From: Kathleen T. Horning <horning>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:52:34 -0600

The videostream will be carried here:

http://ala.unikron.com/

The part of the ALA website with the award info is usually impossible to get into right after the awards announcement, due to heavy traffic, so Diane is suggesting people bookmark ALSC's Facebook page and blog, as alternative places to go for the same info.

KT


Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St Madison, WI 53706

Phone: 608-263-3721 FAX: 608-262-4933

horning at education.wisc.edu http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/



Betty Tisel wrote:
> Hi, can someone clarify/post the link that will carry the video stream? I'm
> not clear which site has the stream vs blog/facebook/etc.
>
> Thanks
>
> Betty Tisel
> Minneapolis
> Adoring fan of the hard-working awards committees
>
>
> On 1/21/09 10:39 PM, "Diane Foote" <dfoote at ala.org> wrote:
>
>
>> Thanks, KT and all who've sent in their winners!
>>
>> I encourage everyone to bookmark the Youth Media Awards Facebook page and the
>> ALSC Blog *NOW*, in case the ALA Web site gets overwhelmed on Monday morning.
>> We've taken precautions, but better safe than sorry!
>>
>> ALSC Blog (we'll post full ALA award winners, not just ALSC):
>> http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/
>>
>> ALA Youth Media Awards Facebook page (you do NOT need to register for
>> Facebook, or to log in):
>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/ALA-Youth-Media-Awards/43002248757#
>>
>> Diane Foote
>> Executive Director, ALSC
>> 50 E. Huron St.
>> Chicago, IL 60611
>> 312-280-2162
>> dfoote at ala.org
>> http://www.ala.org/alsc
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu on behalf of Kathleen T.
>> Horning
>> Sent: Wed 1/21/2009 12:06 PM
>> To: CCBC-NET
>> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Mock Award Winners... and More
>>
>> Thanks, everybody, for posting the results of your mock award
>> discussions. It's interesting to see what has been discussed and chosen
>> -- and how little clear consensus there seems to be around the nation.
>> I think that more than anything else, this is an indication of what a
>> great year 2008 has been for children's and YA books. We have so many
>> outstanding books to choose from! From recent news, we know that our
>> colleagues in the publishing world are struggling and we know we can no
>> longer take these excellent books for granted.
>>
>> The actual awards will be announced next Monday morning in Denver,
>> beginning at 7:45 MT. You can watch the announcements live through
>> streaming video at http://ala.unikron.com/ Full information about
>> finding out about the winners is on the ALA website at:
>> http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2008/december2008/you
>> thmediaawardsannouncement.cfm
>>
>> Once the awards are announced, we invite you to offer your responses on
>> CCBC-Net.
>>
>> Happy reading!
>>
>> KT
>>
>>
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>
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Received on Thu 22 Jan 2009 08:52:34 AM CST