[LM_NET] Call for judges for We the People Bookshelf applications

[Lainie Castle <lcastle@ALA.ORG>]

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A record number of applications have been received for this year's We the People 
Bookshelf on the "Pursuit of Happiness," presented by the National Endowment for 
the Humanities, in cooperation with the American Library Association Public 
Programs Office (deadline is today January 31, 2007)! We need more volunteer 
reviewers!
 
This year's We the People Bookshelf has only one deadline and the number of school 
and public libraries to be awarded is again 2,000! As this national initiative 
continues to impact so many school and public libraries, it presents an excellent 
opportunity for librarians to be integrally involved in library selection. 

Judges will review and rate proposals online via a password accessible National 
Endowment for the Humanities Web site. The applications are very brief and should 
take no longer than 3-5 minutes per review. Each judge will be asked to review 
approximately 40-50 applications. Each judge will be given three weeks to complete 
the assigned batch of proposals. The entire review process will be competed by 
February 28, 2007. 

Judges may not be applicants to the WTP initiative under the January 31 deadline. 

More information on the WTP initiative can be found at www.ala.org/wethepeople or 
http://www.wethepeople.gov/bookshelf . If you are interested in serving as a 
reviewer, please contact Mary Davis Fournier at mfournier@ala.org . 
 
Mary Davis Fournier
Project Director
Public Programs Office
American Library Association
312/280-5056
1-800-545-2433, ext 5056
www.ala.org/publicprograms 

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