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From: Vicki Cobb <vicki.cobb2_at_verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 07:23:58 -0600 (CST)
Dear K.T:
Thank you so much for your insights and perseverance. Although I've been largely a lurker, I've valued this conversation. Times are changing very quickly these days, but insights into human nature and making literature accessible to kids is timeless.
Vicki Cobb President Ink Think Tank, LLC www.inkthinktank.com www.vickicobb.com http://inkrethink.blogspot.com http://huffingtonpost.com/vicki-cobb/
(914)949-1104 cell (914)500-5429
Dec 31, 2014 12:14:26 AM, ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu wrote:
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CCBC-NET Digest for Tuesday, December 30, 2014.
1. Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 2. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 3. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 4. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 5. from Lee Bennett Hopkins/ RE: ccbc 6. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 7. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 8. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 9. Many thanks 10. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 11. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 12. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 13. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 14. RE: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 15. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 16. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 17. More thanks 18. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 19. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 20. RE: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 21. (no subject) 22. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014
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Subject: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: KT Horning Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:29:14 +0000 X-Message-Number: 1
Dear CCBC-Net Community,
When CCBC-Net began in the spring of 1995, we wanted to offer a new way to engage in discussion of books for children and teens. Our first topical discussion was held in July of that year. We've been exploring individual books, topics and issues in the world of literature for children and teens on a monthly basis ever since.
Across CCBC-Net's twenty year history, there have been thousands of posts as you, members of the CCBC-Net community, have shared your insights, observations, perspectives, experiences, and enthusiasm around books for youth. At the time we launched CCBC-Net, listservs were on the cutting edge, and ours allowed for a vibrant, lively discussion of subjects near and dear to our hearts and our professions. We have had over 2,000 subscribers from all over the world and from many walks of life, and the listserv has seen some great discussions.
Today, while listservs still have a place, they have been joined by blogs, Twitter feeds, Pinterest posts, and other forms of social media that offer different ways to connect and engage. Listservs are no longer the go-to form of social media for discussion and, as a result, we have observed a sharp decline in activity on CCBC-Net over the past few years. Our attempt to revitalize CCBC-Net in 2014 with changes that included individual book discussions and Q&A with authors and illustrators - while illuminating -- did little to increase participation.
For this reason, after much consideration and discussion, we have decided to bring the CCBC-Net listserv to a close at the end of this year.
We'll still be talking about books for children and teens, publishing trends, and essential issues in the world of children's and young adult literature both here at the CCBC and online, via the CCBC's blog, CCBlogC: http://ccblogc.blogspot.com/ Look for more author and illustrator interviews, too. That's one thing we look forward to carrying forward in this new forum. As with CCBC-Net, we always welcome your suggestions of topics for discussion. The CCBC archives will still be here, too, so when you want to call upon that great discussion in February of 2014 on multicultural literature, for example, or our discussions of edgy young adult literature in 2003 and again in 2005, or nonlinear narratives back in October 1998, you still can. You can scroll down through a complete list of the topics at: http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/ccbcnet/archives.asp. Click on the link on the page to access specific discussion. Login: ccbc-net. Password: Look4Posts Thank you for being part of the CCBC-Net community. We hope you'll continue to read, reflect, and share your thoughts on the CCBC blog and in other ways, too. Sincerely,
KT Horning, CCBC Director
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Becky McDonald Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:02:45 -0800 X-Message-Number: 2
I joined in 1997, and I have loved this forum. I'm sad, but I saw it coming. I'll be reading the blog. Thank you for these good years! Becky McDonald retired director of exhibitions, National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature (NCCIL), Abilene, Texas
On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 12:30 PM, KT Horning wrote:
Dear CCBC-Net Community,
When CCBC-Net began in the spring of 1995, we wanted to offer a new way to engage in discussion of books for children and teens. Our first topical discussion was held in July of that year. Weâve been exploring individual books, topics and issues in the world of literature for children and teens on a monthly basis ever since.
Across CCBC-Net's twenty year history, there have been thousands of posts as you, members of the CCBC-Net community, have shared your insights, observations, perspectives, experiences, and enthusiasm around books for youth. At the time we launched CCBC-Net, listservs were on the cutting edge, and ours allowed for a vibrant, lively discussion of subjects near and dear to our hearts and our professions. We have had over 2,000 subscribers from all over the world and from many walks of life, and the listserv has seen some great discussions.
Today, while listservs still have a place, they have been joined by blogs, Twitter feeds, Pinterest posts, and other forms of social media that offer different ways to connect and engage. Listservs are no longer the go-to form of social media for discussion and, as a result, we have observed a sharp decline in activity on CCBC-Net over the past few years. Our attempt to revitalize CCBC-Net in 2014 with changes that included individual book discussions and Q&A with authors and illustrators â while illuminating -- did little to increase participation.
For this reason, after much consideration and discussion, we have decided to bring the CCBC-Net listserv to a close at the end of this year.
