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ALA EMIERT/Gale Research Multicultural Award recipient named 3. ALSC/Book Links/Art Institute of Chicago announce Caldecott exhibition 4. Author readings, book displays featured in special conference exhibit area 5. Sharon Draper recipient of first ALA SRRT King Task Force Genesis Award 6. First ALCTS Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award recipient named 7. LITA/Library Hi Tech Award recipient named 8. New ACRL publication focuses on vocational technical resources 9. Science and engineer conference proceedings guide available from ACRL 10. 1995 World Book - ALA Goal Grant to focus on information superhighway ATTENTION: EDITORS Watch for ALA News Releases to arrive in a new format. As you know, there have been significant increases in paper and postage costs. We hope this format will be useful to you and help save ALA money. Your comments and suggestions will be appreciated. Linda Wallace, Director, ALA Public Information Office PAMELA GOODES, PRESS OFFICER 1. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Adult program coordinators to offer planning, fundraising advice "Adults Only! Programs and How to Fund Them" will be held on Sunday, June 25, from 9:30 to 11 a.m., hosted by the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office and the Public Library Association (PLA) Humanities Programming Discussion Group during the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. The program will held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Stetson Suite E. It will feature experienced library programmers who will discuss the art of successful planning and fundraising for adult library cultural programs, including reading and discussion series. An informal discussion on current and planned humanities projects in libraries nationwide will be held. ALA Public Programs Office staff will present an update on present and future national traveling exhibitions including "Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington" and "The Frontier in American Culture" as well as literary programs such as "Writers Live at the Library," "Poets in Person" and "Let's Talk About It." Presenters will include: Sally Anderson, director of the Vermont Center for the Book, Chester; Andrea Lapsley, director of Marketing and Development, Houston (Texas) Public Library, and Patricia Martin, director of Development, ALA. For more information, contact: ALA Public Programs, 800-545-2433, ext. 5054. 2. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALA EMIERT/Gale Research Multicultural Award recipient named Rita A. Scherrei, associate university librarian, University Library at the University of California, Los Angeles, is the 1995 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) Ethnic Materials Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT)/Gale Research Multicultural Award. The award, $1,000 and a citation donated by Gale Research Company, recognizes outstanding achievement and leadership in serving the multicultural/multiethnic community with significant collection building and public and outreach services to culturally diverse populations and creative materials and programs. "Dr. Scherrei has played a pivotal role in conceiving and implementing the diversity program in the UCLA Library," according to the ALA Committee on Diversity who submitted the nomination. "Moreover, with the same dedication and vision, she has influenced the direction of diversity activities at the University of California libraries and has been a leader in the profession in personnel management." "The committee was impressed, in particular, with the broad and successful recruiting program along with staff development training, all reflecting a deep multicultural commitment," said David Cohen, chair of the EMIERT/Gale Research Multicultural Award Committee. Scherrei established the UCLA Library Committee on Diversity (LCD) in 1988. The committee advises the university's administration on diversity issues, works to develop programs to enhance the library as a receptive and hospitable workplace and serves as a library network promoting the benefits of a diverse workforce. The award will be presented during the ALA Annual Conference, June 22- 29, in Chicago. Nominations for the 1996 award should be submitted to: David Cohen, Queens College NSF 316, Flushing, N.Y. 11367. Telephone: 718-997-3626. 3. