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American Library Association Non-Profit Org. 50 E. Huron St. U.S. Postage Paid Chicago, IL 60611 Palatine, IL 60095 Permit No 27 ������Highlights ��������Seattle, WA January 2007 ALA Announces Youth Media Awards he American Library Led Her People to Freedom, Association (ALA) an- illustrated by Kadir Nelson, Tnounced on January 22 written by Carole Boston the top books and video for Weatherford and published by children and young adults - Hyperion/Jump at the Sun. including the Caldecott, King, American Born Chinese by Newbery and Printz awards Gene Luen Yang is the winner - at its Midwinter Meeting in of the 2007 Michael L. Printz Seattle. The ALA also provid- Award for excellence in litera- ed a live Webcast of the press ture written for young adults. announcement, which is ar- The book is published by First chived and available at www. Second, an imprint of Roar- unikron.com/ala-webcast. ing Brook Press, a division of A list of all the 2007 literary Holtzbrinck Publishing Hold- award winners follows: ings Limited Partnership. John Newbery Medal for Four Printz Honor Books the most outstanding contri- were named: The Astonish- bution to children’s literature ing Life of Octavian Nothing, was awarded to The Higher Traitor to the Nation; v. 1: The Power of Lucky, written by Pox Party by M. T. Anderson, Susan Patron. The book is published by Candlewick; illustrated by Matt Phelan An Abundance of Katherines and published by Simon & by John Green, published by Fran Ware, left, Coretta Scott King Award Chair; Kathleen Horning, ALSC President; ALA Schuster/Richard Jackson. Dutton, an imprint of Penguin President Leslie Burger; and Judy Nelson, YALSA President; display winning books at the ALA Three Newbery Honor Group (USA), Inc.; Surrender Youth Awards Press Conference January 22. Books were named: Penny by Sonya Hartnett, published from Heaven, written by Jen- by Candlewick Press; and The of Penguin Young Readers nifer L. Holm and published Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Group. Have You Thrown by Random House; Hattie published by Alfred A. Knopf, Moses: When Harriet Tub- Big Sky, by Kirby Larson, an imprint of Random House man Led Her People to Free- published by Delacorte Press; Children’s Books. dom, illustrated by Kadir Any Fish Today? and Rules, by Cynthia Lord, The Coretta Scott King Nelson, is the King Illustra- By Kathlene Hanson between her agenda to trans- published by Scholastic. Book Award recognizes an tor Book winner. The book California State form the ALA Community Randolph Caldecott Medal African American author and was written by Carole Boston University, Monterey Bay and the four principles of for the most distinguished illustrator of outstanding Weatherford and published the FISH! Philosophy: 1) American picture book for books for children and young by Jump at the Sun/Hyperion ISH! Philosopher Dee- Play 2) Make Someone’s Day children went to Flotsam, il- adults. Copper Sun, written Books for Children. na Ebbert spoke to a 3) Be There 4) Choose Your lustrated by David Wiesner. by Sharon Draper, is the King Two King Illustrator Honor Fpacked house of recep- Attitude. The wordless book is pub- Author Book winner. The Books were selected: Jazz, il- tive and playful librarians President Burger spoke to lished by Clarion. book is published by Simon & lustrated by Christopher My- wanting to hear about how to three concrete steps in the Two Caldecott Honor Books Schuster/Atheneum Books for ers, written by Walter Dean transform their workplaces work of the ALA officers and were named: Gone Wild: An Young Readers. Myers and published by Holi- at the ALA President’s pro- members toward transform- Endangered Animal Alpha- One King Author Honor day House, Inc.; and Poetry gram January 21. ALA Pres- ing the organization: 1) To bet, written and illustrated Book was selected: The Road for Young People: Langston ident Leslie Burger spoke create a written statement of by David McLimans, and to Paris written by Nikki Hughes illustrated by Benny briefly to introduce Ebbert published by Walker, and Grimes and published by G.P. and to draw the connection Continued on page 8 Moses: When Harriet Tubman Putnum’s Sons, a division Continued on page 11 You don’t have to follow the pack to get best of breed solutions. 