Weâll still be talking about books for children and teens, publishing trends, and essential issues in the world of children's and young adult literature both here at the CCBC and online, via the CCBCâs blog, CCBlogC: http://ccblogc.blogspot.com/ Look for more author and illustrator interviews, too. Thatâs one thing we look forward to carrying forward in this new forum. As with CCBC-Net, we always welcome your suggestions of topics for discussion. The CCBC archives will still be here, too, so when you want to call upon that great discussion in February of 2014 on multicultural literature, for example, or our discussions of edgy young adult literature in 2003 and again in 2005, or nonlinear narratives back in October 1998, you still can. You can scroll down through a complete list of the topics at: http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/ccbcnet/archives.asp. Click on the link on the page to access specific discussion. Login: ccbc-net. Password: Look4Posts Thank you for being part of the CCBC-Net community. We hope youâll continue to read, reflect, and share your thoughts on the CCBC blog and in other ways, too. Sincerely,
KT Horning, CCBC Director
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: George Nicholson Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:12:59 -0600 X-Message-Number: 3
I shall greatly miss continuing to read the posts which were continually smart and often brave in discussing what matters today in literature for young people. It became in my view wonderful tool for young people in publishing as well. Though gone for now I shall look forward to a new Phoenix. KT particularly thanks to you in this soon to be New Year. George Nicholson
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> On Dec 30, 2014, at 1:30 PM, KT Horning wrote:
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Kay Weisman Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:25:11 -0800 X-Message-Number: 4
I will miss this listserv a great deal. I realize that fewer people participate via email these days (my other listservs have many fewer posts as well) but I really liked the convenience of threaded conversations popping up in my inbox. If I was too busy, I didn't need to respond, but I could at least read the posts later when I had time. I particularly enjoyed the revised format this past year, which brought posts and insights from authors as well as readers.
KT and everyone else who facilitated this list, my thanks for 20 great years!
- Kay Weisman
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Subject: from Lee Bennett Hopkins/ RE: ccbc From: Lbhcove_at_aol.com Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:29:02 -0500 X-Message-Number: 5
Dear K.T.
Thank you for all you do, have done, for children's literature.
Be sure to keep in touch.
My love-ness for a grand 2015.
Lee
Visit my site: www.leebennetthopkins.com
In a message dated 12/30/2014 2:03:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, rebeccamcdonald_at_sbcglobal.net writes:
I joined in 1997, and I have loved this forum. I'm sad, but I saw it coming. I'll be reading the blog. Thank you for these good years! Becky McDonald retired director of exhibitions, National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature (NCCIL), Abilene, Texas
On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 12:30 PM, KT Horning wrote:
Dear CCBC-Net Community,
When CCBC-Net began in the spring of 1995, we wanted to offer a new way to engage in discussion of books for children and teens. Our first topical discussion was held in July of that year. Weâve been exploring individual books, topics and issues in the world of literature for children and teens on a monthly basis ever since.
Across CCBC-Net's twenty year history, there have been thousands of posts as you, members of the CCBC-Net community, have shared your insights, observations, perspectives, experiences, and enthusiasm around books for youth. At the time we launched CCBC-Net, listservs were on the cutting edge, and ours allowed for a vibrant, lively discussion of subjects near and dear to our hearts and our professions. We have had over 2,000 subscribers from all over the world and from many walks of life, and the listserv has seen some great discussions.
Today, while listservs still have a place, they have been joined by blogs, Twitter feeds, Pinterest posts, and other forms of social media that offer different ways to connect and engage. Listservs are no longer the go-to form of social media for discussion and, as a result, we have observed a sharp decline in activity on CCBC-Net over the past few years. Our attempt to revitalize CCBC-Net in 2014 with changes that included individual book discussions and Q&A with authors and illustrators â while illuminating -- did little to increase participation.
For this reason, after much _consideration and discussion, we have decided to bring the CCBC-Net listserv to a close at the end of this year.
Weâll still be talking about books for children and teens, publishing trends, and essential issues in the world of children's and young adult literature both here at the CCBC and online, via the CCBCâs blog, CCBlogC:
_ (http://www.leebennetthopkins.com/) http://ccblogc.blogspot.com/_ Look for more author and illustrator interviews, too. Thatâs one thing we look forward to carrying forward in this new forum. As with CCBC-Net, we always welcome your suggestions of topics for discussion._
(http://www.leebennetthopkins.com/) The CCBC archives will still be here, too, so when you want to call upon that great discussion in February of 2014 on multicultural literature, for example, or our discussions of edgy young adult literature in 2003 and again in 2005, or nonlinear narratives back in October 1998, you still can. You can scroll down through a complete list of the topics at: http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/ccbcnet/archives.asp_. Click on the link on the page to access specific discussion. Login: ccbc-net. Password: Look4Posts_ (http://www.leebennetthopkins.com/) Thank you for being part of the CCBC-Net community. We hope youâll continue to read, reflect, and share your thoughts on the CCBC blog and in other ways, too. Sincerely,
KT Horning, CCBC Director
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Marge Pellegrino Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 19:33:48 +0000 (UTC) X-Message-Number: 6
Thanks to all who enriched my knowing with your comments. My reading list was so amazing because of these conversations.  Warmly, Marge Pellegrino
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Carol Elbert Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:45:16 -0600 X-Message-Number: 7
As a retired children's librarian, I have thoroughly enjoyed 10 years of this listserv as a way to stay in touch with issues and to keep updating my reading list. I will miss this but plan to follow the blog. Many thanks to all of you who have facilitated and contributed over the years! Carol Elbert Ames, Iowa
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Uma Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:20:10 -0800 X-Message-Number: 8
I want to add my gratitude for these 20 yearsâhas it been that long already? I feel as if CCBC has always been there, from back in the days when I was a baby writer!
I will of course read the blog. I know that as technology changes these forums must change too, but oh, K.T. and all, how I will miss this space!
Happy New Year to you, my fellow bookpeople!
xo Uma
Uma Krishnaswami http://www.umakrishnaswami.org Bright Sky, Starry City (Groundwood, 2015) The Problem With Being Slightly Heroic (Atheneum, 2013) The Girl of the Wish Garden: A Thumbelina Story (Groundwood, 2013) Out of the Way! Out of the Way! (Groundwood, 2012, Tulika Books, 2010) Book Uncle and Me (Scholastic India, 2012, Scholastic Australia, 2013, Groundwood, 2016) The Grand Plan to Fix Everything (Atheneum, 2011)
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Subject: Many thanks From: Norma Jean Sawicki Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:23:48 -0500 X-Message-Number: 9
Dear K.T.
