TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies awarded more than $8,800 in books to elementary and high school library media centers in the Black Belt region of the state through the SLIS Book Bonanza for the Black Belt Program.
Schools in the Black Belt region were asked to apply for the book give-away program in mid-November. A total of six schools were selected to each receive an average of more than $1,400 in new books for children or teens. The winning schools for the 2009 SLIS Book Bonanza for the Black Belt Program are:
▪ Gordo High School (Pickens County)
▪ ABC Elementary School (Wilcox County)
▪ J. E. Terry Elementary School (Dallas County)
▪ Shiloh Elementary School (Dallas County)
▪ Chisholm Elementary School (Montgomery County)
▪ Robert C. Hatch High School (Perry County)
The SLIS Book Bonanza for the Black Belt is an annual program that provides free books to school library media centers in the Black Belt region each December. The program is just one of the many ways in which the School of Library and Information Studies gives back to the local community, region and state.
Schools in the Black Belt region of the state are encouraged to apply again in November 2010 to receive free books for their school library media centers during the 2010 SLIS Book Bonanza for the Black Belt Program. If additional information about the program is needed, contact Dr. Jamie C. Naidoo at jcnaidoo@slis.ua.edu or SLIS at 205/348-4610.
The School of Library and Information Studies in the UA College of Communication and Information Sciences houses Alabama’s only library education program accredited by the American Library Association. The School offers both a Master of Library and Information Studies and a Master of Fine Arts in the book arts.
Contact
Deidre Stalnaker, UA Media Relations, 205/348-6416, dstalnaker@ur.ua.edu
Source
Dr. Jamie C. Naidoo, Assistant and Foster-EBSCO Endowed Professor, jcnaidoo@slis.ua.edu