I received this via the Public Programs Office listserv:

A record number of applications have been received for this year’s We the People Bookshelf on the “Pursuit of Happiness”! We need more volunteer reviewers!

This year’s We the People Bookshelf has only one deadline and the number of school and public libraries to be awarded is again 2,000! As this national initiative continues to impact so many school and public libraries, it presents an excellent opportunity for librarians to be integrally involved in library selection.

Judges will review and rate proposals online via a password accessible National Endowment for the Humanities Web site. The applications are very brief and should take no longer than 3-5 minutes per review. Each judge will be asked to review approximately 40-50 applications. Each judge will be given three weeks to complete the assigned batch of proposals. The entire review process will be competed by February 28, 2007.

Judges may not be applicants to the WTP initiative under the January 30 deadline.

More information on the WTP initiative can be found at www.ala.org/wethepeople or http://www.wethepeople.gov/bookshelf. If you are interested in serving as a reviewer, please contact Mary Davis Fournier at .

Mary Davis Fournier
Project Director
Public Programs Office
American Library Association
312/280-5056
1-800-545-2433, ext 5056
www.ala.org/publicprograms