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A couple of the Austin PL branches participated in this recently. Laurie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Myra Zatopek Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 3:43 PM To: SYSCON (E-mail) Cc: TexShare (E-mail) Subject: [syscon-tx] FW: Let's Talk About It Please distribute widely and forgive cross-posting. ***** New "Let's Talk About It" grant application available for libraries The Public Programs Office and Nextbook are pleased to announce that the application for the newest round of Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature reading and discussion grants is now posted online at www.ala.org/publicprograms . Public and academic libraries are eligible and encouraged to apply. The deadline for the first round of new grants is December 1, 2006. Based on the "Let's Talk About It" reading and discussion model pioneered nationally by ALA in 1984, Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature features scholar-led, theme-based discussions that explore the best in contemporary and classic Jewish literature. Over the past three years, Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature grants have been awarded to 159 libraries nationwide. Participating libraries will each host a five-part discussion series featuring one of six themes. The two new themes and book selections are: Neighbors: The World Next Door A Journey to the End of the Millennium, A.B. Yehoshua Red Cavalry, Isaac Babel Neighbors, Jan T. Gross The Assistant, Bernard Malamud Mona in the Promised Land, Gish Jen Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel A Contract with God, Will Eisner Maus I/II, Art Spiegelman Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories, Ben Katchor The Quitter, Harvey Pekar The Rabbi's Cat, Joann Sfar Previous themes, which also are included, are Your Heart's Desire: Sex and Love in Jewish Literature; Demons, Golems, and Dybbuks: Monsters of the Jewish Imagination; Between Two Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecoming; and A Mind of Her Own: Fathers and Daughters in a Changing World. Each library selected for the grant project will receive: -A $2,500 grant (increased from $1,500 in the past) to support program costs and scholar honoraria. -Training for the library project director at a national training workshop where they will hear from project scholars, experts, and organizers, and receive a program planning guide, materials and ideas. -Program materials, including introductory literature and essays on each of the books, promotional materials and selections for additional reading. Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature grants will be awarded in two rounds during 2006 and 2007. Libraries that have already received a grant and completed a Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature series are eligible to apply for a single-series $2,500 grant or a two-series $5,000 grant under each deadline. Complete guidelines and an application are available online at www.ala.org/publicprograms or www.nextbook.org/ala . The application deadline for the first round of grants is December 1, 2006. Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature - Identity and Imagination is funded by a multi-year grant from Nextbook. For more information, please visit www.ala.org/publicprograms or www.nextbook.org . ----------------------------------- Lainie Castle Program Officer, Communications Public Programs Office, American Library Association p: 312.280.5055 -- f: 312.280.5759 http://www.ala.org/publicprograms Support community & cultural programming @ your libraryR http://www.ala.org/ccf _______________________________________________ syscon-tx mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.tsl.state.tx.us/mailman/listinfo/syscon-tx
