Re: Book awards and collection development

[Kent Larsen <klarsen@PANIX.COM>]

>      Hello LM_NETters,
>      I am interested in knowing if anyone out there automatically
>purchases the winning books of certain book awards each year?
>      If so, which book awards do you count on each year?
>      Whether you count one or ten+ please answer. I really want to
>know how book awards figure into your collection development.
>
>     Please tell me what type of library you purchase for
>(private/public school, college, university, private/public library,
>other), which book award(s) you use, and if you can spare the time,
>why you use them.
>
>    Thanks ahead,
>                  Pam Long

Pam, It would be very nice if you could summarize the results of this query
and post them to the list. I, for one, would be very interested.