Buckle up for a podcast road trip spotlighting the people and collections of HBCU libraries! Greetings Colleagues, I trust you’re well and in good spirits. See HBCU Library Alliance Tour messaging below. Check out the Battle for the Books competition! Subscribe where you get your podcasts and share broadly! Thanks to all who participated and to the CLIR team. Respectfully, Sandra [clir-brandmark-with-2-line] [Material Memory, S3, Newsletter Header] New Podcast Season HBCU Library Alliance Tour In the third season of Material Memory<https://d2nCTL04.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/OR+113/d2nCTL04/VWhGNj4f4zr3W4mZvK-6_c0MJW1n-N734H4bJFN6N1vYX3q905V1-WJV7CgF_MV54ZSF2RXl4wW2qHs895CPdScW79LQTW4C7RcnW1RYpz31ZmL91N5zLd386THt3W6tMJT78VLLBYW36jxCX6FhtWxW6DBXjP5Br9c4W7ThtZ46Tf6dKW2_05QS81yHFLV6DqF38cKD_XW6FT_zf28-KkzW27vbFx4jh-q5W4gZlWQ4_0zckN90c5gjJt-zRW7q2T6d1BdYXfW3yXbct2-vgWbW2vpHcw5C8zshW3klzsZ6Szj1-W21Xw8q7JvYyZN2xHglVZQZm0W4y-0ns3f_whVN6N73N8dHqYpW8D1xQp731N-K21y1>, CLIR, in partnership with the HBCU Library Alliance, takes listeners on a tour of six HBCU libraries, highlighting the people and collections, while providing a glimpse into the vital role these institutions play in their communities. 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Burney Sharon is a program officer with CLIR, where she supports the Recordings at Risk and Digitizing Hidden Special Collections grant programs. [Sharon M. Burney (2)] Episodes & Road Trip Stops Season Launched on March 23 Season Three includes eight episodes and it launched on March 23 with a conversation with Sandra Phoenix, Executive Director of the HBCU Library Alliance, and Monika Rhue, recent Chair of the HBCU Library Alliance Board and Project Manager at Bunche Center, UCLA. * April 6 - Southern University at New Orleans - Erika Witt, Interim Circulation Librarian, Leonard S. Washington Memorial Library * April 13 - Bonus Episode 🎶 - Interview with Kofi Horne, creator this season's theme music * April 20 - Morgan State University - Ida E. Jones, University Archivist * May 4 - Alcorn State University - Blanche Sanders, Dean, University Libraries * May 18 - Tuskegee University - Dana R. Chandler, University Archivist * June 1 - Benedict College - Wanda Scott Kinney, Coordinator of Archives and Institutional Records * June 15 - Fisk University - DeLisa Minor Harris, Assistant Director of Library Services More About Season 3 <https://d2nCTL04.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/OR+113/d2nCTL04/VWhGNj4f4zr3W4mZvK-6_c0MJW1n-N734H4bJFN6N1vZc3q90pV1-WJV7CgM_yVhjMJP2jcRdTW72zvjF6tR72QW474GCL7SRPV9W4M83L84DCV0gW5tvm4J8VL3q6W7DWQHn68jN9PW6hvNNL51bMcQW10n0xT3wLTv5W6bHL9K32bHFgW1pm82497P2mQW4NfmBK2mWhbMW5qdgsf8nnj3cW6sQw943LK3q4W7YkT2s8Fgs4zW89t0F73NDnBBW5XLC-38PhNC5N3czkVrbmgTBW5TzC171JSthCW1FlLRv1hLBG5W1rWXl63zgRm0W1XWYmm7wB2f0W14Dbgh3hLyKqW6MYlZW5cyQhfN6vBGZb6RdzyN9dQmxz_nFJ_W5Z0PbQ1WTD3W36qm1> Where to Find Material Memory Like, follow, and share the podcast on your favorite apps like these! 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Battle for the Books Download Competition Show your school spirit and win gifts for your HBCU library featured on Material Memory. The battle begins on April 6! [https://hs-20251227.f.hubspotemail.net/hub/20251227/hubfs/Battle%20for%20the%20Books.png?width=1112&upscale=true&name=Battle%20for%20the%20Books.png] A collection of autographed books and original artwork will go to the winner of the Battle for the Books, a two-week download competition that will open after a new episode drops. Downloads of the new episode will be counted for two weeks. Results will be posted on our website. The HBCU library with the most downloads after the final episode in June WINS! 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