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The Library of Congress recently became involved with the to his credit, earned a masters degree There was a commonality among related field of computer games. in physics and was proceeding to go the authors in that they all grew up n eagerly awaiting audience Laini Taylor, author of Faeries of further in that field when writing liking to read, and like to write the welcomed three representative the Dreamdark: Blackbringer, con- became his way of life. He prizes the same genre that they enjoy reading. A authors of the Science Fiction fessed that this was her first public flexibility that SF provides. It allows And there was a concluding consen- and Fantasy worlds sponsored by the talk about books (as well as her first him to create role models and heroes sus that occasionally fantasy can Exhibitor Roundtable and the publish- book.) Growing up as a self-described and set absolute standards when in ac- influence its readers to make the real ing houses of Penguin Putnam, Wiz- “Marine Corps brat,” Taylor spent tuality “the hero may be someone else’s world better, encouraging them to ards of the Coast, and Random House. much of her childhood abroad, fol- demon.” Actions such as pre-emptive interact purposefully with each other Bad weather in Oklahoma stranded lowed by English literature studies strikes against an enemy can be justi- (as on library boards or committees.) previously advertised author Mercedes at UC-Berkeley, but only developed fied in fiction without the doubts and Although welcome, this can be a happy Lackey and a new author, Laini Taylor, her “sense of doom” a few years ago. complications that they encounter in consequence of this genre rather than appeared in her place. She discerns a connection between the real world. In print, the price of its purpose. R.A. Salvatore, currently a mem- fantasy/escapist literature and war, re- victory is not necessarily too high. ber of his local library board, related minding her audience that Tolkien had In a lively question and answer Congratulations to how he was a college math major at witnessed the bloody slaughter at the session, the presenters agreed that Fitchburg (MA) State College until his Somme during World War I. In fantasy, electronic publishing in this genre is Exhibit Grand Prize sister introduced him to the works of “the reader, through the character, is still at its beginning stage and not suf- Winner Valeria Fike Tolkien. Salvatore’s being snowed in not powerless [as is too often the case ficiently financially rewarding for the with the hobbit books at his mother’s in reality]. … The reader gets to save authors. Referring to translating tele- of College of DuPage house during the winter of 1978 gave the world.” Although fantasy literature vision programs or films into books, Libraries, recipient of him time to reconsider his career path. appears to be growing in popularity Taylor and Salvatore maintained that The fantasy genre was still in its in- since 9-11, this “hermit writer” is not the creators of characters are most a prize package for the fancy when he published his first book consciously following literary trends comfortable with and, hence, more 2007 Annual Conference. in 1987 The Crystal Shard. With a BA or world events. adept at fleshing them out than are in English literature as well as a BS Timothy Zahn, the “dean of Star Is the Reference Collection Shrinking? By Stacy L. Voeller is now an “impression that reference Minnesota State has closed down.” University Moorhead A librarian in the audience pointed out that traditional reference may go he RUSA Reference Services away, but “librarians are definitely Section Discussion Group met needed. It’s not easy for patrons to TJanuary 21 on the topic of Ref- find books in the OPAC. Librarians erence Services in Large Research are needed to conduct the reference Libraries, and brought forth the interview to get at what it is students following questions: How have new really need.” technologies, new services (e.g. cof- Cornell University Library took a fee shops, information commons) different approach. They put a café on altered the physical and conceptual the first floor of the graduate library space of the reference room? Is the causing a “lot more traffic.” The also footprint of the print reference col- put computers for users in the refer- lection shrinking? ence area, and utilize much shorter Alan Solomon, Yale University, bookcases so they are able to look started the discussion by talking across the room. Many librarians in about how their reference room was attendance mentioned the drastic renovated eight or nine years ago and reductions of their print reference that it continues to be a fairly large collections. collection. Solomon said, “The refer- The second part of the discussion ence room and its collection have lost was entitled, “Wikis and podcasts and Businesswoman and mountain climber Sue Ershler delivers her Seattle their traditional use.

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