I am not up to speed with the bloggers, etc, you mentioned in your announcement about the closing of CCBC-net. For all I know some may be wonderful but I have always thought of you as being wonderfully smart and astute a leader, not a follower which was reflected in your postings and your leadership. Rare qualities in the discussion of children's books. You will be missed .Norma Jean
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Uma Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:20:10 -0800 X-Message-Number: 10
I want to add my gratitude for these 20 yearsâhas it been that long already? I feel as if CCBC has always been there, from back in the days when I was a baby writer!
I will of course read the blog. I know that as technology changes these forums must change too, but oh, K.T. and all, how I will miss this space!
Happy New Year to you, my fellow bookpeople!
xo Uma
Uma Krishnaswami http://www.umakrishnaswami.org Bright Sky, Starry City (Groundwood, 2015) The Problem With Being Slightly Heroic (Atheneum, 2013) The Girl of the Wish Garden: A Thumbelina Story (Groundwood, 2013) Out of the Way! Out of the Way! (Groundwood, 2012, Tulika Books, 2010) Book Uncle and Me (Scholastic India, 2012, Scholastic Australia, 2013, Groundwood, 2016) The Grand Plan to Fix Everything (Atheneum, 2011)
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: fballard Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:28:00 -0500 X-Message-Number: 11
Thanks for this wonderful list serv! I was a reader, not a contributor, and a newly minted librarian (May '14) who learned a lot from all of you. Thank you. And happy new year!
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From: "Uma" Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 3:25 PM To: "KT Horning" Cc: "ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu" Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 I want to add my gratitude for these 20 years-has it been that long already? I feel as if CCBC has always been there, from back in the days when I was a baby writer!
I will of course read the blog. I know that as technology changes these forums must change too, but oh, K.T. and all, how I will miss this space!
Happy New Year to you, my fellow bookpeople!
xo Uma
Uma Krishnaswami
http://www.umakrishnaswami.org
Bright Sky, Starry City (Groundwood, 2015)
The Problem With Being Slightly Heroic (Atheneum, 2013)
The Girl of the Wish Garden: A Thumbelina Story (Groundwood, 2013)
Out of the Way! Out of the Way! (Groundwood, 2012, Tulika Books, 2010)
Book Uncle and Me (Scholastic India, 2012, Scholastic Australia, 2013, Groundwood, 2016)
The Grand Plan to Fix Everything (Atheneum, 2011)
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Colleen Kelley Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:32:02 -0600 (GMT-06:00) X-Message-Number: 12
Although I have only been on this listserv a couple of years, I agree with all these comments. This listserv has been something I have looked forward to every day, and it has enriched my life as a reader and writer. The monthly books to read and input from the books' authors, as well as the monthly topic discussions have all been highlights. I may not have sent questions, but I read the books, enjoyed hearing the authors' points of view, and thought about the topics being discussed. I believe there are many books I would not have known about, or read, had they not been mentioned. It also gave me insight into the passion of so many for books. My Christmas season just got a little sadder knowing none of this will be there in the new year.
Thank you so much for all your work in keeping this going and for allowing me to be a member.
Colleen Kelley
-----Original Message----- From: Kay Weisman Sent: Dec 30, 2014 1:25 PM To: George Nicholson Cc: KT Horning , "ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu" Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] Closing CCBC-Net After 2014
I will miss this listserv a great deal. I realize that fewer people participate via email these days (my other listservs have many fewer posts as well) but I really liked the convenience of threaded conversations popping up in my inbox. If I was too busy, I didn't need to respond, but I could at least read the posts later when I had time. I particularly enjoyed the revised format this past year, which brought posts and insights from authors as well as readers.
KT and everyone else who facilitated this list, my thanks for 20 great years!
- Kay Weisman
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: maggie_bo_at_comcast.net Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:44:08 +0000 (UTC) X-Message-Number: 13
Very sad to see this come to an end, although I understand and appreciate the reasons for it. This listserv was particularly wonderful for me during the years I was at home raising my young children (now 22 and18) as a way to stay connected and engaged with the field. It was on this list that I first heard of a book about a young orphan who receives an invitation to a school of wizardry! More importantly, I've had my eyes opened to so many perspectives, and found and read so many books that I might never have discovered at all. I look forward to reading the CCBC's blog, and hope that the fascinating and enlightening discussions with input from many voices will continue. Thanks to KT, Ginny Moore Kruse, and all the staff members of the CCBC present and past.
Maggie Bokelman Librarian Eagle View Middle School Mechanicsburg, PA
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Subject: RE: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: KT Horning Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 21:01:51 +0000 X-Message-Number: 14
Thanks, everyone, for your kind words. For those who prefer to get emails, there is a place on the blog where you can put your email address so you can get an email message whenever there is a new post.
http://ccblogc.blogspot.com/
--KT
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Lyn Miller-Lachmann Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:04:46 -0500 X-Message-Number: 15
I am sorry to see you go and thank you for keeping this wonderful discussion for the past 20 years. As a graduate of the SLIS at UW-Madison who then moved far away, I appreciated this opportunity to keep in touch, as well as the valuable insights I found here and the lovely people I met in the course of our dialogues. I especially appreciate your featuring The Pirate Tree three years ago, which made a difference for our young review blog and helped us to build readership and visibility Unfortunately, I have not found blogs to be as effective in encouraging peer-to-peer dialogue (and this is coming from someone who blogs not only for The Pirate Tree but also for a local newspaper and keeps a personal blog with an intercultural focus). Would you consider a Facebook group (open or closed) as a platform for discussion? I'm part of several thriving discussion groups there and Facebook seems to be the place where other listservs have migrated.
