NEH Bridging Cultures Bookshelf Muslim Journeys
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is conducting a special initiative, Bridging Cultures, which engages the power of the humanities to promote understanding of and mutual respect for people with diverse histories, cultures, and perspectives within the United States and abroad.
As part of its Bridging Cultures initiative, NEH is collaborating with the American Library Association (ALA) to present “Muslim Journeys,” the first in a planned series of Bridging Cultures Bookshelves. Through Bridging Cultures Bookshelf programs, NEH will provide resources to enhance libraries’ collections and their capacity to engage audiences in reflection on and conversation about a variety of Bridging Cultures themes.
The “Muslim Journeys” Bookshelf is intended to address the American public's need and desire for trustworthy and accessible resources about Muslim beliefs and practices and the cultural heritage associated with Islamic civilizations.
The “Muslim Journeys” Bookshelf seeks to provide the nation’s libraries—and in turn their patrons—with a selection of resources chosen especially for public audiences, based on the advice of scholars, librarians, and other humanities educators and program experts.
NEH will award one thousand sets of the Bridging Cultures Muslim Journeys Bookshelf in January 2013. All state and territorial humanities councils that apply will receive a set, and the remainder will be awarded to libraries within the United States and its territories. Each awardee will receive a set of 25 hardcover books for its collection, all related to the Muslim Journeys theme. Additional data-x-items in the Bookshelf package include a collection of short videos on Islamic arts (on DVD); two films, Prince Among Slaves and Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World, with public performance rights; and a one-year subscription to Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Each awardee will also receive supplementary materials for program promotion, including bookplates, bookmarks, and posters.
All public libraries, community college and academic libraries, and state and territorial humanities councils in the United States and its territories are eligible to apply for the Muslim Journeys collection.
All libraries and library systems are required to partner with at least one other (non–library) organization, such as a performing arts organization, arts or humanities council, museum, civic group, or a faith-based or interfaith group, to develop and deliver programs; however, the Bookshelf must be housed in the library to which it is awarded.
Source: vprgs.msu.edu
The “Muslim Journeys” Bookshelf is intended to address the American public's need and desire for trustworthy and accessible resources about Muslim beliefs and practices and the cultural heritage associated with Islamic civilizations.
The “Muslim Journeys” Bookshelf seeks to provide the nation’s libraries—and in turn their patrons—with a selection of resources chosen especially for public audiences, based on the advice of scholars, librarians, and other humanities educators and program experts.
NEH will award one thousand sets of the Bridging Cultures Muslim Journeys Bookshelf in January 2013. All state and territorial humanities councils that apply will receive a set, and the remainder will be awarded to libraries within the United States and its territories. Each awardee will receive a set of 25 hardcover books for its collection, all related to the Muslim Journeys theme. Additional data-x-items in the Bookshelf package include a collection of short videos on Islamic arts (on DVD); two films, Prince Among Slaves and Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World, with public performance rights; and a one-year subscription to Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Each awardee will also receive supplementary materials for program promotion, including bookplates, bookmarks, and posters.
All public libraries, community college and academic libraries, and state and territorial humanities councils in the United States and its territories are eligible to apply for the Muslim Journeys collection.
All libraries and library systems are required to partner with at least one other (non–library) organization, such as a performing arts organization, arts or humanities council, museum, civic group, or a faith-based or interfaith group, to develop and deliver programs; however, the Bookshelf must be housed in the library to which it is awarded.
Source: vprgs.msu.edu
