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Applications for the 2021 Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians (NOTSL) Jane Myers Scholarship are now being accepted. Scholarship(s) will be awarded at the discretion of the NOTSL Scholarship Committee, not to exceed $500 dependent upon need and number of applicants.

Applicants must be currently working in an Ohio library in a professional, paraprofessional, or support position in a technical services area, or be students (residing or studying in Ohio) currently taking coursework in librarianship. The content of the proposed educational activity must relate to technical services, cataloging, serials, acquisitions, preservation, processing, or management of technical services. Typically, funded activities can include costs for workshops, conferences, coursework, professional meetings, or research, but not training required by an employer. Applicants must specify the nature and cost of the proposed activity for the Scholarship Board to properly determine eligibility and the allocation of funds.

Scholarships will be applied for the calendar year, from January to December of 2021. After the educational activity, scholarship winners are required to submit a summary of their activities, which will be posted on the NOTSL web page. The deadline for application is December 31, 2020, and recipients will receive notification no later than January 31, 2021.Link: Apply Now

Wanted: Your Memories for James Cook Memory Project Ohio Library Council's James Cook Book Award celebrates diversity in YA literature, but who was James Cook? The Teen Services Division and James Cook Book Award are hoping you can help tell us. As a part of the award, we maintain the James Cook Memory Project, a collection of photos and stories about the great man our award honors. We are hoping to digitize this collection as a way of preserving and sharing his legacy with a larger audience. If you have memories to contribute, please submit them here<http://olc.org/about-us/divisions/teen-services-division/james-cook-book-award/james-cook-memory-project/> <http://olc.org/about-us/divisions/teen-services-division/james-cook-book-award/james-cook-memory-project/>. For more information about James Cook, the award presented in his name, or to nominate your favorite diverse YA titles of 2019 and 2020, please visit us at https://www.olc.org/james-cook.

The Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Award Council is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Awards:

Grades K–2: We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins (Disney-Hyperion 2018, 978-1368003551)
Grades 3-5: Shelby’s Story: A Dog’s Way Home Tale by W. Bruce Cameron (Starscape 2018, 978-1250301918)
Grades 6-8: Guts by Raina Telgemeier (Graphix 2019, 978-0545852517)
Teen: On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (Blazer + Bray 2019, 978-0062498564)

Each of these books won the highest number of votes out of the five nominees in its category, in an online voting process by young readers all across the state of Ohio. Nominations for the 2020 Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Awards were accepted from March 15, 2019 to March 10, 2020. To be eligible for nomination, a book must have been published in the United States in the previous two years, and not be part of a series that has previously won the award. Voting was held between September 1, 2020 and November 10, 2020.

The Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Award program is designed to encourage children in Ohio to read literature critically, to promote teacher and librarian involvement in children's literature programs, and to commend authors of such literature. It was established in 1981 through a collaborative effort of the Ohio Literacy Association, The Ohio Educational Library Media Association, The Ohio Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts, The Ohio Library Council, the Kent State University School of Information, and The State Library of Ohio. It is one of the few statewide readers’ choice awards in which students nominate titles as well as vote for the winners.

A copy of each of the winning books with the BCTBA seal will be added to the BCTBA archives, housed at the Kent State University School of Information’s Reinberger Children’s Center in Kent, Ohio.

Visit the BCTBA website: www.bcbookaward.info for further information on the voting process and to find past winners and nominees, extension ideas, author information, connections to learning standards, and other literary links.


Other Sources Applications for the 2021 Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians (NOTSL) Jane Myers Scholarship are now being accepted. Scholarship(s) will be awarded at the discretion of the NOTSL Scholarship Committee, not to exceed $500 dependent upon need and number of applicants. Applicants must be currently working in an Ohio library in a professional, paraprofessional, or support position in a technical services area, or be students (residing or studying in Ohio) currently taking coursework in librarianship. The content of the proposed educational activity must relate to technical services, cataloging, serials, acquisitions, preservation, processing, or management of technical services. Typically, funded activities can include costs for workshops, conferences, coursework, professional meetings, or research, but not training required by an employer. Applicants must specify the nature and cost of the proposed activity for the Scholarship Board to properly determine eligibility and the allocation of funds. Scholarships will be applied for the calendar year, from January to December of 2021. After the educational activity, scholarship winners are required to submit a summary of their activities, which will be posted on the NOTSL web page. The deadline for application is December 31, 2020, and recipients will receive notification no later than January 31, 2021.Link: Apply Now Wanted: Your Memories for James Cook Memory Project Ohio Library Council's James Cook Book Award celebrates diversity in YA literature, but who was James Cook? The Teen Services Division and James Cook Book Award are hoping you can help tell us. As a part of the award, we maintain the James Cook Memory Project, a collection of photos and stories about the great man our award honors. We are hoping to digitize this collection as a way of preserving and sharing his legacy with a larger audience. If you have memories to contribute, please submit them here<http://olc.org/about-us/divisions/teen-services-division/james-cook-book-award/james-cook-memory-project/> <http://olc.org/about-us/divisions/teen-services-division/james-cook-book-award/james-cook-memory-project/>. For more information about James Cook, the award presented in his name, or to nominate your favorite diverse YA titles of 2019 and 2020, please visit us at https://www.olc.org/james-cook. The Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Award Council is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Awards: Grades K–2: We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins (Disney-Hyperion 2018, 978-1368003551) Grades 3-5: Shelby’s Story: A Dog’s Way Home Tale by W. Bruce Cameron (Starscape 2018, 978-1250301918) Grades 6-8: Guts by Raina Telgemeier (Graphix 2019, 978-0545852517) Teen: On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (Blazer + Bray 2019, 978-0062498564) Each of these books won the highest number of votes out of the five nominees in its category, in an online voting process by young readers all across the state of Ohio. Nominations for the 2020 Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Awards were accepted from March 15, 2019 to March 10, 2020. To be eligible for nomination, a book must have been published in the United States in the previous two years, and not be part of a series that has previously won the award. Voting was held between September 1, 2020 and November 10, 2020. The Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Award program is designed to encourage children in Ohio to read literature critically, to promote teacher and librarian involvement in children's literature programs, and to commend authors of such literature. It was established in 1981 through a collaborative effort of the Ohio Literacy Association, The Ohio Educational Library Media Association, The Ohio Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts, The Ohio Library Council, the Kent State University School of Information, and The State Library of Ohio. It is one of the few statewide readers’ choice awards in which students nominate titles as well as vote for the winners. A copy of each of the winning books with the BCTBA seal will be added to the BCTBA archives, housed at the Kent State University School of Information’s Reinberger Children’s Center in Kent, Ohio. Visit the BCTBA website: www.bcbookaward.info for further information on the voting process and to find past winners and nominees, extension ideas, author information, connections to learning standards, and other literary links.
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