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The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded $1,208,000 to five library reading and discussion programs in its latest round of grants—154 totaling $18.25 million. The American Library Association will receive $380,570 for "Storylines America" and $285,550 for "Let's Talk About It." Other awards for library programming will go to the Delaware Library Association ($135,460), Salt Lake City ($150,770), and the Vermont Council on the Humanities ($255,560).
Announced August 3 by recently appointed NEH Chairman William R. Ferris, the total also includes $622,000 for the new "Schools for the New Millennium" initiative to integrate digital resources into the curricula of 20 schools in 15 states.
"Increasingly I see the library as a kind of crossroads for every community," Ferris told American Libraries. "It's my dream to strengthen that with support for reading groups and a variety of creative and sensitive programs. Libraries are the most important vehicle for learning that our nation possesses."
Posted August 10, 1998.
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