Lyn Miller-Lachmann Gringolandia (Curbstone Press/Northwestern University Press, 2009) Rogue (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin, 2013) Surviving Santiago (Running Press Kids, 2015) translator, The World in a Second (Enchanted Lion, 2015) www.lynmillerlachmann.com www.thepiratetree.com
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Marilyn Ackerman Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:10:42 -0500 X-Message-Number: 16
âThanks for sending this link. CCBC has been a great listserv. I was very sad when I read your email, but I wasn't surprised because I'm always hearing people refer to the various social media available now.
Best,
Marilyn Ackermanâ
Marilyn Ackerman mackermanmls_at_gmail.com
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Marilyn Ackerman wrote:
> âThanks for sending this link. CCBC has been a great listserv. I was
> very sad when I read your email, but I wasn't surprised because I'm always
> hearing people refer to the various social media available now.
>
> Best,
>
> Marilyn Ackermanâ
>
> Marilyn Ackerman
> mackermanmls_at_gmail.com
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:01 PM, KT Horning wrote:
>
>> Thanks, everyone, for your kind words. For those who prefer to get
>> emails, there is a place on the blog where you can put your email address
>> so you can get an email message whenever there is a new post.
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>>
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>> http://ccblogc.blogspot.com/
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>> --KT
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Subject: More thanks From: Karen MacPherson Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:27:54 -0500 X-Message-Number: 17
Hi everyone -- I, too, have been mostly a reader on this wonderful listserv, and have learned so much! Thanks to KT, Ginny, and all of the others who created such an amazing resource. So glad it will continue --just in a new format.
All best, Karen MacPherson, children's/teen coordinator at the Takoma Park Maryland Library, and blogger at The Children's Corner
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Leda Schubert Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:45:47 -0500 X-Message-Number: 18
I'm so sorry to hear this news, but I understand. As blogs take over, I find myself missing the discussion that listservs offered for so long. Though I, too, participate less frequently, I've always appreciated the wisdom and thoughtfulness to be found here. Thank you, KT and all of you at CCBC. You've done so much for so long!
I'll look forward to the next incarnation.
leda www.ledaschubert.com
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: DAJ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:44:48 -0800 X-Message-Number: 19
Just adding another voice to the chorus of thanks for the many years the list has provided information, book suggestions, and community.
DAJ
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Subject: RE: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Jeanne Devlin Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:10:39 -0600 X-Message-Number: 20
Thank you KT for your efforts to keep CCBC-Net going -- and vital. Like so many, I rarely posted but so enjoyed reading posts.
The CCBC does so much for children's literature.
We look forward to seeing what you come up with next.
Jeanne Devlin The RoadRunner Press
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:29:14 +0000 From: kt.horning_at_wisc.edu Subject: [ccbc-net] Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 To: ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu
Dear CCBC-Net Community,
When CCBC-Net began in the spring of 1995, we wanted to offer a new way to engage in discussion of books for children and teens. Our first topical discussion was held in July of that year. Weve been exploring individual books, topics
and issues in the world of literature for children and teens on a monthly basis ever since.
Across CCBC-Net's twenty year history, there have been thousands of posts as you, members of the CCBC-Net community, have shared your insights, observations, perspectives, experiences, and enthusiasm around books for youth. At the time
we launched CCBC-Net, listservs were on the cutting edge, and ours allowed for a vibrant, lively discussion of subjects near and dear to our hearts and our professions. We have had over 2,000 subscribers from all over the world and from many walks of life,
and the listserv has seen some great discussions.
Today, while listservs still have a place, they have been joined by blogs, Twitter feeds, Pinterest posts, and other forms of social media that offer different ways to connect and engage. Listservs are no longer the go-to form of social
media for discussion and, as a result, we have observed a sharp decline in activity on CCBC-Net over the past few years. Our attempt to revitalize CCBC-Net in 2014 with changes that included individual book discussions and Q&A with authors and illustrators
while illuminating -- did little to increase participation.
For this reason, after much consideration and discussion, we have decided to bring the CCBC-Net listserv to a close at the end of this year.
Well still be talking about books for children and teens, publishing trends, and essential issues in the world of children's and young adult literature both here at the CCBC and online, via the CCBCs blog, CCBlogC: http://ccblogc.blogspot.com/ Look for more author and illustrator interviews, too. Thats one thing we look forward to carrying forward in this new forum. As with CCBC-Net, we always welcome your suggestions of topics
for discussion.
The CCBC archives will still be here, too, so when you want to call upon that great discussion in February of 2014 on multicultural literature, for example, or our discussions of edgy young adult literature in 2003 and again in 2005, or
nonlinear narratives back in October 1998, you still can. You can scroll down through a complete list of the topics at: http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/ccbcnet/archives.asp. Click on the link on the page to access specific discussion. Login: ccbc-net. Password: Look4Posts
Thank you for being part of the CCBC-Net community. We hope youll continue to read, reflect, and share your thoughts on the CCBC blog and in other ways, too.
Sincerely,
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Subject: (no subject) From: JDeaver886_at_aol.com Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:50:37 -0500 X-Message-Number: 21
Just a note to tell everyone how much I've enjoyed the CCBC forums over the years. When we all signed on, most of us were pretty new to computers. The idea that we could form a community and talk about books was amazing. Many thanks for all the topics you've presented, and for all the interesting discussions.
Julie Reece Deaver
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Christine Taylor-Butler Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 21:18:22 -0600 X-Message-Number: 22
Adding my thanks as well. I've been both a vocal participant and a quiet observer over the years - but wanted you to know how invigorating this resource has been. I've learned a lot and grown from the rigorous discussions. Looking forward to following the blog. Do let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
Thank you for all your hard work and passion. I think Children's literature is all the better for it.....................Christine
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 07:23:58 -0600 (CST)
Dear K.T:
Thank you so much for your insights and perseverance. Although I've been largely a lurker, I've valued this conversation. Times are changing very quickly these days, but insights into human nature and making literature accessible to kids is timeless.
