ALA 2010 Annual Conference Program and Exhibit Directory

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SUNDAY, JUNE 27,
10:30 – 11:30A.M.
Dave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps, a nonprofit
oral history project that honors and celebrates the
lives of everyday people through listening. In spirit
and in scope, StoryCorps models itself after the
Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the 1930s,
which recorded oral history interviews across the
country. To date, more than 50,000 people have
participated in StoryCorps, many of whom have
come as a part of special initiatives to reach
underrepresented voices. StoryCorps was honored
with a rare institutional award at the 66th Annual
Peabody Awards in 2007.
Established in 2003 and based in Brooklyn,
StoryCorps hopes to build upon that work and
break new ground to create a new American oral
history archive. StoryCorps interviews air weekly
on NPR and can also be heard at the StoryCorps
website. Copies of all interviews are placed in the
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
Winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, Dave
Isay is also the author or editor of four books that
grew out of his public radio documentary work,
including Listening Is an Act of Love, a New York
Times bestseller. His new book, Mom: A Celebration