#1580 For Librarians in New Mexico Hitch hik er January 24, 2005 Coretta Scott King Author Award ALA BOOK AWARDS Toni Morrison for Remember: The Journey to School Integration (Houghton Miffl in, $18.00 list) The American Library Association announced Coretta Scott King Author Honor the prestigious Newbery and Caldecott Awards from the Shelia P. Moses for The Legend of Buddy Bush (Marga- ALA Convention in Boston this year ( see the web site ret K. McElderry Books, $15.95 list) at http://www.ala.org/2005awards). Cynthia Kadohata Marilyn Nelson for Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission won the Newbery for Kira-Kira, and Kevin Henkes was Requiem (Front Street, $16.95 list) named the winner of the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s Sharon G. Flake for Who Am I Without Him? (Jump at First Full Moon. The Coretta Scott-King Award went the Sun, $15.99 list) to Toni Morrison, author of Remember: The Journey to School Integration, and the Illustrator Award to Kadir Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Nelson, illustrator of Ellington Was Not a Street. Kadir Nelson for Ellington Was Not a Street (Simon & A list of the Honor books and other winners are as fol- Schuster, $15.95 list) lows: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books Jerry Pinkney for God Bless the Child (Amistad, $16.99 John Newbery Medal list) Cynthia Kadohata for Kira-Kira (Atheneum, $15.95 list) Leo and Diane Dillon for The People Could Fly: The John Newbery Honor Books Picture Book (Alfred A. Knopf, $16.95 list) Gennifer Choldenko for Al Capone Does My Shirts (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $15.99 list) Gary D. Schmidt for Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster BRIEFINGS Boy (Clarion Books, $15.00 list) Russell Freedman for The Voice That Challenged a It’s Library Appreciation Day. Library staff from Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal across the state are invited to attend the opening of Rights (Clarion Books, $18.00 list) Lasting Impressions: The Private Presses of New Mexico, at the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe on Randolph Caldecott Medal Sunday, February 20 (see HH #1576). Please note that Kevin Henkes for Kitten’s First Full Moon (Greenwil- a special gallery tour will be conducted by guest cura- low Books, $15.99 list) tor Pam Smith at 2 pm. Admission is free to all New Randolph Caldecott Honor Books Mexico residents with ID. The exhibit will be open Barbara Lehman for Red Book (Houghton Miffl in, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $12.95 list) The New Mexico State Library, in collabora- E.B. Lewis for Coming on Home Soon (G.P. Putnam’s tion with the Museum of New Mexico/Palace of the Sons, $16.99 list) Governors, welcomes all library staff to join in this Mo Willems for Knuffl e Bunny (Hyperion, $15.99 list) celebration of the history of printing in New Mexico. More specifi cally, the show is a comprehensive look at The Hitchhiker is available upon re quest on com put er The HITCH HIKER is published weekly by the New Mexico State Library, a division of the Offi ce of Cul tur al disc, cassette tape, in braille, or in large print. It may Affairs, 1209 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, NM 87505. also be seen on the State Library WEB site: http: Send news items to Robert Upton, EDITOR. ☎ 505-476- //www.stlib.state.nm.us. 9764, FAX 505-476-9761. artisan printers and the literary output of their presses, ary 2005 and are reprinted with permission of the New beginning with the work of Padre Martinez, through Mexico Compilation Commission. early 20th century artists such as Gustave Baumann and Library Laws of New Mexico has a subject index Willard Clark. The sub-theme of the exhibit is literacy as well as a table of contents that refer to specifi c laws, programming in libraries and museums throughout New such as the School Library Materials Act and the Li- Mexico. brary Privacy Act, and to general laws relating to such As a complement to the Palace of the Gover- issues as librarian certifi cation and federal and state nors’ main exhibit, the State Library also will display grants to libraries. It is available online on the State Li- a body of material related to the history of printing in brary’s website at http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/fi les/Li- New Mexico. This exhibit will be open to the public in braryLawsofNewMexicoDoc.pdf, and can be printed or the State Library’s Southwest Room in late winter/early downloaded. It is also available in paper by calling the spring 2005, where it will remain through February State Library at (505) 476-9702 or the State Library’s 2007. Interlibrary Reference Service toll-free at 1-800-876- To expand the outreach of the exhibit across the 2203 (for libraries only). state, six public libraries have expressed interest in this If you have questions, New Mexico State museum-library collaboration and will