Missouri Only - High School/Young Adult Reader's Choice Book Award

[Sally Hatton <hattons@wspgs.k12.mo.us>]

We need your help!  Please read this and pass it on to other librarians,
teachers, etc... that might be interested.

Last school year many of you responded positively to the idea of having a
high school level readers' choice award, similar to the Mark Twain and Show
Me Awards.  I still have your names and e-mails on a list that I made up at
that time.  I'm hoping to hear from you all again and to add even more names
at this time.  We have slowly been plugging away on this idea and I thought
it was time that we let you know our progress and plans.

In November, Terri Clark (MidContinent Public Library - Blue Springs),
Nancee Dahms-Stinson (Consultant, Youth and Senior Services, Missouri State
Library), Sally Hatton (Media Specialist - Willow Springs High School),
Peggy Northcraft (Hannibal Free Public Library), Stuart Pollack (Rich Hill
High School Media Specialist) and Gail Rickard (West Plains High School
Media Specialist) met in Jefferson City at the State Library.  We worked on
a vision statement, goals, strategies, committee structure and
responsibilities, and book criteria among other things.  We decided that we
would ask both MLA and MASL to cosponsor this award.

I sent our information to the board of MASL and Brenda Steffens arranged for
the Mark Twain (Leah Murray) and Show Me (Paula Giles)Chairpersons and the
president of our region (Southwest Missouri - Jerri Stanley) to contact Gail
and I.  We met with them last Sunday and they had lots of good advice and
warnings.  Gail and I are now preparing to present a workshop at our
regions' March 11th meeting in Reed Springs.  We will present our ideas and
open the topic up for discussion.  We will also ask librarians in our region
to commit to a trial run of a miniature version of this book award for the
years 2000-2001.  Librarians in our region that don't attend the meeting
will be contacted by mail.

The purpose of this trial run is to prove to MASL that there is interest and
support for such an award.  What I need from as many high school and public
librarians that serve young adults as possible is, your name, library's
address, phone numbers, e-mails, etc. to put on a list that I can give to
MASL to show that we have support.  Please e-mail me right away if you are
willing to eventually purchase the books on the high school reading list for
your library, and then encourage your teachers, students, patrons, etc. to
read at least four of the books and then vote on their favorite.  I also
need to know if you'd be willing to serve on a planning committee or be a
reader-selector sometime in the future.

Please let me know your interests, doubts, questions, suggestions, etc...
Also,  what about a name for this award?

Sally Hatton
Library Media Specialist
Willow Springs High School
215 W. 4th Street
Willow Springs, MO  65793
hattons@wspgs.k12.mo.us

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