From: Lindsay, Nina <nlindsay>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:52:28 -0700

Friends and colleagues,

As the award season amps up, please visit with me and my colleague Sharon McKellar at Heavy Medal: A
<http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/560000656.html> Mock Newbery Blog or http://schoollibraryjournal.com/heavymedal
<http://schoollibraryjournal.com/heavymedal>

 

In preparation for our own live Mock Newbery Discussion in Oakland CA on Sunday January 11th (all here welcome, details to come), we'll be reviewing this year's titles and looking for your suggestions, as well as discussing the mechanics and history of the actual Newbery selection process, and talking about how to run a Mock Newbery discussion of your own.

 

(Note: the actual Newbery committee deliberations are confidential. Though I have served on and chaired past Newbery committees, and Sharon and I are ALSC members, this blog does not represent the actual committee. The Newbery
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/ newberymedal.cfm> medal is administered by ALSC
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/index.cfm> , a division of the American Library Association.)

 

Nina Lindsay

Children's Collection Management Librarian

Oakland Public Library

125 14th Street

Oakland CA 94612

(510) 238-3847

fax (510) 238-6865

nlindsay at oaklandlibrary.org

 
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