carried out over the course of the summer. The interns will each give a presentation about their research project and their overall experience which will be attended virtually by all site supervisors and any other staff at our respective institutions who want to attend. Students will receive a $500 honorarium for the summer. Thanks to the following Summer 2020 host sites: Duke University Libraries, Durham, NC<https://library.duke.edu/> The Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX<http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/> Harvard University (MA)<https://www.harvard.edu/> Library of Congress (DC)<https://www.loc.gov/> University of Kansas Libraries<https://lib.ku.edu/about> Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, Wilmington, DE<http://www.winterthur.org/?p=435> Our distinguished HBCU undergraduate interns are highly skilled, well-spoken, and ready to engage with site supervisors during the Summer. They are representative of the excellence so fitting of the HBCU community! Stay tuned! Sandra SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/