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2015 Jefferson Cup Winners and Honor Books
Red madness: how a medical mystery changed what we eat and
Hello, I’m Johnny Cash Win 2015 Jefferson Cup
The Jefferson Cup Committee is pleased to announce its selections for this year’s awards. The 2015 Jefferson Cup Award for Older Readers went to Gail Jarrow for Red madness: how a medical mystery changed what we eat. The 2015 Jefferson Cup Award for Younger Readers went to G. Neri for Hello, I’m Johnny Cash. Red Madness traces the story of pellagra in the United States from isolating the disease to an eventual cure, as well as the intensely personal trials of the tens of thousands afflicted and persecuted during the early twentieth-century. Hello, I’m Johnny Cash, unanimously selected by the committee as the winner for younger readers, is an age appropriate free verse biography of Johnny Cash that stretches from Cash’s extremely poor beginnings to his eventual success with amazingly beautiful illustrations that bring his story to life.
 
Halley by Faye Gibbons, Pure grit: how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific by Mary Cronk Farrell, and Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere by Julie T. Lamana were selected as honor books for older readers.
For younger readers, Ben Franklin's big splash: the mostly true story of his first invention by Barb Rosenstock, George Washington's rules to live by: a good manners guide from the father of our country by K.M. Kostyal, President Taft Stuck in the Bath by Mac Barnett, and Thomas Jefferson: life, liberty and the pursuit of everything by Maira Kalman were selected as honor books. The I am… and Who was ? Series’ both received the Series Worthy of Note designation for young readers for their informative, captivating biographies for ages 5-8 and 8-12 respectively.
About the Jefferson Cup
The Jefferson Cup honors a distinguished biography, historical fiction or American history book for young people. Presented since 1983, the Jefferson Cup Committee’s goal is to promote reading about America’s past; to encourage the quality writing of United States history, biography and historical fiction for young people and to recognize authors in these disciplines.
The committee has nine members: a chairperson (selected by the previous year’s committee), one person from each Virginia Library Association region (total of six persons) selected by the current chair, the chair of the previous year’s Jefferson Cup Committee, and the chairperson or outgoing chairperson of the Youth Services Forum. All committee members are members of VLA.
–Submitted by Susan Taylor Catlett, 2015 Jefferson Cup Committee Chair |
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The Innovative Library Classroom 2015
We are excited to announce the second annual meeting of The Innovative Library Classroom (TILC), a day-long conference dedicated to the exploration of innovative practices related to teaching and learning in libraries.
The Innovative Library Classroom is supported by the Virginia Chapter of the Association of College & Research Libraries (VLACRL) and a number of Virginia institutions, including Radford University, Virginia Tech, and Hollins University. The conference will be held at the campus of Radford University in Radford, Virginia, on May 12, 2015, 9 am to 4:30 pm.
Your $35 registration fee includes lunch and snacks.
Registration will open at 9 am EST on Sunday, March 15 at: http://innovativelibraryclassroom.blogspot.com/p/registration.html
Space is limited to 75 attendees.
Full details about TILC, including accepted proposals, can be found at: http://innovativelibraryclassroom.blogspot.com/
Please let us know if you have any questions!
Candice Benjes-Small, MLIS
Head, Information Literacy & Outreach
McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA
540.831.6801
[email protected] |
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We are excited to announce the second annual meeting of The Innovative Library Classroom (TILC), a day-long conference dedicated to the exploration of innovative practices related to teaching and learning in libraries.
The Innovative Library Classroom is supported by the Virginia Chapter of the Association of College & Research Libraries (VLACRL) and a number of Virginia institutions, including Radford University, Virginia Tech, and Hollins University. The conference will be held at the campus of Radford University in Radford, Virginia, on May 12, 2015, 9 am to 4:30 pm.
Your $35 registration fee includes lunch and snacks.
Registration will open at 9 am EST on Sunday, March 15 at: http://innovativelibraryclassroom.blogspot.com/p/registration.html
Space is limited to 75 attendees.
Full details about TILC, including accepted proposals, can be found at: http://innovativelibraryclassroom.blogspot.com/
Please let us know if you have any questions!
Candice Benjes-Small, MLIS
Head, Information Literacy & Outreach
McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA
540.831.6801
[email protected] |
Virginia Libraries Takes on a New Focus
After sixty years of publication as a quarterly print journal, Virginia Libraries is moving in a new direction. As noted in every issue, the journal was originally designed to:
“develop, promote, and improve library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to advance literacy and learning and to ensure access to information in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The journal, distributed to the membership, is used as a vehicle for members to exchange information, ideas, and solutions to mutual problems in professional articles on current topics in the library and information field.”
The journal has had a remarkable run, and the archives will remain available online at: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/VALib/index.html
We’re excited about the first peer-reviewed issue of Virginia Libraries, which will be published in March 2015. We are also taking this opportunity to reshape the journal into an annual single-issue, peer-reviewed print journal (which will continue to be kept in the online archive). At the same time, we see the Virginia Library Association website growing into a more robust platform for sharing timely news and information from our members.
With this in mind, we are forming a new Ad Hoc Website Content Committee to review the Association’s website. This committee will work with the VLA Executive Committee and the VLA Executive Director to develop policies and procedures for maintenance of the website, including the creation of new content that best meets our members’ needs. If you are interested in serving on this committee, please contact Lisa Varga <[email protected]> or Shari Henry <[email protected]>.
Suzy Szasz Palmer
President
Virginia Library Association
February 27, 2015 |
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