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Cognotesala Issue IV Philadelphia Monday—January 27, 2003 ALA Honors Top Authors and Illustrators John Newbery Honor Books John Newbery Medal Randolph Caldecott Hoot Crispin: The Cross of Lead Honor Books Carl Hiaasen Avi The Spider and the Fly Knopf Tony DiTerlizzi Hyperion Press Simon & Schuster Surviving the Applewhites Stephanie S. Tolan Randolph Caldecott Noah’s Ark HarperCollins Medal Jerry Pinkney My Friend Rabbit SeaStar Books/ A Corner of the Universe Eric Rohmann North-South Books Ann M. Martin Roaring Brook Press/ Scholastic, Inc. Hondo & Fabian The Millbrook Press Peter McCarty The House of the Scorpion Henry Holt & Co. Nancy Farmer Atheneum Michael L. Printz Robert F. Siebert Siebert Honor Books Award Award Six Days in October: Pictures of Hollis Woods Postcards From The Life and Death of The Stock Market Crash of 1929 Patricia Reilly Giff No Man’s Land Adolf Hitler Karen Blumenthal Wendy Lamb Books/ Aidan Chambers James Cross Giblin Atheneum Random House Dutton Books Clarion Books Hole in My Life Printz Honor Books Jack Gantos Hole in My Life Farrar, Straus and Giroux Jack Gantos Farrar, Straus and Giroux Action Jackson Jan Greenberg My Heartbeat and Sandra Jordon Garrett Freymann-Weyr Roaring Brook Press/ Houghton Mifflin Company The Millbrook Press

The House of the Scorpion When Marian Sang: The True Nancy Farmer Recital of Marian Anderson Atheneum Pam Muñoz Ryan Scholastic, Inc. Margaret A. Edwards Award Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King – John Nancy Garden, author of Author Book Illustrator Award Steptoe New Talent Award Mildred L. Batchelder Award Annie on My Mind Bronx Masquerade Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Author The Thief Lord Nikki Grimes Aviator Elizabeth Coleman Chill Wind Cornelia Funke Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Dial Books for Young Readers E.B. Lewis Janet McDonald Eric Carle Orchard Books/Scholastic, Inc. Frances Foster Books/ Batchelder Honor Book King Author Honor Books Farrar, Straus and Giroux Henrietta and the Golden Eggs King Illustrator Honor Books Carnegie Medal The Red Rose Box Hanna Johansen Rap A Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles – So You Want to Be President? Brenda Woods Coretta Scott King – John Think of That Paul R. Gange G.P. Putnam’s Sons Steptoe New Talent Award Leo and Diane Dalton The official news release and Melissa Reilly Illustrator Blue Sky Press/Scholastic, Inc. will be published in the Weston Woods Studios Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story The Moon Ring of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman Visiting Langston Randy DuBruke Highlights issue of Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer Nikki Grimes Bryan Collier Chronicle Books Cognotes and at Ursula K. Le Guin Orchard Books/Scholastic Henry Holt & Co. www.ala.org. Page 2 Cognotes Monday, January 27, 2003

Awards Announced One Mo’ Chance to Get ALA/ProQuest Stonewall Book BCALA Announces Scholarship Bash Tickets Award Winners 2003 Literary Award Few musical acts free T-shirt! After the can move from opera Meeting, tickets will Announced Winners to Big Band with ef- be available on the The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, The Black Caucus of the American fortless grace. But Annual Conference Transgender Round Table Library Association announced winners imagine, the same website and the An- (GLBTRT) of the American Library of the 2003 BCALA Literary Awards on three voices crossing nual Conference Association is pleased to announce Sunday. The awards recognize excel- seven musical forms Registration form. the winners of the 2003 Stonewall lence in adult fiction and nonfiction by and spanning four See a great show and Book Awards. African-American authors published in centuries of music in help to support fu- Noel Alumit received the Bar- 2002, recognition of a first novelist and one evening. Well, imagine it no ture librarians! bara Gittings Literature Award for a citation for Outstanding Contribution longer. The Three Mo’ Tenors will take Three Mo’ Tenors was inspired by his novel, Letters to Montgomery Clift, to Publishing. Receipients will receive you on a musical journey! the incredible versatility of African- which weaves Filipino culture, refu- the awards during the 2003 ALA Annual ALA is proud to welcome the American operatic tenors. With these th gee issues, world policy and politics Conference in Toronto. Three Mo’ Tenors to the 5 Annual three tenors, you can sit back while they during the 1980s, and personal The winner in the fiction category is ALA/ProQuest Scholarship Bash, to take your