[PL-Directors] Message from a Publisher

[Jim Scheppke]

I will let you be the judge as to whether this is worthwhile or not.  
I'm just passing the message along. --> Jim


> Dear Jim Scheppke:
>
>  There are only 29 days left to get nominations in for public 
> libraries to be included in Heart of the Community: The Libraries We 
> Love. This beautiful coffee table book will showcase 75 beloved public 
> libraries, and will be replete with stories, photographs, and local 
> histories. The book will be published in June 2006, and the list of 
> public libraries to be included will be announced in January at the 
> San Antonio ALA midwinter meeting.
> To date, no libraries from Oregon have been nominated!
> Please visit our website http://www.librarieswelove.org to see more 
> details about the project, which libraries have been nominated thus 
> far, the full list of advisors and scroll through the sample pages of 
> our beloved Mason Library in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
> There is no fee to participate, and we kindly request your assistance 
> in spreading the word to all public libraries in the state of Oregon. 
> Our interactive map on the website shows the nominated libraries by 
> state – be sure to put your name on the map!
>
>
>  Our advisory board includes Leslie Burger, President of the American 
> Library Association; Sally Reed, Executive Director of Friends of 
> Libraries; Nancy Kranich, Past President of the American Library 
> Association; Mary Pope Osborne, author of the Magic Tree House books; 
> and many more literary and library leaders.
>
>  We need to make sure every library across the United States and 
> Canada has a chance to take part, so please let your friends, 
> colleagues, relatives, and college roommates know that here's a chance 
> to celebrate the libraries they, and we, love so much.
>
>  Kind regards,
>
> Cassie Lynch
> Editorial Assistant, Berkshire Publishing Group
>
> ( +1 413 528 0206
>
> 8 cassie at berkshirepublishing.com
> Blog: www.berkshirepublishing.com/blog
> -----
>
> "It takes a splendid little Berkshire publishing house to do what a 
> major international trade publisher should have done long ago: make 
> available in concise, readable form, Patterns of Global Terrorism 
> 1985-2005, the indispensable State Department reports that experts, 
> scholars and engaged citizens have consulted for decades." Benjamin R. 
> Barber, author of Jihad vs. McWorld, Kekst Professor of Civil Society, 
> University of Maryland. http://www.patternsofglobalterrorism.com
> -----
>
> “A masterful title that weaves together social, scientific, 
> anthropological, and geographical influences on world history, the 
> [Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History] will be the benchmark 
> against which future history encyclopedias are compared… [and] belongs 
> on the shelves of all high-school, public, and academic libraries. In 
> short: buy it. Now.” Booklist, January 
> 2005. http://www.berkshireworldhistory.com
>
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