Greetings Colleagues,

I trust you're well. The "Preserving the Story of the HBCU Library Alliance" grant project is well underway! A major outcome of this project is increasing the Alliance's ability to acquire grants and secure new funding sources, thus increasing opportunities for organizational sustainability.

Project Coordinator/Writer Dr. Shanesha Brooks-Tatum will document and disseminate the history of the HBCU Library Alliance for submission to peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, over the course of the granting period, eight documents will be written on specific activities of select HBCU Library Alliance members. These eight documents will be disseminated via journals that do not require peer review, such as Against the Grain, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education and American Libraries.

This project has been accepted for presentation at the upcoming ASALH 96th Annual Convention, October 5-9, in Richmond Virginia as well as at the 2012 American Library Association Meeting in Anaheim, California. More information on these presentations will be provided when it becomes available.

A Twitter account, http://twitter.com/HBCULAPrsrvStry, has been created to disseminate information and receive your comments. Your tweets are welcomed as we provide updates on the progress of this significant project.

Dr. Books-Tatum interviewed Founding Committee members Loretta Parham, Janice Franklin, Elsie Weatherington and Emma Perry at ALA and has prepared a draft outline to support writing the historical document. The membership was provided with an invitation and reminders to submit success stories along with submission guidelines. It is critically important, if you haven't done so, to submit a success story in support of this project's goals.

Monday, August 1st is the deadline.  Contact Project Coordinator/Writer Dr. Tatum, sbrooks-tatum@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sbrooks-tatum@hbculibraries.org, with your questions.

I look forward to receiving your submissions as we preserve the story of the HBCU Library Alliance.

Respectfully,

Sandra

SANDRA M. PHOENIX
Program Director
HBCU Library Alliance
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Honor the ancestors, honor the children.
Preserving the Story of the HBCU Library Alliance- Success Story Submissions due August 1st.
Click here http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/hbcustory.html  to access the guidelines.

Colleagues;

The MLK memorial dedication will happen on the 48th anniversary of the Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 2011. For more information about the memorial and the events scheduled leading up to the unveiling, please visit  http://www.dedicatethedream.org/site/c.4nJHJQPoEiKWE/b.6715605/k.BDE7/Home.htm.

I am not sure if many of you are planning to attend this historic event, but I wanted you to know that there are hotel rooms available for $114 at the Hilton Garden Inn (1225 1st Street NE - near Union Station and the New York Ave Metro Station).  If you use the rate, please use the group name "Alpha Psi Charitable Foundation, Inc."

If you are planning to attend, I look forward to seeing you in Washington, DC.  Have a great day!

Jerome

Jerome Offord, Jr., MS,MLS
University Librarian and Head, Department of Library Science
Lincoln University (MO), Inman E. Page Library
712 Lee Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65101
Tel: (573) 681-5501  Fax: (573) 681-5511

"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course  of history"
Mohandas Gandhi

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