host a touring Library’s reference and development staff as well as the exhibition designed by the Palace of the Governors. reference staff at the New Mexico Supreme Court Law The State Library’s four rural bookmobiles, which Library are willing to help with additional information reach over 123 New Mexico communities, will feature needed relating to library laws in New Mexico and their selected reading materials that will introduce library implementation as it affects our profession and our daily patrons to the art of bookmaking, printing technology, library activities. Contact information is included in the and examples of printed materials from the 25 private Library Laws of New Mexico, or call the phone numbers presses featured in the collection. given above. Other library-related programming support in- cludes workshops on the history, design, and making of the “pop-up” book. In March 2005, well-known Santa ANNOUNCEMENTS Fe artist, illustrator, and author, Sally Blakemore, will conduct workshops for library staff in Deming, Hobbs, Fellowship proposals from Amigos Board. Each year, Bloomfi eld, and Santa Fe (see HH #1579). the Amigos Fellowship Program awards up to $7,500 to The theme for the State Library’s annual poster foster development of library and information profes- and bookmark will promote the Lasting Impressions ex- sionals in Amigos member libraries through funding hibit. All public, school, academic, and special libraries of individual research projects. The Amigos Library will receive this commemorative poster during the week Services Board of Trustees recently announced a call of March 28. for proposals for the 2005 Amigos Fellowship Program. If your library is interested in hosting the travel- Fellowship winners will be announced at the 2005 Ami- ing exhibit, please call Public Library Consultant Val gos Member Conference, May 4-5, in Dallas. Awards Nye toll-free at 1-800-340-3890 or e-mail vnye@stlib. are based on the proposed project’s signifi cance as a state.nm.us. We look forward to seeing our library col- contribution to library cooperation and/or technology leagues at the February 20 event! applications, and its benefi t to other libraries in these two areas. Since the program’s founding in 1990, it has Library laws. Library Laws in New Mexico has just awarded over $49,500 to fund 36 projects. One fellow- been published by the New Mexico State Library. It ship award resulted in a nationally published article. is a compilation of laws from the New Mexico Statutes Another award enabled a recipient to complete research Annotated (NMSA 1978) designed to assist librar- on a Ph.D., and Fellowship-funded projects have been ians, legislators, and the general public in fi nding New the foundation for several digital projects. Mexico state laws pertinent to libraries, librarians, and Applications must be received by Friday March the library profession. All laws are current as of Janu- 4, at 5 p.m. Central Time. Amigos urges interested per- 2 sons to visit the Amigos web site at http://www.amigos. ers and technology equipment to schools and commu- org/fellowship.html, for complete application informa- nity groups serving low-income populations and indi- tion, including guidelines and PDF application forms. viduals. The Foundation distributes technology grants Laura Kimberly welcomes questions about the Fellow- as follows: ship Program, its criteria, and selection process. Call Education grants of technology equipment for her at Amigos, toll-free 1-800-843-8482, ext.2864, or eligible schools. send an e-mail [email protected]. Community grants of technology equipment to eligible community-based organizations. National Leadership Grants. The Institute of Mu- Grants of technology equipment to Individuals. seum and Library Services (IMLS) announced that its guidelines for the updated National Leadership Grants In 2004, the Foundation awarded grants in 29 for Libraries and for Museums are available. National states. In 2005, eligible states are Alabama, Alaska, Leadership Grants are designed to enable libraries and California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Ida- museums to help all individuals attain the knowledge, ho, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, skills, attitudes, behaviors, and resources needed to New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, South enhance their engagement in community, work, fam- Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and ily, and society. Projects should enable libraries and Wyoming. Additional grants will be available in subse- museums to address current problems in creative ways, quent years. develop and test innovative solutions, and expand the If you have questions, please e-mail the Foun- boundaries within which cultural heritage institutions dation using the “Ask a Question” query, http://www. operate. The results of these projects – whether new bmtfoundation.com/bfa/us/public/en/contactus/query.