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Dear Lm-Netters, I have received my ballot for ALSC positions and would like to advocate = for an individual for the Caldecott Committee. Ellen Loughran is not one = to be tooting her own horn as one can see by her very short and incomplete = bio on the ballot. I will do it for her. First and foremost Ellen = Loughran is an advocate for children's services. As the former manager of = children's services of Brooklyn Public Library she recruited me from the = corporate world into librarianship and I never looked back. She is = incredibly well-read and encourages, shares and promotes excellence in = children's literature. As a member of the Children's Book Committee at = Bank Street College she has access to all the children's books published = during the year. She has served on many committees too numerous to count = but as recently as last year put together the children's services section = of workshops for the New York State Library Association. (she can be very = persuasive in encouraging other librarians to pitch in, yes, I did go to = Albany to lead one) Most recently she was one of the four judges for Nick = Jr. magazine's best books for children list. Ellen is a standing member of = the committee which selects the preliminary list of thirty from around two = hundred picture books for the Irma Black Award. The finalists are used in = classrooms all around the country. Ellen presents a yearly workshop for = the New York City School Librarians meeting as well as one at the Early = Childhood Center of New York Public Library for care givers of young = children. Did I mention that Ellen Loughran is also my substitute here at = the Bank Street School for Children? ( pre-k through eighth grade) When I = returned the kids were disappointed that the other librarian was gone. = Ellen Loughran wrote this summer's New York State Summer Reading Manual = and has been a contributor to previous editions. She also reviews for = Kirkus. Although Ellen has served on other ALSC committees she has never = served on an awards committee and she really deserves to. I hope you will = vote for Ellen Loughran for the Caldecott committee. Thank you Lisa Lisa Von Drasek, MLIS Children's Librarian Bank Street College of Education 610 West 112th St NY NY 10025 lisav@bnkst.edu =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=