“Common Heritage” grant program COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM WILL SAVE TREASURES OF FAMILY AND LOCAL HISTORY

WASHINGTON (April 20, 2015) — The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced a new grant program, called “Common Heritage,” that will bring to light historical records and artifacts currently hidden in family attics and basements across the country and make them digitally available to the wider public and for posterity.

NEH invites historical societies, libraries, archives, museums, colleges and other local institutions to apply for the Common Heritage grant program, the first federal grant program of its kind. Grants will support day-long events, organized by community cultural institutions, in which members of the public will be invited to share materials important to their family or community histories, such as photographs, artifacts, family letters, and works of art.

EveryLibrary – The Political Librarian: locally focused advocacy, policy, and funding issues for libraries.

The Political Librarian” is, a new journal which will address locally focused advocacy, policy, and funding issues for libraries. It will be published by EveryLibrary, a nonprofit social welfare organization chartered to work on local library ballot initiatives. 

EveryLibrary helps public, school, and college libraries win bonding, tax, and advisory referendum, ensuring stable funding and access to libraries for generations to come.