spirit, body, and mind on a struggle into a masterful, brilliant Douglass’ Women by Jewell Parker be held in Toronto on Sunday, June fantastic, memorable and awe-inspiring first novel. Rhodes, telling the story of two women, 22, 2003. Tickets are $25 in advance, musical journey through the worlds of Joanne Meyerowitz was awarded one black and one white, who loved and are available at the Bash booth in opera, Broadway, jazz, blues, soul, spiri- the Israel Fischman Nonfiction Frederick Douglass. Registration. Buy your ticket while at tual and gospel. For more information, Award for How Sex Changed: A His- The award for nonfiction was given the Midwinter Meeting, and receive a check http://www.threemotenors.com. tory of Transexuality in the United States, to Elizabeth McHenry for Forgotten Read- an exhaustively researched histori- ers: Recovering the Lost History of African cal study of transexuality, exploring American Literary Societies, which exam- the subtle differences between sexu- ines the literary societies and reading YALSA/Sagebrush Award Announced ality and gender. practices of African-Americans from The 2003 Young Adult Library Ser- not realize that they are writing poetry.” The Gittings Honor Books are: 1830-1940. vices Association (YALSA)/Sagebrush The Sagebrush Award provides At Swim Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill; Recipient of the First Novelist Award Award for a Young Adult Reading or $1,000 to support the recipient’s atten- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters; is Stephen L. Carter for The Emperor of Literature Program was awarded to dance at the ALA Annual Conference, Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides; and Ocean Park, and intriguing legal thriller Paulette Goodman, Learning Resource to be held June 19-25 in Toronto. Each Lantern Bearers by Ronald Frame. set against the backdrop of society’s Af- Director for Kennedy Junior High School year the corporation offers a maximum The Fischman Honor Books are: rican-American elite. in Lisle, IL. Goodman won the award of two awards that allow the winners to Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods – My For excellence in scholarship, the for her “A Night at the Blue Iguana Café” promote their local projects at the con- Mother’s, My Father’s and Mine by Outstanding Contribution to Publishing program at Kennedy Junior High School. ference. Each winning project must pro- Noelle Howey; Glenway Wescott Per- Citation is presented to Velma Maia Tho- The program encourages young adults mote reading or literature to teens in a sonally: A Biography by Jerry Rosco; mas for We Shall Not Be Moved, Thomas’s to discover poetry. significant, replicable program. Rare and Commonplace Flowers: The chronicle of the African-American pres- During the months of March and Story of Elizabeth Bishop and Lota de ence in the United States, capturing their April the school library highlights poetry Macedo Soares by Carmen L. Oliveira achievement and endurance in the 20th and allows teens the opportunities to ex- Change/Correction and translated by Niel K. Besner; Sex century. press themselves through poetry. During Meeting Change: Crime Panic: A Journey to the Paranoid Fiction Honor Books are: Wisdom by the two months, programs includes: a 1/27, 10:30-11:30 a.m., ALA Eth- Heart of the 1950s by Neil Miller. Heather Neff; P.G. County by Connie poetry wall highlighting poetry written by ics Comm. Professionals Ethics II The awards will be presented at Briscoe; and You Know Better by Tina students; live performances by profes- — Cancelled. the June 2003 ALA Annual Confer- McElroy Ansa. sional poets; a poetry slam and a booklet ence in Toronto. The Stonewall Nonfiction Honor Books are: Quilt- of poems written by students. Correction: Awards, formerly called the ALA ing the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Goodman stated that “poetry and In Sunday’s story on “Teaching and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Poems by Nikki Giovanni; Gumbo: A Cel- teens do not necessarily go hand in hand, Learning in the Library,” David Transgendered (GLBT) Book ebration of African American Writing, ed- but this provides them with a mode of Sanders is from the Blue Valley Awards, were established in 1971 ited by Marita Golden and E. Lynn Har- expression. The program exposes them Unified School District, which is and are the oldest of their kind. ris; and The Herndons: An Atlanta Family to good poetry. Many teens use simple located in Kansas. by Carole Merritt. words to express themselves and they do