Vicki Cobb President Ink Think Tank, LLC www.inkthinktank.com www.vickicobb.com http://inkrethink.blogspot.com http://huffingtonpost.com/vicki-cobb/
(914)949-1104 cell (914)500-5429
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CCBC-NET Digest for Tuesday, December 30, 2014.
1. Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 2. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 3. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 4. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 5. from Lee Bennett Hopkins/ RE: ccbc 6. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 7. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 8. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 9. Many thanks 10. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 11. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 12. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 13. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 14. RE: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 15. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 16. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 17. More thanks 18. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 19. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 20. RE: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 21. (no subject) 22. Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014
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Subject: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: KT Horning Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:29:14 +0000 X-Message-Number: 1
Dear CCBC-Net Community,
When CCBC-Net began in the spring of 1995, we wanted to offer a new way to engage in discussion of books for children and teens. Our first topical discussion was held in July of that year. We've been exploring individual books, topics and issues in the world of literature for children and teens on a monthly basis ever since.
Across CCBC-Net's twenty year history, there have been thousands of posts as you, members of the CCBC-Net community, have shared your insights, observations, perspectives, experiences, and enthusiasm around books for youth. At the time we launched CCBC-Net, listservs were on the cutting edge, and ours allowed for a vibrant, lively discussion of subjects near and dear to our hearts and our professions. We have had over 2,000 subscribers from all over the world and from many walks of life, and the listserv has seen some great discussions.
Today, while listservs still have a place, they have been joined by blogs, Twitter feeds, Pinterest posts, and other forms of social media that offer different ways to connect and engage. Listservs are no longer the go-to form of social media for discussion and, as a result, we have observed a sharp decline in activity on CCBC-Net over the past few years. Our attempt to revitalize CCBC-Net in 2014 with changes that included individual book discussions and Q&A with authors and illustrators - while illuminating -- did little to increase participation.
For this reason, after much consideration and discussion, we have decided to bring the CCBC-Net listserv to a close at the end of this year.
We'll still be talking about books for children and teens, publishing trends, and essential issues in the world of children's and young adult literature both here at the CCBC and online, via the CCBC's blog, CCBlogC: http://ccblogc.blogspot.com/ Look for more author and illustrator interviews, too. That's one thing we look forward to carrying forward in this new forum. As with CCBC-Net, we always welcome your suggestions of topics for discussion. The CCBC archives will still be here, too, so when you want to call upon that great discussion in February of 2014 on multicultural literature, for example, or our discussions of edgy young adult literature in 2003 and again in 2005, or nonlinear narratives back in October 1998, you still can. You can scroll down through a complete list of the topics at: http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/ccbcnet/archives.asp. Click on the link on the page to access specific discussion. Login: ccbc-net. Password: Look4Posts Thank you for being part of the CCBC-Net community. We hope you'll continue to read, reflect, and share your thoughts on the CCBC blog and in other ways, too. Sincerely,
KT Horning, CCBC Director
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Becky McDonald Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:02:45 -0800 X-Message-Number: 2
I joined in 1997, and I have loved this forum. I'm sad, but I saw it coming. I'll be reading the blog. Thank you for these good years! Becky McDonald retired director of exhibitions, National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature (NCCIL), Abilene, Texas
On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 12:30 PM, KT Horning wrote:
Dear CCBC-Net Community,
When CCBC-Net began in the spring of 1995, we wanted to offer a new way to engage in discussion of books for children and teens. Our first topical discussion was held in July of that year. Weâve been exploring individual books, topics and issues in the world of literature for children and teens on a monthly basis ever since.
Across CCBC-Net's twenty year history, there have been thousands of posts as you, members of the CCBC-Net community, have shared your insights, observations, perspectives, experiences, and enthusiasm around books for youth. At the time we launched CCBC-Net, listservs were on the cutting edge, and ours allowed for a vibrant, lively discussion of subjects near and dear to our hearts and our professions. We have had over 2,000 subscribers from all over the world and from many walks of life, and the listserv has seen some great discussions.
Today, while listservs still have a place, they have been joined by blogs, Twitter feeds, Pinterest posts, and other forms of social media that offer different ways to connect and engage. Listservs are no longer the go-to form of social media for discussion and, as a result, we have observed a sharp decline in activity on CCBC-Net over the past few years. Our attempt to revitalize CCBC-Net in 2014 with changes that included individual book discussions and Q&A with authors and illustrators â while illuminating -- did little to increase participation.
For this reason, after much consideration and discussion, we have decided to bring the CCBC-Net listserv to a close at the end of this year.
Weâll still be talking about books for children and teens, publishing trends, and essential issues in the world of children's and young adult literature both here at the CCBC and online, via the CCBCâs blog, CCBlogC: http://ccblogc.blogspot.com/ Look for more author and illustrator interviews, too. Thatâs one thing we look forward to carrying forward in this new forum. As with CCBC-Net, we always welcome your suggestions of topics for discussion. The CCBC archives will still be here, too, so when you want to call upon that great discussion in February of 2014 on multicultural literature, for example, or our discussions of edgy young adult literature in 2003 and again in 2005, or nonlinear narratives back in October 1998, you still can. You can scroll down through a complete list of the topics at: http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/ccbcnet/archives.asp. Click on the link on the page to access specific discussion. Login: ccbc-net. Password: Look4Posts Thank you for being part of the CCBC-Net community. We hope youâll continue to read, reflect, and share your thoughts on the CCBC blog and in other ways, too. Sincerely,
KT Horning, CCBC Director
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: George Nicholson Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:12:59 -0600 X-Message-Number: 3
I shall greatly miss continuing to read the posts which were continually smart and often brave in discussing what matters today in literature for young people. It became in my view wonderful tool for young people in publishing as well. Though gone for now I shall look forward to a new Phoenix. KT particularly thanks to you in this soon to be New Year. George Nicholson
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Kay Weisman Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:25:11 -0800 X-Message-Number: 4
I will miss this listserv a great deal. I realize that fewer people participate via email these days (my other listservs have many fewer posts as well) but I really liked the convenience of threaded conversations popping up in my inbox. If I was too busy, I didn't need to respond, but I could at least read the posts later when I had time. I particularly enjoyed the revised format this past year, which brought posts and insights from authors as well as readers.