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALSC/Book Links/Art Institute of Chicago announce Caldecott exhibition An exhibition, "Illustrations from Caldecott Medal and Honors Books," celebrates the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference to be held June 22-29, in Chicago. The exhibit is on view through October 15, in the Kraft Education Center at The Art Institute of Chicago in cooperation with the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and Book Links magazine. It includes two of the acrylic paintings by David Diaz from the 1995 Caldecott Medal book "Smoky Night." It also displays original art from 21 other award winners from the past six years including the 1995 Honor Books "John Henry" (illustrations by Jerry Pinkney), "Time Flies" (illustrations by Eric Rohmann) and "Swamp Angel" (illustrations by Paul O. Zelinsky). "We are pleased that the staff of The Art Institute of Chicago shares our regard for the role of high quality illustration in a child's development and has made this exhibit possible," said Virginia McKee, ALSC president. "It will offer the public a rare glimpse into the development of a picture book." Jean Sousa, associate director for exhibitions and family programs at The Art Institute, said, "Picture books are often a child's first experience of visual learning. This exhibition represents the different ways that artists approach the making of a sequential work of art. On display with each illustration is the book, which shows the transformation from the original work of art to its final form." Books by the displaying Caldecott Medal and Honor Book winners are available for purchase in The Art Institute's Museum Shop. The Caldecott calendar, developed by the ALSC Caldecott Calendar Committee and featuring illustrations from medal and honor books, and "The Newbery and Caldecott Awards, 1995" edition is also available for purchase. The award, named for Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886) and established by the ALA in 1937, is administered by ALSC, a division of the ALA. It promotes high quality illustration in children's books. Each year, a committee of 15 ALSC members selects the recipient of the Caldecott Medal -- the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the United States during the preceding year. The committee may also select illustrators of other distinguished books to be recognized as Caldecott Honor Books. The 1995 medal and honor book certificates will be presented at the Newbery-Caldecott-Wilder Banquet on Sunday, June 25, at the Hyatt Hotel in Chicago during the ALA Annual Conference. Book Links is a publication of the American Library Association. 4. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Author readings, book displays to be featured at conference exhibit section Authors and poets will be featured in a new section to be housed within the Exhibit Hall during the American Library Association (ALA) annual Conference, June 22-29, in Chicago. The new "Writers Live" area, to be located in Booth 2457, will feature readings by nationally-known writers and displays by literary organizations. Adjacent to the area will be a Poetry Publication Showcase, a collection of 1,000 new poetry releases from across the nation organized by Poets House of New York City. Published by commercial, university and independent presses, the selected books will celebrate the diversity of this year's poetry and the strength of poetry in contemporary American culture. (A complete schedule is attached._ The area will also feature a stage where authors will read from their work during the Annual Conference. Readings are cosponsored by Poets House, The Guild Complex in Chicago and the ALA Public Programs Office. A related conference program, "The Poetry Audience of the Future," will be held on Saturday, June 24 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the Crystal Room of the Palmer House Hilton. It will feature a panel discussion about poetry in America and how libraries can develop new poetry audiences in their communities. Panelists will include Kay Cassell, associate director for Programs and Services of The Branch Libraries, New York Public Library; Luis J. Rodriguez, poet, editor and author of the acclaimed memoir "Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A." and Stephanie Strickland and Michael Warr, winner of a 1994 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Fellowship and author of "We Are the Black Boy." The program is cosponsored by Poets House, ALA Public Programs, the Public Library Association (PLA), Booklist, the review journal of ALA, and The Guild Complex in Chicago. The schedule for the readings is as follows: Saturday, June 24: 1-2 p.m.: Li-Young Lee, author of "The City in Which I Love You," the Lamont Poetry Selection for 1990, and Stephanie Strickland, a poet and automated systems librarian whose book, "The Red Virgin: A Poem of Simone Weil," won the Brittingham Prize. 3-4 p.m.: Sterling Plumpp, past winner of the Carl Sandburg Award for poetry whose latest book is "Horn Man," and Timothy Liu, a faculty member at Cornell College whose first collection of poems, "Vox Angelica," was recently published. Sunday, June 25: 1-2 p.m.: Stuart Dybek, author of "The Coast of Chicago" and winner of four O. Henry awards, and Julie Parson, recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award and author of "The Teeth in the Iris." 3-4 p.m.: Rohan Preston, arts and music writer for the Chicago Tribune and author of "Dreams in Soy Sauce," and Kyoko Mori, novelist and poet whose latest work is the memoir "The Dream of Water." Monday, June 26: 1-2 p.m.: Michael Warr and Angela Jackson, author of "Dark Legs and Silk Kisses--The Beatitudes of the Spinners" and winner of the 1994 Carl Sandburg Award. , 3-4 p.m.: Carlos Cumpian, editor and publisher of MARCH/Abrazo Press and author of "Coyote Sun," and Olivia