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Erika Zeitz
Youth Information Specialist
Corinth Public Library
Prairie Village, KS
(913) 967-8658
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From: Beth Yoke
Sent: Aug 15, 2006 2:17 PM
To: Young Adult Library Services Association List
Subject: [YALSA-L:5892] grant opportunity
Dear Librarian:
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
<http://www.ala.org/publicprograms>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
<http://www.ala.org/publicprograms>www.ala.org/publicprograms
or
<http://www.nextbook.org/ala>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
<http://www.ala.org/publicprograms>www.ala.org/publicprograms
or <http://www.nextbook.org>www.nextbook.org .
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Lainie Castle
Program Officer, Communications
Public Programs Office, American Library Association
p: 312.280.5055 -- f: 312.280.5759
<http://www.ala.org/publicprograms>http://www.ala.org/publicprograms
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