KT and everyone else who facilitated this list, my thanks for 20 great years!
- Kay Weisman
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Subject: from Lee Bennett Hopkins/ RE: ccbc From: Lbhcove_at_aol.com Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:29:02 -0500 X-Message-Number: 5
Dear K.T.
Thank you for all you do, have done, for children's literature.
Be sure to keep in touch.
My love-ness for a grand 2015.
Lee
Visit my site: www.leebennetthopkins.com
In a message dated 12/30/2014 2:03:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, rebeccamcdonald_at_sbcglobal.net writes:
I joined in 1997, and I have loved this forum. I'm sad, but I saw it coming. I'll be reading the blog. Thank you for these good years! Becky McDonald retired director of exhibitions, National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature (NCCIL), Abilene, Texas
On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 12:30 PM, KT Horning wrote:
Dear CCBC-Net Community,
When CCBC-Net began in the spring of 1995, we wanted to offer a new way to engage in discussion of books for children and teens. Our first topical discussion was held in July of that year. Weâve been exploring individual books, topics and issues in the world of literature for children and teens on a monthly basis ever since.
Across CCBC-Net's twenty year history, there have been thousands of posts as you, members of the CCBC-Net community, have shared your insights, observations, perspectives, experiences, and enthusiasm around books for youth. At the time we launched CCBC-Net, listservs were on the cutting edge, and ours allowed for a vibrant, lively discussion of subjects near and dear to our hearts and our professions. We have had over 2,000 subscribers from all over the world and from many walks of life, and the listserv has seen some great discussions.
Today, while listservs still have a place, they have been joined by blogs, Twitter feeds, Pinterest posts, and other forms of social media that offer different ways to connect and engage. Listservs are no longer the go-to form of social media for discussion and, as a result, we have observed a sharp decline in activity on CCBC-Net over the past few years. Our attempt to revitalize CCBC-Net in 2014 with changes that included individual book discussions and Q&A with authors and illustrators â while illuminating -- did little to increase participation.
For this reason, after much _consideration and discussion, we have decided to bring the CCBC-Net listserv to a close at the end of this year.
Weâll still be talking about books for children and teens, publishing trends, and essential issues in the world of children's and young adult literature both here at the CCBC and online, via the CCBCâs blog, CCBlogC:
_ (http://www.leebennetthopkins.com/) http://ccblogc.blogspot.com/_ Look for more author and illustrator interviews, too. Thatâs one thing we look forward to carrying forward in this new forum. As with CCBC-Net, we always welcome your suggestions of topics for discussion._
(http://www.leebennetthopkins.com/) The CCBC archives will still be here, too, so when you want to call upon that great discussion in February of 2014 on multicultural literature, for example, or our discussions of edgy young adult literature in 2003 and again in 2005, or nonlinear narratives back in October 1998, you still can. You can scroll down through a complete list of the topics at: http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/ccbcnet/archives.asp_. Click on the link on the page to access specific discussion. Login: ccbc-net. Password: Look4Posts_ (http://www.leebennetthopkins.com/) Thank you for being part of the CCBC-Net community. We hope youâll continue to read, reflect, and share your thoughts on the CCBC blog and in other ways, too. Sincerely,
KT Horning, CCBC Director
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Marge Pellegrino Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 19:33:48 +0000 (UTC) X-Message-Number: 6
Thanks to all who enriched my knowing with your comments. My reading list was so amazing because of these conversations.  Warmly, Marge Pellegrino
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Carol Elbert Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:45:16 -0600 X-Message-Number: 7
As a retired children's librarian, I have thoroughly enjoyed 10 years of this listserv as a way to stay in touch with issues and to keep updating my reading list. I will miss this but plan to follow the blog. Many thanks to all of you who have facilitated and contributed over the years! Carol Elbert Ames, Iowa
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Uma Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:20:10 -0800 X-Message-Number: 8
I want to add my gratitude for these 20 yearsâhas it been that long already? I feel as if CCBC has always been there, from back in the days when I was a baby writer!
I will of course read the blog. I know that as technology changes these forums must change too, but oh, K.T. and all, how I will miss this space!
Happy New Year to you, my fellow bookpeople!
xo Uma
Uma Krishnaswami http://www.umakrishnaswami.org Bright Sky, Starry City (Groundwood, 2015) The Problem With Being Slightly Heroic (Atheneum, 2013) The Girl of the Wish Garden: A Thumbelina Story (Groundwood, 2013) Out of the Way! Out of the Way! (Groundwood, 2012, Tulika Books, 2010) Book Uncle and Me (Scholastic India, 2012, Scholastic Australia, 2013, Groundwood, 2016) The Grand Plan to Fix Everything (Atheneum, 2011)
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Subject: Many thanks From: Norma Jean Sawicki Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:23:48 -0500 X-Message-Number: 9
Dear K.T.