Macei, author of "Saltier than Sweet (Mas Sal que Dulce)" and winner of the Jos Mart! Literary Award. Other exhibitors in the "Writers Live" area of the ALA Annual Conference exhibits include POETRY--The Modern Poetry Association, Poets & Writers, Inc., The National Writer's Voice Project of the YMCA, the Guild Complex, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Illinois Humanities Council, the Illinois Arts Council and others. Veteran adult program coordinators offer advice on planning and fundraising Experienced library programmers will point out the dos and don'ts of successful planning and fundraising for a variety of library cultural programs for adults, including reading and discussion series, in "Adults Only! Programs and How to Fund Them" at the 1995 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. The program will be held on Sunday, June 25, from 9:30-11 a.m. in the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Stetson Suite E. Speakers for "Adults Only!" include Sally Anderson, Director of the Vermont Center for the Book, Chester, Vt.; Andrea Lapsley, Director of Marketing and Development, Houston Public Library; and Patricia Martin, Director of Development, ALA. The program is cosponsored by the PLA Humanities Programming Discussion Group and the ALA Public Programs Office. An informal discussion after the program will focus on current and planned humanities projects in libraries nationwide. ALA Public Programs Office staff will present an update on present and future national traveling exhibitions such as "Beyond Category: The Genius of Duke Ellington" and "The Frontier in American Culture," as well as on ALA-sponsored literary programs such as "Writers Live at the Library," "Poets in Person" and "Let's Talk About It." Poets and librarians advise on drawing audiences for library poetry programs Poetry has surged into the national consciousness via many different avenues during the past decade. Characters in movies quote well known poets and poetry is used to help sell blue jeans. An annual cowboy poetry festival gets wide media coverage. Buses and subway trains contain contemporary poems to ponder while commuting. In the past five years, the "Poets in Person" series of the Modern Poetry Association and ALA has drawn more than six thousand people to libraries to discuss modern poetry. In "The Poetry Audience of the Future," a program to be held at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago on Saturday, June 24, from 9:30-11 a.m., a panel of librarians and poets will discuss poetry's growing popularity and meaningfulness to Americans as well as how libraries can take a leadership role in developing new poetry audiences in their communities. The program is in the Crystal Room of the Palmer House Hilton. Panelists include Kay Cassell, Associate Director for Programs and Services of The Branch Libraries, New York Public Library; Luis J. Rodriguez, a poet, editor and author of the acclaimed memoir Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.; Stephanie Strickland, a poet and automated systems librarian who recently won the Brittingham Prize for The Red Virgin: A Poem of Simone Weil; and Michael Warr, author of We Are All the Black Boy and executive director of The Guild Complex, a cross-cultural literary arts center in Chicago. The program is cosponsored by Poets House, New York, The Guild Complex, Chicago, PLA, Booklist and the ALA Public Programs Office. Acclaimed film screened at ALA Annual Conference as part of " A National Conversation" Goin' to Chicago, a critically acclaimed film about the migration of four million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North from 1915 to 1965 is the focus of a special program, "A National Conversation on American Pluralism and Identity," at the 1995 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. The film will be shown in its entirety on Sunday, June 25, from 2-4 p.m. in the Chicago Hilton and Towers, Room PDR 1. Valerie Smith, professor of English at UCLA, leads a discussion about the film on Monday, June 26, from 9:30-11 a.m. in the Palmer House Hilton, Parlor F. The discussion will show how the great migration of African Americans from South to North was based upon values traditionally associated with "the American dream" and shared by many Americans. The migrants believed that America was a land of equal opportunity and that if they were able to find well-paying factory jobs in the North and work hard, they could raise their families' standard of living. Racism and the closing of factories, stockyards and warehouses in northern industrial cities in the 1970s and 1980s brought an end to this dream for many of the migrants' children and grandchildren. "A National Conversation on American Pluralism and Identity" is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) that encourages Americans to examine and discuss what unites us as a country and what we share as common American values in a nation comprised of so many different groups and beliefs. It asks Americans from all backgrounds to speak face-to-face about the differences in race, ethnicity, economic class and culture that characterize America, rather than to allow divisive rhetoric to further polarize us. After the film discussion on Monday, ALA's proposed "National Conversation" project for libraries will be unveiled. A free package of National Conversation materials produced by the NEH will be available to participants. The film screening and discussion are cosponsored by ALA Public Programs and the NEH. 5. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Sharon Draper recipient of first ALA SRRT King Task Force Genesis Award Author Sharon Draper of Cincinnati, Ohio, is the first recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) Genesis Award. The award is presented by the ALA Social Responsibilties Round Table (SRRT) Coretta Scott King Award Task Force. The Genesis Award is designed to recognize the talents of African- American authors and illustrators at the beginning of their careers. No more than three books may have been published by those in consideration for this award. Draper received the award for her first novel "Tears of Tiger," a story about a young boy coping with the death of a friend in an automobile accident. It is published by Antheneum. "While others manage to work through their grief after a longtime friend is killed in an automobile accident, Andy cannot," said Carolyn L. Garnes, chair of the Genesis Award Committee. "Andy allows the death to overwhelm him and tragedy results. In this skillfully written first novel, Draper presents a sensitive and realistic portrayal of issues confronting youth of today. She employs a variety of techniques to engage the reader -- letters, articles, homework assignments and dialogue." Draper is chair of the English Department at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati. She is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. The award will be presented on Tuesday, June 28, at 7:30 a.m., at the Coretta Scott King Awards Breakfast during the ALA Annual Conference. 6. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Sharon Draper recipient of first ALA SRRT King Task Force Genesis Award Author Sharon Draper of Cincinnati, Ohio, is the first recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) Genesis Award. The award is presented by the ALA Social Responsibilties Round Table (SRRT) Coretta Scott King Award Task Force. The Genesis Award is designed to recognize the talents of African- American authors and illustrators at the beginning of their careers. No more than three books may have been published by those in consideration for this award. Draper received the award for her first novel "Tears of Tiger," a story about a young boy coping with the death of a friend in an automobile accident. It is published by Antheneum. "While others manage to work through their grief after a longtime friend is killed in an automobile accident, Andy cannot," said Carolyn L. Garnes, chair of the Genesis Award Committee. "Andy allows the death to overwhelm him and tragedy results. In this skillfully written first novel, Draper presents a sensitive and realistic portrayal of issues confronting youth of today. She employs a variety of techniques to engage the reader -- letters, articles, homework assignments and dialogue." Draper is chair of the English Department at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati. She is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. The award will be presented on Tuesday, June 28, at 7:30 a.m., at the Coretta Scott King Awards Breakfast during the ALA Annual Conference. 7. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award recipient named Walt Crawford, senior analyst for the Research Libraries Group, is the 1995 recipient of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)/Library Hi Tech Award. The award, $1,000 and a plaque donated by Pierian Press, is given to an individual or institution for work that shows outstanding communication for continuing education in library and information technology. "The award committee was unanimous in the selection of Walt Crawford to be the recipient for this award," said Michele Dalehite, chair of the LITA/Library Hi Tech Award Committee. "Through his 12 books and 64 articles, Walt has contributed significantly to the education, awareness and edification of his colleagues in a profession that he has chosen to adopt as his own." The committee is specifically recognizing Crawford for several publications: "MARC for Library Use: Understanding Integrated MARC," 1989; "Technical Standards: An Introduction for Librarians," 1991; "The Online Catalog Book: Essays and Examples," 1992, and "Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness and Examples," with Michael Gorman, 1995. Crawford has held several positions at the Research Libraries Group including programmer/analyst and manager of the production batch group. He was also programmer/analyst at the University of California, Berkeley. A member of the Information and Technology and Libraries Editorial Board, Crawford was editor of the LITA Newsletter (1985-94). He is past president (1992-93) of LITA and served on the LITA Board (1988-91). Crawford was a member of the LITA Technical Standards for Library Automation (TESLA) Committee (1978-82) and LITA Machine Readable Bibliographic Instruction (MARBI) Committee (1985-87). He also served as a member of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Free MARC Committee (1990-91). The award will be presented on Monday, June 26, at 2 p.m., at the LITA/ACRL Joint President's Program during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. LITA and ALCTS are divisions of the American Library Association. 8. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 New ACRL publication focuses on vocational technical resources "Vocational Technical Resources for Community College Libraries" is the latest publication from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The publication, edited by Mary Ann Laun, lists more than 50 career fields, organized into 10 discipline areas such as Building and Construction Trades, Business, Criminal Justice and Law, Heath and Sciences. Within the discipline areas, specific chapters are devoted to individual career fields. Each chapter begins with an introduction that describes the nature of the work involved, required skills and education background followed by a listing of print and nonprint information resources. The volume includes several indexes for easy cross reference. The focus of the publication is on selected reference and support material that supplement and complement the vocational curriculum in community and junior colleges. Textbooks have not been generally included except in areas where other materials are typically not available or in areas such as nursing where textbooks are the predominant resource published. "Vocational Technical Resources for Community College Libraries" (ISBN 0-8389-775-8) is $95 ($85 for ACRL members). To order, contact: American Library Association, Order Fulfillment, 520 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60610. Telephone: 800-545-2433, press 7. Fax: 312-836-9958. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association. 9. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Science and engineer conference proceedings guide available from ACRL "Science and Engineering Conference Proceedings: A Guide to Sources for Identification and Verification" is available from the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Edited by Barbara DeFelice, the publication is designed as an aid for librarians and library science students to verify and locate conference papers and proceedings. It includes a discussion on the problems of verification and acquisition and approaches to handling these problems. Also included is an extensive list of the major abstracting and indexing services in science and engineering, electronic and print versions, that cover conference proceedings. A title and subject index is also provided. "Science and Engineering Conference Proceedings: A Guide to Sources for Identification and Verification" (ISBN 0-8389-7790-1) is $16.50 ($14 for ACRL members). To order, contact: American Library Association, Order Fulfillment, 520 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60610. Telephone: 800-545-2433, press 7. Fax: 312-836-9958. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association. 10. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 1995 World Book - ALA Goal Grant to focus on information superhighway A proposal to create a database of information regarding the information superhighway and libraries has won the 1995 World Book - American Library Association (ALA) Goal Grant. The grant, $10,000 donated by World Book, Inc., is given to ALA units for the advancement of public, academic, or school library service and librarianship through the support of programs that implement the goals and priorities of ALA. The proposal, "Equity on the Information Superhighway," was submitted by ALA President-elect Betty J. Turock, the ALA Legislation Committee and the ALA Chapter Relations Committee. The project will be managed by the new ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP), based in Washington, D.C. The grant will be used to create a database of information on legislation, regulations, services, costs and sources of funding related to the use of the information superhighway by academic, public and school libraries. The database will be used to generate reports, disseminate models and provide human interest stories for news releases. Documents and data will be gathered from state library agencies and from librarians identified by those agencies as implementors of significant programs involving the information superhighway. The information will be used to produce publications, and will be the basis for ongoing gathering and dissemination of information by OITP. "The proposed project recognizes the importance of information about how libraries are connected to the emerging electronic information infrastructure," said Sandra Cooper, chair of the World Book - ALA Goal Grant Jury. "It supports ALA's Goal 2000 and is an appropriate beginning for the activities of ALA's new Office for Information Technology Policy." The award will be presented during the ALA Annual Conference, June 22- 29, in Chicago.