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ALA Gets Massive Donation to Fund Scholarships for Library School Students
James W. Lewis of Washington, D.C., “has made the largest individual bequest to the American Library Association in the association’s history. The approximately $25 million bequest is truly transformational and will fund scholarships for aspiring librarians, ensuring future generations of highly educated and committed librarians prepared to meet the informational needs of their communities. …” Lewis, an executive at Merrill Lynch, is a lifelong library user who served on the Board of Trustees of the District of Columbia Public Library for 10 years.“Libraries are the most democratic institutions we have,” Lewis says. “With libraries, anyone can walk in and benefit, not only from the books but from the resources and full offerings libraries provide to their communities, including computers, technology training and assistance, career building, homework help, and literacies of all kinds, including health and financial literacy. Libraries are one of our last community spaces where people can go without economic barrier to entry and be welcome.” “As the first Spectrum Scholar elected as ALA President, I am proof that scholarships help students obtain degrees to elevate their careers, and we are grateful for this gift to support the library profession,” says president Cindy Hohl. For more information, read the press release.
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