Colleagues, I have exciting news to share!!!! As you know, the HBCU Library Alliance and Digital Library Federation are in partnership with "The HBCU Library Alliance + Digital Library Federation Authenticity Project: Fostering Dynamic Fellowship Cohorts, Strategic Organizational Partnerships, & Authentic Community." Benefits of the three-year project include professional development opportunities, mentoring, micro-grants for joint projects and engagement with the broader DLF community to foster authentic professional/personal relationships. Fifteen (15) HBCU Library Alliance Fellows have been accepted into the Authenticity program. Board Chair Monika Rhue, Digital Library Federation Executive Director Bethany Nowviskie, Program Associate Becca Quon and I met with the Fellows via Zoom for introductions, to review the program and begin conversations to facilitate the mentor and conversation partner match. Follow this link https://www.diglib.org/introducing-the-2019-authenticity-project-fellows/ to access the announcement. I am confident that our Fellows will greatly influence and impact the Authenticity Project outcomes! Respectfully, 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/ sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org%3cmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/