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Page 4 Cognotes Monday, January 27, 2003 Applications for The Sixties Film Discussion Series Available National Video Resources (NVR) and ries and to keep as a permanent part of The Sixties builds on three earlier pro- the Rockefeller Foundation. NVR’s goal the American Library Association (ALA) their collection; $1,000 to pay honoraria grams developed by NVR in partnership is to assist in increasing the public’s Public Programs Office are now accepting for local scholars to present the series at with the ALA Public Programs Office and awareness of and access to indepen- grant applications from libraries wishing the local library; the opportunity to send funded by the NEH. These programs of- dently produced media & film and video to host The Sixties: America’s Decade of Crisis a team of two people – a library staff per- fer public library programmers and aca- as well as motion media delivered and Change. This new six-week library pro- son and local scholar – to a one and half demics a new model for public discussion through the new digital technologies. gram features scholar-led lectures, docu- day national training seminar on Novem- through the following series: From Rosie The mission of the ALA Public Pro- mentary film screenings, and readings and ber 7 and 8, 2003 in Oakland, Calif.; sup- to Roosevelt: A Film History of Americans in grams Office is to foster cultural pro- discussions on a period of extraordinary port print materials, including a WWII; Post War Years, Cold War Fears: gramming as an integral part of library change and social conflict in American his- programmer’s manual, publicity materi- American Culture and Politics, 1946-60; and service in all types of libraries. Estab- tory. Twenty-five libraries will be selected als, and downloadable handouts for par- Presidents, Politics, and Power: American lished in 1990, the office helps thousands to serve as pilot sites for The Sixties project. ticipants; and national publicity for the Presidents Who Shaped the 20th Century. For of libraries nationwide develop and host Libraries interested in applying for the pi- series as well as a list of potential local more information on these series, please programs that encourage dialogue lot site opportunity can download an ap- co-sponsors. Libraries of all types are visit www.nvr.org. among community members and works plication at www.ala.org/publicprograms/ encouraged to apply. The discussion se- National Video Resources is a not-for- to establish libraries as cultural centers sixties/. Applications must be received by ries must be open to a public audience. profit organization established in 1990 by in their communities. the ALA Public Programs Office by March 28, 2003. Topics covered in The Sixties series in- ALCTS Publishes Tools for Collection clude the Kennedy and Johnson admin- Management Evaluation and Coordination istrations and Kennedy’s reform agenda, the civil rights movement, America’s in- The North American Title Count 2001 NATC allows libraries to provide a NATC, the 2001 NATC has been pub- volvement in Vietnam and the anti-war (NATC) subcommittee of the Association structure and a source of preliminary in- lished in CD-ROM format. For the first movement, the “counterculture,” and rage for Library Collections & Technical Ser- formation for collection management time, data from previous counts (1989, and reaction in 1968. Professors John vices (ACLTS) has completed it’s data- evaluating and coordinating. 1993, 1997) are also included. 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In a memorial tribute to Dr. Arnulfo D. Trejo, his widow Ninfa Trejo, left, former student Luis Herrera, right, and attending librarians join hands to sing “De Colores.”

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Joan Challinor, NCLIS, Washington, D.C., pauses for a closer look at the work of Philadelphia artist Mei Ling Hum’s work titled “China Wedge” made of Chinese restaurant porcelain. The work is part of an escalator wall in the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Page 6 Cognotes Monday, January 27, 2003 Washington Report: Contact Your Congressman Now By Andrew B. Wertheimer ber to contact their legislators (especially whether these changes are places of no ity to contact legal counsel, he explained. Lincoln (NE) City Libraries senators from both parties who might be return or simply pendulum shifts. Senator Patrick Leahy’s legal coun- Over 150 librarians spent Saturday interested in sponsoring the bill by Tues- Weingarten encouraged librarians to sel Beryl Howell, was pessimistic about morning anxiously listening to news on day). Klatt emphasized that library support- make sure it is the latter by expressing intellectual freedom issues, warning that