Saturday, October 20, 2007

SLJ Chats with Canada’s Largest Book Retailer about Her Campaign to Rescue School Libraries

Joan Oleck -- School Library Journal, 10/16/2007 2:15:00 PM

As president and CEO of Indigo Books & Music, Canada’s largest book retailer, Heather Reisman likes to call herself “chief book lover.” She's confirmed that title by addressing the crisis in her nation's school libraries: In 2004, she founded her nonprofit Love of Reading Foundation, which annually awards three-year $150,000 grants to 10 of her county’s neediest school libraries...


http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6491862.html?industryid=47052