Americans for Libraries Council, a national nonprofit that champions the role of libraries in American life, announced it has been awarded a two-year, $770,000 million challenge grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to implement Building the Case for Libraries a three-part initiative to build knowledge about public libraries. More...

Using focus groups, interviews with civic and community leaders, and telephone surveys the ALC will examine what people think of libraries in order to expand support for libraries in general.

Hmmmm, wonder why I'm thinking of Chicken Little right now...