the 108th Congress. Lobbyists, consult- ers have to participate in the process now themselves and demanding public in- few on the Hill had critically examined ants and members of the ALA Commit- and remind legislators that LSTA is a bi- volvement in setting technical standards. legislation for constitutional questions af- tee on Legislation gave updates on issues partisan issue to promote libraries. Many Attorney Tom Susman (Ropes & ter 9/11. She explained how communica- ranging from the Museum and Library in the audience expressed concern about Gray) described the current legislative tion from constituents and actions such Services Act to the USA PATRIOT Act. the impact of state libraries’ reduced bud- mood as an assault on access to govern- as the Burlington (VT) City Council reso- Political consultant Victor F. Klatt, III gets on obtaining matching federal funds, ment information, briefly mentioning the lution against the USA PATRIOT Act was (Van Scoyoc & Associates) explained that and their impact on service. scrubbing of federal websites, violations essential to raise awareness in the nation. the Museum and Library Services Act of “Really alarming,” is how ALA Of- to the Freedom of Information Act and Updates on the act are available on the 2003 includes a reauthorization of the Li- fice for Information Technology & Policy other challenges to transparency. ALA homepage of ALA’s Washington Office: brary Services and Technology Act (LSTA) (OITP) Director Rick Weingarten char- and other organizations did not sit back http://www.ala.org/washoff/. and the Institute of Museum and Library acterized some library implications of the quietly, but became actively involved, Leslie Harris (Harris & Associates) Services (IMLS). Congressmen Pete USA PATRIOT Act. Weingarten ex- Susman explained. He added that it was shared optimism and her work with the Hoekstra and John Boehner introduced the plained that most parts of the bill were hard to measure the impact of the USA ACLU and Center for Democracy & bill as H.R. 13; Jack Reed will introduce a old ideas – dating back to the 1970s, but PATRIOT Act on libraries since it im- Technology to promote a “Real Patriot similar bill in the Senate. There are many that 9/11 was the “tipping point” that poses a gag order on librarians from dis- Act” that would eliminate the “sneak and competing education bills on the floor, forced the legislation through Congress cussing its use. This does not preclude peak language” from Section 215 of the Klatt explained, encouraging every mem- in record speed. He said the question is librarians from their right or responsibil- Continued on Page 11 Life, Vision of Dr. Trejo Celebrated By Rochelle Hartman friends and colleagues, who offered their Libertad pa’ ser Americano Bloomington (IL) Public Library tributes in prose, poetry, song, tears, Libertad pa’ hablar en Español A lively, diverse assembly became laughter, and calls to continued action. Libertad pa’ se educado suddenly quiet and reverent as José Ruiz Honorary ALA member Dr. E. J. Josey Libertad pa’ leer en Español Alvàrez (The Fairfield Library, Ferguson, wrote “we will always remember him as NJ) began a tribute to REFORMA a vital, living presence.” Freedom to be an American founder Dr. Arnulfo D. Trejo with a per- Sandra Rios Balderrma, former di- Freedom to speak in Spanish formance of “Ave Maria.” In his open- rector of the ALA Office for Diversity, Freedom to be educated ing remarks, Current REFORMA presi- wrote and shared a moving, rhythmic Freedom to read in Spanish dent, Ben Ocón lamented, “we lost our incantation, which included the line hero, our voice, our friend.” In addition “The day you left there was howling in Final remarks were offered by Dr. to REFORMA, Dr. Trejo founded the the Arizona wind.” Trejo’s widow and REFORMA co- Graduate Library Institute for Spanish- Bob Díaz (University of Arizona), champion, Ninfa Trejo, who thanked Speaking Americans (GLISA) at the charmed and invigorated those present all those present, and urged everyone University of Arizona, where over 60 with his performance of “El Corrido de to honor her husband’s memory by Hispanic/Latino librarians were Don Arnulfo Trejo,” in the style of the mentoring young Latino people Luis Herrera pauses to reflect after making traditional corrido or story-song. The his tribute to Dr. Arnulfo D. Trejo during a mentored and trained to serve a grow- through student REFORMITA clubs. Memorial Tribute Sunday. Herrera was a ing Spanish-speaking population. chorus joyfully sums up Dr. Trejo’s vi- Dr. Trejo, she said, “was very proud of friend and a student of Trejo. Testaments to Dr. Trejo’s came from sion and passion: all of you.”

