The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library has been awarded the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The National Medal is the nation’s highest honor for libraries and museums and is sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). HMML is one of only five libraries and five Mark Aasmari of the Monastery of St. Mark in Jerusalem learns museums chosen to receive this annual award. the HMML digitization process. Medal winners are selected from nationwide nominations for institutions that demonstrate innovative approaches to public service, outstanding community outreach and advancement of global cultural understanding. “The work you have done is an inspiration to libraries and museums throughout the nation,” said Susan Hildreth, IMLS Director, remarking on HMML’s achievement. “With innovation, creativity and a great deal of heart you have achieved an outstanding level of public service.”
Wayne Torborg
HMML Awarded National Medal of Honor
Donald Jackson appeared on NBC’s “Today” show on Oct. 19 to discuss the completion of The Saint John’s Bible. Anchor Matt Lauer interviewed Jackson, who also appeared on the program at the beginning of the project in 1999. When Lauer asked Jackson if a younger generation, accustomed to a multitude of technologies, would grasp the magnitude of the achievement, Jackson responded affirmatively and without hesitation. “When you use a quill, because it is a delicate instrument, and it picks up you—I mean as you write, every breath you take, (every) heartbeat, just like a musical instrument, it goes into that,” Jackson said. “I just do believe that on one level, people pick up on that energy.” See The Saint John’s Bible on “Today” at www.saintjohnsbible.org
Tim Ternes
The Saint John’s Bible Featured on NBC’s “Today” Show
Matt Lauer (L) interviews Donald Jackson about The Saint John’s Bible on the “Today” show.
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