I am not up to speed with the bloggers, etc, you mentioned in your announcement about the closing of CCBC-net. For all I know some may be wonderful but I have always thought of you as being wonderfully smart and astute a leader, not a follower which was reflected in your postings and your leadership. Rare qualities in the discussion of children's books. You will be missed .Norma Jean
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Uma Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:20:10 -0800 X-Message-Number: 10
I want to add my gratitude for these 20 yearsâhas it been that long already? I feel as if CCBC has always been there, from back in the days when I was a baby writer!
I will of course read the blog. I know that as technology changes these forums must change too, but oh, K.T. and all, how I will miss this space!
Happy New Year to you, my fellow bookpeople!
xo Uma
Uma Krishnaswami http://www.umakrishnaswami.org Bright Sky, Starry City (Groundwood, 2015) The Problem With Being Slightly Heroic (Atheneum, 2013) The Girl of the Wish Garden: A Thumbelina Story (Groundwood, 2013) Out of the Way! Out of the Way! (Groundwood, 2012, Tulika Books, 2010) Book Uncle and Me (Scholastic India, 2012, Scholastic Australia, 2013, Groundwood, 2016) The Grand Plan to Fix Everything (Atheneum, 2011)
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: fballard Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:28:00 -0500 X-Message-Number: 11
Thanks for this wonderful list serv! I was a reader, not a contributor, and a newly minted librarian (May '14) who learned a lot from all of you. Thank you. And happy new year!
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From: "Uma" Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 3:25 PM To: "KT Horning" Cc: "ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu" Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 I want to add my gratitude for these 20 years-has it been that long already? I feel as if CCBC has always been there, from back in the days when I was a baby writer!
I will of course read the blog. I know that as technology changes these forums must change too, but oh, K.T. and all, how I will miss this space!
Happy New Year to you, my fellow bookpeople!
xo Uma
Uma Krishnaswami
http://www.umakrishnaswami.org
Bright Sky, Starry City (Groundwood, 2015)
The Problem With Being Slightly Heroic (Atheneum, 2013)
The Girl of the Wish Garden: A Thumbelina Story (Groundwood, 2013)
Out of the Way! Out of the Way! (Groundwood, 2012, Tulika Books, 2010)
Book Uncle and Me (Scholastic India, 2012, Scholastic Australia, 2013, Groundwood, 2016)
The Grand Plan to Fix Everything (Atheneum, 2011)
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Colleen Kelley Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:32:02 -0600 (GMT-06:00) X-Message-Number: 12
Although I have only been on this listserv a couple of years, I agree with all these comments. This listserv has been something I have looked forward to every day, and it has enriched my life as a reader and writer. The monthly books to read and input from the books' authors, as well as the monthly topic discussions have all been highlights. I may not have sent questions, but I read the books, enjoyed hearing the authors' points of view, and thought about the topics being discussed. I believe there are many books I would not have known about, or read, had they not been mentioned. It also gave me insight into the passion of so many for books. My Christmas season just got a little sadder knowing none of this will be there in the new year.
Thank you so much for all your work in keeping this going and for allowing me to be a member.
Colleen Kelley
-----Original Message----- From: Kay Weisman Sent: Dec 30, 2014 1:25 PM To: George Nicholson Cc: KT Horning , "ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu" Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] Closing CCBC-Net After 2014
I will miss this listserv a great deal. I realize that fewer people participate via email these days (my other listservs have many fewer posts as well) but I really liked the convenience of threaded conversations popping up in my inbox. If I was too busy, I didn't need to respond, but I could at least read the posts later when I had time. I particularly enjoyed the revised format this past year, which brought posts and insights from authors as well as readers.
KT and everyone else who facilitated this list, my thanks for 20 great years!
- Kay Weisman
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: maggie_bo_at_comcast.net Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:44:08 +0000 (UTC) X-Message-Number: 13
Very sad to see this come to an end, although I understand and appreciate the reasons for it. This listserv was particularly wonderful for me during the years I was at home raising my young children (now 22 and18) as a way to stay connected and engaged with the field. It was on this list that I first heard of a book about a young orphan who receives an invitation to a school of wizardry! More importantly, I've had my eyes opened to so many perspectives, and found and read so many books that I might never have discovered at all. I look forward to reading the CCBC's blog, and hope that the fascinating and enlightening discussions with input from many voices will continue. Thanks to KT, Ginny Moore Kruse, and all the staff members of the CCBC present and past.
Maggie Bokelman Librarian Eagle View Middle School Mechanicsburg, PA
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Subject: RE: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: KT Horning Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 21:01:51 +0000 X-Message-Number: 14
Thanks, everyone, for your kind words. For those who prefer to get emails, there is a place on the blog where you can put your email address so you can get an email message whenever there is a new post.
http://ccblogc.blogspot.com/
--KT
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Lyn Miller-Lachmann Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:04:46 -0500 X-Message-Number: 15
I am sorry to see you go and thank you for keeping this wonderful discussion for the past 20 years. As a graduate of the SLIS at UW-Madison who then moved far away, I appreciated this opportunity to keep in touch, as well as the valuable insights I found here and the lovely people I met in the course of our dialogues. I especially appreciate your featuring The Pirate Tree three years ago, which made a difference for our young review blog and helped us to build readership and visibility Unfortunately, I have not found blogs to be as effective in encouraging peer-to-peer dialogue (and this is coming from someone who blogs not only for The Pirate Tree but also for a local newspaper and keeps a personal blog with an intercultural focus). Would you consider a Facebook group (open or closed) as a platform for discussion? I'm part of several thriving discussion groups there and Facebook seems to be the place where other listservs have migrated.