Cognotes Staff Public Awareness Committee Formed to Save Funding By Bill Turner Committee to oversee the work of the express concerns; coordinate program- Rochelle Hartman, Editor Catholic University of America Assembly. Members will include the ming and training; develop and promote Bloomington Public Library, IL At a reception to honor library advo- Chair of the Training Subcommittee, the strategies for increased advocacy activity; Michael Byrnes, Assistant Editor cates and chapter leaders on Saturday, Chair of the Chapters Advocacy Com- promote cooperation and enhance the New Jersey Institute of Technology ALA President Maurice J. (Mitch) Freed- mittee, and a representative from a divi- effectiveness of advocacy activities man announced the formation of a new sion, round table, or an affiliate. throughout the association; and strength- Reporters Public Awareness Committee (PAC) The Advocacy Assembly’s mission is en ALA’s national advocacy efforts. Frederick J. Augustyn, Jr. Advocacy Assembly to help save library to foster ALA-wide development of pro- Advocacy Assembly members will The Library of Congress funding. Charles Beard, State University grams and activities that communicate the serve two-year terms and will meet at the Sandra Austin of West Georgia, and Judith A. Gibbons, importance of libraries and librarians; midwinter and annual conferences. A Texarkana Independent School District Kentucky Department of Libraries and exchange information, share ideas and listserv for members will be established. Texarkana, TX Archives, will co-chair the committee. Andrew B. Wertheimer The Assembly will act in an advisory University of Wisconsin, Madison and resource capacity to the ALA Public Video NiteCaps to Wrap Up Tonight Alberta Comer Awareness Committee and assist efforts ALA President Maurice J. (Mitch) something more-the singular bond lit- Indiana State University to mount major advocacy campaigns and Freedman invites all ALA attendees to erature can create among strangers. develop messages at the division, commit- join him for the final night of the Video The Stone Reader will be opening Bill Turner Catholic University of America tee, round table, and affiliate level. The NiteCaps. Thanks to First Run Features/ in NYC early in 2003, and has been Assembly will include a liaison from each Icarus Films and Stone Reader, who have showing around the country. Mark Deidre Ross ALA unit’s advocacy or related commit- contributed the films, we have this ex- Moskowitz will be there for the show- Publisher, ALA Conference Services tee. When no such committee exists, a traordinary array of timely and high qual- ing of his film and will introduce it. Stephanie Hoerner, representative will be designated by the ity documentaries. Isaak Babel: The Russian Jewish au- Associate Publisher, Marketing Specialist unit’s member leader. Divisions are en- thor Isaak Babel (1894-1940) became ALA Conference Services couraged to establish and maintain advo- Tonight’s Films are: famous over night in 1925 upon the Tim Mercer, Jenn Hess cacy committees; other units should also The Stone Reader: Filmmaker Mark publication of his collection of stories, Production Managers, CustomNEWS consider mechanisms to strengthen their Moskowitz finally reads a critically ac- The Red Cavalry. When he was arrested advocacy activities. The Advocacy As- claimed novel he bought back in 1972, in 1939, his fate took an abrupt turn. Curtis Compton sembly will build upon the highly success- and discovers that both the book and the He was executed the next year. Inter- Photographer ful advocacy efforts undertaken by ALA author have long since vanished. The Stone weaving fragments of Babel’s stories Deb Nerud over the last 10 years. Reader documents Moskowitz’s quest to with interviews with surviving family Managing Editor The PAC chair will appoint a seven- find out why. As he solves the mystery, members, Isaak Babel pieces together member Advocacy Assembly Steering the twists and turns of the journey reveal a portrait of the writer. Librarian

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* For sweepstakes terms and conditions visit www.ebrary.com/sweepstakes or call 650-475-8752. Monday, January 27, 2003 Cognotes Page 9 Are Your Indexes ‘Fee Basing’? Reference By Michael Byrnes large if new editors aren’t found once arbitrary year as a baseline, say 1988, New Jersey Institute of Technology Professors Aceto and Silva retire. and offer all entries from that year to Performance The Film and Broadcast Studies Dis- In 1999, the Digital Library Program the present as a free service. “The plan cussion Group met Saturday afternoon at Indiana University began working in is to generate more interest for the in- Matters to discuss among several items, the pros concert with the Film and Television dex,” she said. And if the demand arises, By Frederick J. Augustyn, Jr. and cons of digitizing the Film Literature Documentation Center at SUNY Albany the back-file could be a separate pur- The Library of Congress Index (FLI). Kris Brancolini, Director of to accumulate funding to convert chasable entity. In an increasingly digital world, librar- the Indiana University Digital Library 500,000 entries from 1976 to 2000. The FLI is noted for its comprehen- ians often take it as part of their teaching Program, is spearheading the conversion. Brancolini has received commitment sive authority list, its international scope responsibility to encourage beginning The FLI is one of three indexes dedicated from IU to host the index upon its up- and is the only index containing film and scholars to make their research results to film & television literature, but is the load to servers. television periodicals of all three types — available electronically. Each year ap- only one not available