The Big Read

Dr. Anne-Imelda M. Radice, the recently appointed director of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, has announced that the agency will partner with the National Endowment for the Arts on the Big Read. The Big Read is a new national reading program designed to revitalize the role of reading in America. The Institute is the primary source of federal funds and leadership to the nation's 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums