Greetings Colleagues, I'm sharing very important information with you! Tina Rollins, Balance of Term Board Position The Board of Directors has approved Tina Rollins, Library Director, Hampton University (VA) to serve a balance-of-term Board position, ending June 30, 2020. Jean Greene, who represented the public position, and was Vice-Chair, left the Board in January. Tina will not serve as Vice-Chair, but as a member of the Board. Although Tina's institution is private, her skill and expertise for this balance of term position are highly regarded and desirable as the Board aggressively advances the mission and vision of the HBCU Library Alliance. Look for her to connect with you regarding HBCU matters of concern. Her resume is attached for your review. Feel free to send congrats to Tina at tina.jarrett@hamptonu.edu<mailto:tina.jarrett@hamptonu.edu>. HBCU Library Alliance Membership Meeting - The Transforming HBCU Library Alliance: Revisit, Refocus, Reframe We're less than 2 weeks away from gathering together in Atlanta (October 7-9) to celebrate and network. Forty-six institutions represented by fifty-eight individuals are registered for this very important meeting. Jacob Nadal, Director of Preservation at the Library of Congress, will deliver the keynote address. Project partners, funders, sponsors and student interns will join in this major celebration. A draft of the agenda is attached for your review. If you haven't registered, please do so today http://www.hbculibraries.org/2018meeting-form.html. The registration window closes on September 30th. Membership Meeting Sponsors I'm excited to share Membership meeting sponsors with you. The webpage update will be available this week! Thanks to all who made contacts to support sponsorships. The sponsorship document is also attached. Sponsor and Contact Level Amount NCCU School of Law Virtual Justice Project Gregory Clinton, Co-Founder, Virtual Justice Project Vibranium $5,000.00 Emerald Publishing Group, Inc. Erika Valenti, President Platinum $4,000.00 Association of Research Libraries Mary Lee Kennedy, Executive Director Gold $3,500.00 OCLC, Inc. Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President, Membership and Research, Chief Strategist Silver $2,500.00 LYRASIS, Inc. Robert Miller, Chief Executive Officer Bronze $1,500.00 Digital Library Federation "Authenticity" Project The Digital Library Federation (DLF) and HBCU Library Alliance are partnering on the IMLS funded "Authenticity Project: Fostering Dynamic Fellowship Cohorts, Strategic Organizational Partnerships and Authentic Community. DLF Executive Director Bethany Nowviskie and I conferenced last week regarding project implementation. Bethany will join us at the October Membership meeting to briefly describe project activities. The Authenticity Project has the following goals: 1) Provide DLF Forum travel bursaries that will enable Alliance member libraries to intersect with and enrich the broader digital library community; 2) Establish lasting and reciprocal mentoring relationships across both of our organizations; 3) Encourage DLF members to engage with Alliance activities; 4) Enable Alliance leadership to attend the DLF Forum and allied meetings for mutual exchange and strategic planning between our organizations, and; 5) Deepen and enrich inter-institutional exchange among our members by incentivizing collaboration among DLF and Alliance member libraries through competitively-awarded Fellow-led micro grants for joint projects of strategic importance to both organizations. A Mentoring component is our first phase of action for this project. The HBCU Library Alliance has a long-standing tradition of mentoring to support community members and to create a climate of mentoring across institutions. Stay tuned for more information and a call for solicitation! Northern Illinois University Digital POWRR - (Preserving Digital Objects With Restricted Resources) Northern Illinois University, in partnership with the HBCU Library Alliance, was awarded an IMLS grant to host five Digital POWRR ( Preserving digital Objects With Restricted Resources) institutes. These institutes offer training to librarians and archivists at small and mid-sized institutions to build skills for curating and preserving digital collections. HBCU Library Alliance members are invited to apply to the Digital POWRR institute hosted at Northern Illinois University in Naperville, IL. There is an application process with HBCU Library Alliance Board representation. Access this link http://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/institutes/<http://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/institutes/> for more details and travel scholarship information. The application finish line is October 5, 2018. Applicants will be notified of application status by early November 2018. Follow this link https://goo.gl/forms/qEc7JXlOVYmX01h83 and apply now! HBCU Library Alliance 2nd Summer Conservation/Preservation Internship Project In the 2018 pilot program, six distinguished HBCU undergraduates were introduced to the field of library conservation at host sites around the country. Student interns have returned to their home institutions with confidence and an appreciation for their library collections! You'll hear from interns Miranda Clinton, North Carolina Central University and Layla Huff, Morgan State University (MD) at the upcoming Membership meeting. Don't miss this!!! A second application is near completion for this project. Stay tuned for more details. And finally, Thanks to all for continued support of the HBCU Library Alliance. Contact me directly with questions or if you need additional information. Much more to come, join us in Atlanta! 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. The 8th HBCU Library Alliance Membership Meeting is scheduled at the Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library (GA) on Sunday through Tuesday, October 7-9. Click here<http://www.hbculibraries.org/meeting-2018-info.html> for registration and session details. 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/