electronically. Now the big question: Will the in- trade, popular, and scholarly. One draw- proximately 400,000 theses and disserta- Vincent Aceto and Fred Silva of SUNY dex remain fee-based? Currently the back to the print version is the font size. tions are produced, but only a portion of Albany have remained the chief editors FLI has only 500 (about 150 outside the People with 20/20 vision would need a this data is published. Hard copies of these since its inception in 1973. The threat of US) subscribers and its annual cost is microscope and the visually impaired items generally do not have a wide circu- extinction as a hardcopy index looms $350.00. Brancolini’s goal is to have an would need a telescope. lation even within their own university communities. The Networked Digital Li- brary Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) Digital Availability of Dissertations More Common project, an organization of universities and By Sandra Austin guage of the guidelines in order to pro- sented an overview of an earlier meeting. associations, most located outside of the Texarkana Independent School duce a work that is informative and sup- She explained that MOUSS is in the pro- U.S., has arisen to address this dilemma. District portive of best practices in reference work. cess of revising its organizational structure. Gail McMillan, Director of Digital Texarkana, Texas Approachability was identified as an In reference to a users’ survey, better un- Archives and Libraries at the Virginia The Management and Operation of area of focus in which emphasis must be derstanding of MOUSS is needed. That Polytechnic Institute and State Library, User Services Section (MOUSS) of RUSA placed upon librarians’ acknowledging is, it is often viewed as relevant mainly to described how her institution improves met on Saturday to evaluate and review library patrons waiting for service. managers, rather than to librarians who service by making these documents avail- its behavioral guidelines for performance. Acknowledgement through eye-contact actually perform reference work. able more quickly, saves money by re- The Committee reviewed the language of and/or other means, as the library set- Miriano stated, “If the Section ducing physical handling, and frees up the guidelines that direct the delivery of ting allows, reassures patrons that their (MOUSS) is creating frontline reference, storage space, all with an EDT (electronic reference services to library patrons. The information needs are important to the how does that relate to MARS? Should theses and dissertations) program. scope of the document is applicable to all library professional. the two Sections be merged?” Upcom- McMillan noted that many faculty types of reference services. The MOUSS Committee Chair Maria ing discussions will address the future of members have been wary of EDT’s fre- committee’s goal was to revamp the lan- Liriano of New York Public Library pre- MOUSS. quent open access for fear that digital cir- culation might constitute publication and thus compromise a scholar’s future career Maryland, South Carolina Librarians Awarded Book goals. But increasingly, commercial publishers realize that digitization is only one Wholesalers, Inc./YALSA Collection Development Grants form of access while hard copy publica- Two public librarians, Jeri L. Cain serves as a hub because of lack of recre- SC, a community where teens must tion is another. Although many faculty of Caroline County Public Library, ational outlets in the region. travel at least 20 miles to see a movie, members still prefer hard copies, the digi- Denton, MD and Melanie Barker of the Caroline County Public Library in go bowling or go skating. Many teens tal forms are increasingly popular. Most Harvin Clarendon County Library in Denton, MD has three branches and routinely use the library for school importantly, according to McMillan, “if Manning SC, have been named winners a bookmobile. They recently dedi- projects and leisure reading, as well as you have them, they will get used.” of the Book Wholesalers, Inc./YALSA cated space to teens and are now look- using the computers for research or Brian Surratt of Texas A & M Uni- Collection Development Grant. ing for ways to build collection. Cain word processing. With the current col- versity, whose institution uses a modifi- The grant, $1000 donated by Book says, “What the library has heard so lection, choices are severely dated and cation of Virginia Tech’s method as an Wholesalers, Inc., is for collection de- far from our teen customers is that we limited. According to Barker, this grant optional way of submitting theses and velopment and is given to YALSA mem- have too little recreational reading or will allow them to purchase titles by core dissertations, wrote a program so that a bers who represent a public library and programming.” She plans to use the young adult authors, and to continue in- cataloger does not have to code the docu- who work directly with young adults grant to promote a better core collec- creasing their graphic novel series, pro- ments manually. The student submits the ages 12 to 18. tion. viding an answer to the teen advisory ETD item via a Web application and the This year’s recipients represent two The second recipient is the Harvin board’s question, “Are there any new library’s program creates the MARC rural communities in which the library Clarendon County Library in Manning, books for us?” record with appropriate tags. Baker & Taylor Scholar Grants Announced The Division and Membership Pro- school students. Rose plans many var- Power Up Your Job Search motion Committee of the Young Adult ied teen programs such as an end of sum- Library Services Association (YALSA), mer pool party. She stated in her appli- By Bill Turner ing former colleagues and