Members were contingent and unsecure with their jobs. Now its over 70 . That trend seems to be continuing. The trend of state legislatures defunding Higher Education gradually shifting the cost from taxpayers to students, thats now a 25 year trend. Trends like that dont always and quickly. I think theres a future for state funding in higher Public Education is not great. Both of those things do not mind mote bode well for maintaining Higher Education. If i were to recommend anything i would recommend the federal government pay for public Higher Education and make it freeforall children come to all americanamerican s. 60 billion a year and a couple of battleships left, we have actually made public Higher Education a genuine public good. I think without some fundamental change the quality is going to erode. Scientists all over the country having to choose the basic research that will bring in the most dollars. Rather they choose the research that will do the most good for the people in t
Partnership with the library of congress paying our five salaries but, indeed, we have raised private money from the beginning to help support our array of programs and projects. There are center for the books now in every state, and i know we have a broad audience today, and i look challenge you to look up and learn about the center for the book in your state which works at state level in promoting books and reading and libraries. Here at the library of congress one of our Major Projects is the National Book festival which i hope many of you know about. Its a library of congress project involving many parts of the library. It is in its 14th year coming up, and this year it will be held on the National Mall september 21st and 22nd. The center for the book also is the administrator of the first Young Readers center at the library of congress which is located now in the jefferson building. Its the only place that focuses on the reading interests of Young Readers 16 and under as long as t
Libraries. Not only to raise Young Readers but celebrate reading in always. One of the ways the celebrate is stocks such as this with our readers and beyond series to show off books, new books published based on resources or projects of the library of congress. Working once again with the princeton photographs division i would like everyone to see a book that has come from the collection of the library of congress that you will learn about in todays program. Today or program is being filmed not only by the library of Congress Also cspan and were very pleased to share this program with the entire country through cspan and the library of congress website, which no host more than 250 of the books and beyond programs so please turn off of things electronic. We will progress from a Panel Discussion to question and answer if we have time. And conclude with a book signing in the foyer. Youll have a chance now for a question and answer you certainly have the opportunity at the end. There will
Brigitte freed, and accompanied by an essay for the collection by michael eric dyson. The three discussed the collection next. Well, good afternoon and welcome to the library of congress. On john cole, the director of the center for the book in the library of congress which is the reading and book promotion arm of the library, and were very pleased to be cosponsoring this program with the libraries prints and photographs division. The center for the book was created in 1977 to help the library of congress stimulate Public Interest in books and reading and literacy and libraries. And we are a private Public Partnership with the library of congress pang our fight salaries, but indeed we have raised private money from the beginning to help support our array of programs and projects. The our center of the books now nearly state state senator we ha broad audience today and i look, challenge you to look up and learn about the center for the book in your state, which works at the state level