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Promotional Materials for 60 Books Project

South Central Library System member libraries are participating in the "60 Books Project," a year-long book arts, writing, and journaling project. Created for the Wisconsin Book Festival by the Bone Folders' Guild (a book arts group based in Madison), the project featurea 60 blank books, one of which has been distributed to each SCLS member library. For the next 10 months -- until Aug. 15, 2006 -- these books will be available for checkout by library patrons. The Public Library Advisory Committee (PLAC) of the SCLS Board has approved this project for SCLS member library participation.

To help libraries promote the project locally, SCLS has the following materials available.

• Sample Press Release
• Posters (pdf) -- 8.5x11 and 11x17
• 60 Books logo (jpeg)

For more information about the project, contact Mary Knapp, Madison Public Library, at (608) 266-6359 (mknapp@scls.lib.wi.us), or Alison Jones Chaim, director of the Wisconsin Book Festival, at (608) 265-5595 (alison@wisconsinbookfestival.org).

More information about the Wisconsin Book Festival is available at www.wisconsinbookfestival.org, and you can read more about the Bone Folders' Guild at www.valleyridgeartstudio.com/bone_folders/.

For more information about marketing and public relations, contact Mark Ibach.

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