vendors. a division of ALA, is proud to announce cation, “Teens have been one of the most Catholic University of America “Networking is the least understood that Laurie A. Rose and Gregory D. Lum rewarding groups of individuals with Vicki Burger, Human Resources aspect of the job search process,” she have won the Baker & Taylor Scholarship whom I have worked.” Administrator for the Ela Area Public said. “It’s not pulling strings or beg- Grants for 2003. Each will receive a $1000 Lum is a library media specialist at Library in Lake Zurich, IL, held a ca- ging for work,” said Burger, “but grant to attend the ALA Annual Confer- Astoria High School in Astoria, OR. reer workshop for job seekers on Sat- rather a means of using a chain of ence in Toronto, Canada this summer. Lum has 775 high school students using urday, January 25. The workshop was personal referrals to reach someone The Baker & Taylor Scholarship is the library on a daily basis and has pro- sponsored by ALA’s Office for Hu- who is in a position to offer you the awarded for first-time attendance at an An- vided innovative programs including a man Resources Development and job you want.” nual Conference. The recipients must be green eggs and ham breakfast. Larry Recruitment. Topics included devel- Other tips for job seekers included members of YALSA and must have be- Lockett, principal at Astoria High School, oping job objectives, writing resumes customizing the presentation of work tween one and 10 years experience work- said, “Gregory cares about every student and cover letters, seeking and con- experience on the resume to meet ing with teenagers. Applications are avail- in the school and spends time connecting firming references, writing and specific requirements of the depart- able through the YALSA website with all of them. He is extremely eager to memorizing a 90-second introduction, ment or type of library, contacting (www.ala.org/YALSA) and are due De- gather information at the national level identifying job leads, networking and references who are likely to receive a cember 1, 2003 for the 2004 Conference. and network with young adult librarians interviewing. call from a specific potential em- Rose is a youth services librarian at across the country.” Burger urged participants to estab- ployer, writing statements of accom- the Orono Public Library in Orono, ME. For more information, please contact lish contacts by attending networking plishment and developing responses The Orono Public Library shares space the YALSA office by e-mail: events, checking out newsgroups on to sample questions for use in inter- with the high school library and offers [email protected], by phone: 800-545- the Internet, reading local papers, vis- views, and following up with thank convenient access to approximately 400 2433 ext. 4390 or visit www.ala.org/ iting association websites, and contact- you letters. high school students and 200 middle YALSA. Page 10 Cognotes Monday, January 27, 2003 Drive to Read @ Your LibraryTM off to a Winning Start 900 libraries already registered, access free promotional tools Librarians across the country are en- ture is full of wonderful heroes who in- pelling local promotions in connection Last year’s teen winner was Kylee couraged to put their young adult pro- spire and excite and offer meaning to an the Drive to Read @ your library pro- Nielsen of Kennard, Neb., for her essay grams in the lead with the Drive to Read age group often defined by new chal- gram. Prizes include: on the book It’s Not About the Bike: My @ your library™program. Developed by lenges and change,” says ALA President • A visit from 53 feet of chocolate, a Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong the American Library Association (ALA) Maurice J. (Mitch) Freedman. “The Drive fully interactive exhibit housed in a cus- with Sally Jenkins. Library Director and Morningstar Foods Inc., maker of to Read program encourages teens to read tomized tractor-trailer. Experience the Wendy Anderson of the Bess Johnson HERSHEY®’S Milk, Drive to Read pro- for the fun of it by identifying with these sights and sounds of the stage area – fea- Elkhorn Public Library in Elkhorn, Neb., motes the role of libraries and librarians characters, and at the same time, discover turing new and exciting music and vid- sponsored her entry. by igniting interest in reading among the world of resources libraries have avail- eos displayed on 44-inch television moni- Drive to Read @ your library is part America’s teens. able specifically for them. tors. Four activity tents flanking either of @ your library™ The Campaign for The program challenges teens across Since its November launch, 900 li- side of the trailer offer video game sta- America’s Libraries, a multi-year public the country to talk about their favorite lit- braries have registered with the program, tions and traditional carnival-style games education effort sponsored by the ALA erary heroes. Based on a title from the which allows access to online tools to help featuring HERSHEY’S Milk and to speak loudly and clearly about the Young Adult Library Services promote the Drive to Read program. All MilkShake bottles. value of libraries and librarians in the 21st Association’s (YALSA) 2002 Best Books tools are available by visiting • A month’s supply of HERSHEY’S century. Morningstar Foods Inc., a sub- for Young Adults list, teens will submit an www.ala.org/@yourlibrary and clicking Milk delivered to your library sidiary of Dean Foods Company, is the entry describing which character from the on the Drive to Read @ your library icon • 100 Drive to Read @ your library producer and distributor of HERSHEY’S book they chose seems most heroic to or checking out www.hersheysmilk.com/ T-shirts Milk and a founding partner in The Cam- them. Teens may work alone or