ALA and NEH Seek Applicants for Let's Talk About It
Reading and discussion program will focus on the American Civil War. Public libraries may apply until April 19, 2011.
The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) seek applicants for “Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War.” This reading and discussion program is supported by NEH’s We the People initiative. Public libraries are invited to apply by visiting http://www.ala.org/civilwarprograms.
In June, 50 public libraries will be selected to participate. The program grant includes:
- A $2,500 grant from NEH to support-related expenses
- Twenty-five sets of three titles: including March by Geraldine Books (Penguin, 2006) Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam by James McPherson (Oxford University Press, 2002) and a forthcoming Civil War anthology of historical fiction, speeches, diaries, memoirs, biography, and shot stories, edited by national project scholar Edward L. Ayers and co-published by NEH and ALA.
- Promotional materials
- Training for the library project director at a national workshop, where he or she will hear from the project scholar, expert librarians, and organizers and receive a program planning guide, materials, and ideas.
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