The ALA Public Programs Office needs your help (c/o a message from the PPO mailing list)!

A larger than anticipated number of applications have been received for “Picturing America” – a pilot program of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) We the People project, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office. We need more K-12 school librarians to serve as volunteer reviewers!

To be considered to serve as a Picturing America judge, please email a resume or brief bio to as soon as possible. Only K-12 school librarians/media specialists employed with schools that have not applied for a Picturing America grant are eligible to serve.

Judges will be asked to review a maximum of 50 applications between March 20 and April 9. Each application will take approximately 3-5 minutes to review via a password protected Web site. All reviews must be completed by April 9.

Because this pilot program will impact 500 schools across the country, we hope to have school librarians integrally involved in the selection process. To find out more about Picturing America, visit http://publicprograms.ala.org/picturingamerica.

Questions? Contact the ALA Public Programs Office at .