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From: Ruth I. Gordon <druthgo>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:38:21 -0700
No good deed goes unpunished...Big Grandma
>>
>> Professor McQueen Awarded Kentucky Colonel Commission
>>
>> SLIS faculty member, Sharon McQueen, has been admitted to the
>> Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, the highest honor awarded by
>> the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Commissions of Kentucky Colonels are
>> presented for contributions to the community, state or nation, and
>> for special achievements of all kinds. With her commission, the
>> Governor recognized Professor McQueen?s service and
>> accomplishments on behalf of others. In her short time in
>> Kentucky, Sharon McQueen has worked hard to advance The McConnell
>> Center for the Study of Youth Literature, The McConnell Youth
>> Literature Conference, and she has brought the nationally
>> prestigious May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture to the Commonwealth.
>>
>> Sharon McQueen has served as Director of The McConnell Center for
>> the Study of Youth Literature, a unique examination, study, and
>> research library of the School of Library and Information Science
>> at the University of Kentucky. The McConnell Center supports
>> teaching, learning and research related to children's and teen/
>> young adult literature by serving as a resource for UK students,
>> UK faculty, researchers, public librarians, school librarians,
>> teachers, child care providers, parents, authors and illustrators
>> of youth literature, and other adults who work with children. A
>> vital gathering place for books and ideas, the McConnell Center is
>> committed to identifying excellent literature for children and
>> adolescents and to bringing this literature to the attention of
>> those adults who have an academic, professional, career, or
>> personal interest in connecting young readers with books. Under
>> Professor McQueen?s leadership and guidance, various procedures
>> and processes have been put into practice or fine-tuned, advancing
>> the Center in a number of considerable ways. For example, Sharon
>> McQueen reestablished publisher connections significantly
>> increasing book donations to the Center, redesigned the Center?s
>> web page significantly increasing visibility and facilitating
>> communication, created a standing volunteer committee and advisory
>> board composed of community leaders from across the Commonwealth,
>> and increased staff training and efficiency.
>> Sharon McQueen has served as Director of The McConnell Youth
>> Literature Conference, an annual event of the School of Library
>> and Information Science at the University of Kentucky. The annual
>> conference is offered for librarians, teachers, students, faculty,
>> and other adults who work with children. The purpose of the
>> conference is to make it possible to learn more about the creative
>> process; to be inspired to extend our conversations about books
>> with children and teens; to hear suggestions for various uses of
>> literature in the service of children and teens; to enjoy an
>> environment in which continuing education flourishes through
>> presentations, exhibits, and the renewal of professional
>> friendships. Under Professor McQueen?s leadership and guidance,
>> various procedures and processes have been put into practice or
>> fine-tuned, advancing the conference in a number of considerable
>> ways. For example, Sharon McQueen increased funding from various
>> sources making it possible to double author and illustrator
>> appearances, negotiated a contract to change venues to an
>> environment better suited to conference needs, instituted the
>> practice of conference attendee gift bags to increase conference
>> value, instituted and streamlined conference procedures such as a
>> popular time-saving autograph signing book drop, and increased
>> visibility and public relations through such means as a press
>> release, advance notice mailings, and press appearances.
>>
>> Sharon McQueen has served as the successful lead grant writer for
>> the 2007 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture, the most prestigious
>> annual lecture in the field of Children?s Literature in the United
>> States. Administered by the Association for Library Service to
>> Children, a division of the American Library Association, the
>> Arbuthnot Lecture is given by an author, artist, critic, scholar,
>> editor, librarian, or educator, who shall prepare a paper
>> considered to be a significant contribution to the field of
>> children?s literature. The Arbuthnot Lecture has been held since
>> 1970, but has never been held in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
>> Professor McQueen applied for this honor on behalf of The
>> McConnell Center for the Study of Youth Literature, School of
>> Library and Information Science, University of Kentucky
>> specifically to honor the woman for whom the Center is named ?
>> Anne McConnell, who had died the previous year. After procuring
>> the Arbuthnot lecture, Sharon McQueen subsequently served as Chair
>> of the Host Committee. She coordinated the efforts of the three
>> partner agencies: The Kentucky Department for Libraries and
>> Archives (KDLA), the Kentucky Humanities Council (KHC), and the
>> Lexington Public Library (LPL). Events included the lecture itself
>> as well a reception sponsored by HarperCollins Publishers and an
>> autograph signing party held at the Lexington Public Library.
>> Beloved children's author and illustrator Kevin Henkes delivered
>> the lecture. Henkes has won numerous awards including the 2005
>> Caldecott Medal, awarded to the artist of the most distinguished
>> American picture book for children published in the United States.
>> He is best known for the irrepressible mouse heroine of ?Lilly's
>> Purple Plastic Purse? (Greenwillow, 1996).
>>
>> Sharon McQueen was nominated for the Kentucky Colonel commission
>> primarily due to the three above-mentioned service activities, a
>> massive amount of service for an untenured faculty member to have
>> accomplished in one year. The quality of her teaching and service
>> to her students was also cited by those who wrote in support of
>> the nomination. The nomination for this honor was supported by
>> several Kentucky Colonels, community leaders, librarians, and
>> students of the University of Kentucky, as well as by Henkes himself.