with their events/drivetoread. Tools include free More details about the Librarians in paign for America’s Libraries. peers in teams of up to four and are en- downloadable posters and bookmarks; the Driver’s Seat contest are available in For more information on The Campaign couraged to be creative in their submis- artwork of the official Drive to Read logo; the librarians’ section of the Drive to Read for America’s Libraries, please see sions. They can write an essay, monologue sample press materials; and programming Web site at www.hersheysmilk.com/ www.ala.org/@yourlibrary. Questions or poem; paint a mural; or produce a ideas. Librarians also can request free events/drivetoread/librarians.asp should be directed to [email protected]. video. Before teens send in their entry, a copies of a Drive to Read poster and book- librarian must agree to sponsor it. marks that will be sent directly to their One lucky teen or team and the spon- library. Because of limited quantities, only Five More Countries Join soring librarian will win a trip to Miami one order will be shipped per library. in spring 2003 to meet NASCAR driver Teens aren’t the only ones invited to Campaign for the World’s Libraries Ward Burton, program spokesperson get in on the fun. Libraries can win prizes The Library Association from a need by the international library com- and last year’s Daytona 500 winner. A for getting involved in the program. Li- Moldova, Nepal Library Association, munity for tools and resources that help jury of YALSA members and teens will brarians can enter the race through the Nigerian Library Association, Associa- them publicize their programs, services choose the winner(s) in April. Librarians in the Driver’s Seat contest. tion for the Promotion and Development and staff,” says ALA President Maurice J. “Today’s teens are looking for inspi- The contest will award prizes to the three of Public Reading of the Area Metropoli- (Mitch) Freedman. “I am very proud that ration in their lives. Young adult litera- librarians who coordinate the most com- tan of Lisbon (Portugal) and National Li- ALA’s campaign is being adapted by brary of Serbia have signed on this fall other countries to meet their needs, and to @ your library™ The Campaign for pleased that ALA has been able to make the World’s Libraries. its campaign and materials available for Want faster permissions With these five additions to the world all nations and libraries on a global scale.” to use digital content? campaign, the total number of interna- The Campaign for the World’s Li- www.copyright.com tional participants stands at 18. Other braries is a multi-year public education participants include: Armenia, Australia, effort co-sponsored by the American Li- Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada (which is brary Association and International Fed- represented with four provincial associa- eration of Library Associations and In- tions), Georgia, Iceland, Italy, Japan, stitutions (IFLA) to promote the value Korea, Kazakhstan, Mexico and Turkey. of public, school, academic, government Artwork of the @ your library logo for and special libraries and librarians in Moldova has been added to the @ your countries around the world. Launched library Web site at www.ala.org/ during the 2001 IFLA Conference in @yourlibrary under Download Logos. Boston, the campaign is based on the Translations for Nepal, Nigeria, Portugal U.S. @ your library initiative. and Serbia are in production. For more information about The “The increased interest in the world Campaign for the World’s Libraries, visit campaign clearly indicates that there is www.ifla.org/@yourlibrary/index.htm. Zoia Horn and Ginnie Cooper Receive Downs IF Award By Andrew B. Wertheimer ian, respected for refusing to testify in the Lincoln (NE) City Libraries 1971 trial of the “Harrisburg Seven,” for “I want to urge librarians to speak out which she served three weeks behind as citizens,” exclaimed retired librarian- bars. Horn later worked on Oakland’s Digital. Rights. Solutions. activist Zoia Horn, one of two recipients DataCenter and the Center for Investi- of the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Free- gative Reporting, and served as a spokes- dom Award. The annual prize was also person for intellectual freedom and pri- Copyright Clearance Center makes getting permission to presented to Ginnie Cooper, former Di- vacy rights. copy and share digital copyrighted materials easy. Visit us rector of the Multnomah County Li- Cooper, who is now Executive Direc- at booth #1548. Enter to win a fabulous New England brary, who worked with the ALA as tor of the Brooklyn Public Library, ex- gift basket, and catch our demonstration of services that plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the plained that she is honored to receive the enable you to: Children’s Internet Protection Act recognition, but confessed that her big- (CIPA). gest honor was the hour she spent ex- · Clear rights instantly any time They were selected by the school’s plaining libraries to the three justices who · Lawfully share content via the Web, e-mail and more faculty in recognition of those “who have ruled CIPA unconstitutional. See how we’re simplifying the permissions process for you. resisted censorship or efforts to abridge The Robert B. Downs Award has been the freedom of individuals to read or presented since 1969 by the Graduate view materials of their choice,” and is co- School of Library & Information Science COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER sponsored by Greenwood Press. in honor of its former director, who was a Horn is an 84-year old retired librar- tireless fighter for intellectual freedom. Monday, January 27, 2003 Cognotes Page 11 Exhibitor News

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