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If library history is something that interests you, here is web site developed for you! The Library History Buff: Promoting the appreciation and enjoyment of library history is published by Larry T. Nix, who is now retired from the Wisconsin state library agency. Larry is encourging other library history buffs to tell him about similar […]

Instead of indefinitely extending the PATRIOT Act, Congress has voted to extend the legislation till January 31, 2006. The president said he would sign the one-month extension into law.
At a difficult time such as the one that we are in, it is not usually clear where the line is between civil liberty and national […]

ALA is urging everyone to apply for FREE BOOKS:
This message is a reminder to apply TODAY to receive the newest We the People Bookshelf on “Becoming American.” This spring, ALA and NEH we will award a Bookshelf - 15 classic books for young readers on the theme of “Becoming American,” plus three of those titles […]

RI Library Association president David Macksam writes:
The afternoon of January 10th will provide an excellent opportunity for all of us to review the work of the 3 groups that resulted from our Town Meeting of last December. Come and discuss report recommendations and help us plan next steps.
Special Thanks to HELIN for extending this […]

from the ALA Washington Office (ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline, Volume 14, Number 126, December 19, 2005). These may be of interest to public and school libraries.
* Partnership for a Nation of Learners Community Collaborative Grant Program
The PNL Community Collaborative Grant Program, a funding initiative of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and […]

A Library Journal article reports that the Health Heritage Index a joint survey from Heritage Preservation and IMLS recommends that institutions place a new priority on safe conditions for their collections, that they develop emergency plans, and that they assign staffers to preservation and that government and the private sector provide more support for preservation.

Just released: The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy

An NEH grant program for libraries and archives has a receipt deadline of February 6, 2006 for projects starting in October 2006.
Implementation Grants support public humanities programs that interpret and use collections in libraries and archives. Public humanities programs promote lifelong learning in history, literature, comparative religion, philosophy, and other fields for broad public audiences.
The […]

On ALA TechSource Michael Stephens provides a thoughtful summary of Ken Chad and Paul Miller’s white paper Do Libraries Matter? The Rise of Library 2.0 [pdf]. The paper is posted on Talis, a provider of services in the UK and Ireland and thus focuses on libraries in those countries. However, as Michael points out, […]

reports of the LibFutures Working Group are posted