Daviess County Library awarded We the People Bookshelf Collection from National Endowment for the Humanities
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Daviess County Library is one of 3,000 libraries across the country selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA) to received free hardcover editions of 17 classic books from the first We the People Bookshelf. The theme of this year’s bookshelf is "Created Equal."
The award is part of the NEH’s We the People initiative, which supports projects that strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. Selected public and school libraries in all 50 states each will receive a set of the 21 books (including Spanish translations of four of the titles), posters, bookmarks, bookplates from the NEH and the ALA, "History in a Box" resource materials on Abraham Lincoln from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and access to online planning and promotional materials. The Daviess County Library will incorporate this theme and the books into this year’s summer reading program.
For more information about We the People Bookshelf programs at the Daviess County Library, contact either the Gallatin or Jamesport Library. For more information about the We the People Bookshelf project, please visit http://publicprograms.ala.org/bookshelf.