Greetings Colleagues, I trust you’re well. Today I’m celebrating novelist Alice Walker. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Walker won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 1982 novel, The Color Purple. HBCU Library Alliance Scholarships – Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) Programs The HBCU Library Alliance is offering two $350.00 scholarships for members accepted into CCAHA’s Assessment Programs. CCAHA’s Preservation Needs Assessment Program and Emergency Preparedness Program are made available through funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. CCAHA will announce awarded institutions in early April. The first two members who forward to me CCAHA’s acceptance communication will be awarded the scholarship. Read below for more details and application information. Thanks to the Alliance Board members who contributed to the scholarship. I look forward to announcing award winners!! Respectfully, Sandra [Defrosting books]CCAHA Accepting Applications for Assessment Programs CCAHA is seeking applicants for its Emergency Preparedness and Response Program and Preservation Needs Assessment Program. Through funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, CCAHA is able to offer a limited number of subsidized preservation needs assessments and emergency plans (valued at over $5,000) for $350. To learn more about what each program offers, eligibility requirements, and the application process, click here<http://www.ccaha.org/about/news/2015/01/16/ccaha-accepting-applications-for-assessment-programs>. Applications for the programs must be postmarked by Friday, March 6. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.