Received on Fri 27 Apr 2007 03:38:21 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:38:21 -0700
No good deed goes unpunished...Big Grandma
>>
>> Professor McQueen Awarded Kentucky Colonel Commission
>>
>> SLIS faculty member, Sharon McQueen, has been admitted to the
>> Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, the highest honor awarded by
>> the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Commissions of Kentucky Colonels are
>> presented for contributions to the community, state or nation, and
>> for special achievements of all kinds. With her commission, the
>> Governor recognized Professor McQueen?s service and
>> accomplishments on behalf of others. In her short time in
>> Kentucky, Sharon McQueen has worked hard to advance The McConnell
>> Center for the Study of Youth Literature, The McConnell Youth
>> Literature Conference, and she has brought the nationally
>> prestigious May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture to the Commonwealth.
>>
>> Sharon McQueen has served as Director of The McConnell Center for
>> the Study of Youth Literature, a unique examination, study, and
>> research library of the School of Library and Information Science
>> at the University of Kentucky. The McConnell Center supports
>> teaching, learning and research related to children's and teen/
>> young adult literature by serving as a resource for UK students,
>> UK faculty, researchers, public librarians, school librarians,
>> teachers, child care providers, parents, authors and illustrators
>> of youth literature, and other adults who work with children. A
>> vital gathering place for books and ideas, the McConnell Center is
>> committed to identifying excellent literature for children and
>> adolescents and to bringing this literature to the attention of
>> those adults who have an academic, professional, career, or
>> personal interest in connecting young readers with books. Under
>> Professor McQueen?s leadership and guidance, various procedures
>> and processes have been put into practice or fine-tuned, advancing
>> the Center in a number of considerable ways. For example, Sharon
>> McQueen reestablished publisher connections significantly
>> increasing book donations to the Center, redesigned the Center?s
>> web page significantly increasing visibility and facilitating
>> communication, created a standing volunteer committee and advisory
>> board composed of community leaders from across the Commonwealth,
>> and increased staff training and efficiency.
>> Sharon McQueen has served as Director of The McConnell Youth
>> Literature Conference, an annual event of the School of Library
>> and Information Science at the University of Kentucky. The annual
>> conference is offered for librarians, teachers, students, faculty,
>> and other adults who work with children. The purpose of the
>> conference is to make it possible to learn more about the creative
>> process; to be inspired to extend our conversations about books
>> with children and teens; to hear suggestions for various uses of
>> literature in the service of children and teens; to enjoy an
>> environment in which continuing education flourishes through
>> presentations, exhibits, and the renewal of professional
>> friendships. Under Professor McQueen?s leadership and guidance,
>> various procedures and processes have been put into practice or
>> fine-tuned, advancing the conference in a number of considerable
>> ways. For example, Sharon McQueen increased funding from various
>> sources making it possible to double author and illustrator
>> appearances, negotiated a contract to change venues to an
>> environment better suited to conference needs, instituted the
>> practice of conference attendee gift bags to increase conference
>> value, instituted and streamlined conference procedures such as a
>> popular time-saving autograph signing book drop, and increased
>> visibility and public relations through such means as a press
>> release, advance notice mailings, and press appearances.
>>
>> Sharon McQueen has served as the successful lead grant writer for
>> the 2007 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture, the most prestigious
>> annual lecture in the field of Children?s Literature in the United
>> States. Administered by the Association for Library Service to
>> Children, a division of the American Library Association, the
>> Arbuthnot Lecture is given by an author, artist, critic, scholar,
>> editor, librarian, or educator, who shall prepare a paper
>> considered to be a significant contribution to the field of
>> children?s literature. The Arbuthnot Lecture has been held since
>> 1970, but has never been held in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
>> Professor McQueen applied for this honor on behalf of The
>> McConnell Center for the Study of Youth Literature, School of
>> Library and Information Science, University of Kentucky
>> specifically to honor the woman for whom the Center is named ?
>> Anne McConnell, who had died the previous year. After procuring
>> the Arbuthnot lecture, Sharon McQueen subsequently served as Chair
>> of the Host Committee. She coordinated the efforts of the three
>> partner agencies: The Kentucky Department for Libraries and
>> Archives (KDLA), the Kentucky Humanities Council (KHC), and the
>> Lexington Public Library (LPL). Events included the lecture itself
>> as well a reception sponsored by HarperCollins Publishers and an
>> autograph signing party held at the Lexington Public Library.
>> Beloved children's author and illustrator Kevin Henkes delivered
>> the lecture. Henkes has won numerous awards including the 2005
>> Caldecott Medal, awarded to the artist of the most distinguished
>> American picture book for children published in the United States.
>> He is best known for the irrepressible mouse heroine of ?Lilly's
>> Purple Plastic Purse? (Greenwillow, 1996).
>>
>> Sharon McQueen was nominated for the Kentucky Colonel commission
>> primarily due to the three above-mentioned service activities, a
>> massive amount of service for an untenured faculty member to have
>> accomplished in one year. The quality of her teaching and service
>> to her students was also cited by those who wrote in support of
>> the nomination. The nomination for this honor was supported by
>> several Kentucky Colonels, community leaders, librarians, and
>> students of the University of Kentucky, as well as by Henkes himself.
Received on Fri 27 Apr 2007 03:38:21 PM CDT