Lyn Miller-Lachmann Gringolandia (Curbstone Press/Northwestern University Press, 2009) Rogue (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin, 2013) Surviving Santiago (Running Press Kids, 2015) translator, The World in a Second (Enchanted Lion, 2015) www.lynmillerlachmann.com www.thepiratetree.com
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Marilyn Ackerman Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:10:42 -0500 X-Message-Number: 16
âThanks for sending this link. CCBC has been a great listserv. I was very sad when I read your email, but I wasn't surprised because I'm always hearing people refer to the various social media available now.
Best,
Marilyn Ackermanâ
Marilyn Ackerman mackermanmls_at_gmail.com
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Marilyn Ackerman wrote:
> âThanks for sending this link. CCBC has been a great listserv. I was
> very sad when I read your email, but I wasn't surprised because I'm always
> hearing people refer to the various social media available now.
>
> Best,
>
> Marilyn Ackermanâ
>
> Marilyn Ackerman
> mackermanmls_at_gmail.com
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:01 PM, KT Horning wrote:
>
>> Thanks, everyone, for your kind words. For those who prefer to get
>> emails, there is a place on the blog where you can put your email address
>> so you can get an email message whenever there is a new post.
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>>
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>> http://ccblogc.blogspot.com/
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>> --KT
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Subject: More thanks From: Karen MacPherson Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:27:54 -0500 X-Message-Number: 17
Hi everyone -- I, too, have been mostly a reader on this wonderful listserv, and have learned so much! Thanks to KT, Ginny, and all of the others who created such an amazing resource. So glad it will continue --just in a new format.
All best, Karen MacPherson, children's/teen coordinator at the Takoma Park Maryland Library, and blogger at The Children's Corner
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Leda Schubert Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:45:47 -0500 X-Message-Number: 18
I'm so sorry to hear this news, but I understand. As blogs take over, I find myself missing the discussion that listservs offered for so long. Though I, too, participate less frequently, I've always appreciated the wisdom and thoughtfulness to be found here. Thank you, KT and all of you at CCBC. You've done so much for so long!
I'll look forward to the next incarnation.
leda www.ledaschubert.com
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: DAJ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:44:48 -0800 X-Message-Number: 19
Just adding another voice to the chorus of thanks for the many years the list has provided information, book suggestions, and community.
DAJ
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Subject: RE: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Jeanne Devlin Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:10:39 -0600 X-Message-Number: 20
Thank you KT for your efforts to keep CCBC-Net going -- and vital. Like so many, I rarely posted but so enjoyed reading posts.
The CCBC does so much for children's literature.
We look forward to seeing what you come up with next.
Jeanne Devlin The RoadRunner Press
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:29:14 +0000 From: kt.horning_at_wisc.edu Subject: [ccbc-net] Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 To: ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu
Dear CCBC-Net Community,
When CCBC-Net began in the spring of 1995, we wanted to offer a new way to engage in discussion of books for children and teens. Our first topical discussion was held in July of that year. Weve been exploring individual books, topics
and issues in the world of literature for children and teens on a monthly basis ever since.
Across CCBC-Net's twenty year history, there have been thousands of posts as you, members of the CCBC-Net community, have shared your insights, observations, perspectives, experiences, and enthusiasm around books for youth. At the time
we launched CCBC-Net, listservs were on the cutting edge, and ours allowed for a vibrant, lively discussion of subjects near and dear to our hearts and our professions. We have had over 2,000 subscribers from all over the world and from many walks of life,
and the listserv has seen some great discussions.
Today, while listservs still have a place, they have been joined by blogs, Twitter feeds, Pinterest posts, and other forms of social media that offer different ways to connect and engage. Listservs are no longer the go-to form of social
media for discussion and, as a result, we have observed a sharp decline in activity on CCBC-Net over the past few years. Our attempt to revitalize CCBC-Net in 2014 with changes that included individual book discussions and Q&A with authors and illustrators
while illuminating -- did little to increase participation.
For this reason, after much consideration and discussion, we have decided to bring the CCBC-Net listserv to a close at the end of this year.
Well still be talking about books for children and teens, publishing trends, and essential issues in the world of children's and young adult literature both here at the CCBC and online, via the CCBCs blog, CCBlogC: http://ccblogc.blogspot.com/ Look for more author and illustrator interviews, too. Thats one thing we look forward to carrying forward in this new forum. As with CCBC-Net, we always welcome your suggestions of topics
for discussion.
The CCBC archives will still be here, too, so when you want to call upon that great discussion in February of 2014 on multicultural literature, for example, or our discussions of edgy young adult literature in 2003 and again in 2005, or
nonlinear narratives back in October 1998, you still can. You can scroll down through a complete list of the topics at: http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/ccbcnet/archives.asp. Click on the link on the page to access specific discussion. Login: ccbc-net. Password: Look4Posts
Thank you for being part of the CCBC-Net community. We hope youll continue to read, reflect, and share your thoughts on the CCBC blog and in other ways, too.
Sincerely,
KT Horning, CCBC Director
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Subject: (no subject) From: JDeaver886_at_aol.com Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:50:37 -0500 X-Message-Number: 21
Just a note to tell everyone how much I've enjoyed the CCBC forums over the years. When we all signed on, most of us were pretty new to computers. The idea that we could form a community and talk about books was amazing. Many thanks for all the topics you've presented, and for all the interesting discussions.
Julie Reece Deaver
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Subject: Re: Closing CCBC-Net After 2014 From: Christine Taylor-Butler Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 21:18:22 -0600 X-Message-Number: 22
Adding my thanks as well. I've been both a vocal participant and a quiet observer over the years - but wanted you to know how invigorating this resource has been. I've learned a lot and grown from the rigorous discussions. Looking forward to following the blog. Do let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
Thank you for all your hard work and passion. I think Children's literature is all the better for it.....................Christine
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