Hi Sandra, this is great news. You may want us all to write our stories about the grants and how they have affected us. A list of accomplishments would be a PR sources. Thank you for the good work. Please let me know if I can be of assistance. Yildiz From: hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org [mailto:hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org] On Behalf Of Brown-Carman, Vivian Odessa Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 9:31 AM To: Sandra Phoenix; Hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org Cc: Hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.org Subject: RE: Mellon Foundation Grant Award - Preserving The Story of the HBCULibrary Alliance If there were ever a “Hallelujah Chorus” moment, this is it. Wonderful news! Vivian Brown-Carman Library Director Edward Waters College 1658 Kings Road Jacksonville, FL 32209 voice 904-470-8081 fax 904-470-8032 From: hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org [mailto:hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org] On Behalf Of Sandra Phoenix Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 9:55 AM To: Hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org Cc: Hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.org Subject: Mellon Foundation Grant Award - Preserving The Story of the HBCULibrary Alliance Importance: High Greetings Colleagues, I trust you’re well. Today I’m celebrating, really celebrating, with great excitement that The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has approved a grant of $71,000.00 to the HBCU Library Alliance in support of the Preserving the Story of the HBCU Library Alliance project. This is the first grant directly submitted by and awarded to the HBCU Library Alliance. Thanks are in order to Founding Board chair Loretta Parham for her contact with the Mellon Foundation and assistance with writing the proposal. The goal of the project is to gather information to document the history of our unique organization. A major outcome of this project is increasing the Alliance’s visibility and its ability to acquire grants and secure new funding sources, thus increasing opportunities for organizational sustainability. We have begun the process for recruiting a part-time Project Coordinator/Writer, possibly a doctoral or post doctoral student. The job description is attached for your review. If you have suggestions or ideas, please contact me directly. Respectfully, Sandra SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.