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American Library Association’s RUSA-STARS Mentoring Award sponsored by Atlas Systems
Kim Ammons, Access Services Evening Associate, Mount Holyoke College Library, South Hadley, MA and Michelle Taylor, Interlibrary Loan Borrowing Specialist, Virginia Commonwealth University, were selected as winners of the STARS Mentoring Award sponsored by Atlas Systems. The award offers $1,250 to fund travel expenses associated with attending ALA’s annual conference and is awarded to a library practitioner who… Read more
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20th Anniversary Celebration at The African American Civil War Museum
The African American Civil War Museum and Memorial invited speakers to discuss their ancestral ties to soldiers who served in the United States Colored Troops (USCT). The event entitled Bearing Witness was hosted by famed author and Emmy award winning TV host, Cheryl Wills. Several presenters including the host, only recently discovered their ancestral connection to an… Read more
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CBS Evening News
Montpelier was the Virginia home of James Madison, father of the Constitution and architect of the Bill of Rights. The plantation was also home to generations of slaves. Now, descendants have a chance to get in touch with their roots. Chip Reid interviews descendants including Leontyne Clay-Peck and Michelle Taylor as well as President and… Read more
Michelle Taylor 