[LM_NET] ALA's Odyssey Award - learn & contribute

[Mary Burkey <mburkey@COLUMBUS.RR.COM>]

Hello all!

 

The Odyssey Award for Audiobook Excellence held its first meetings during
the recent ALA conference. As chair of the committee, I want everyone to
know about this exciting new youth award, a joint project of both ALSC &
YALSA, recognizing the best in audiobooks created for listeners ages birth
to eighteen. Next January, one Odyssey winner and possible honors will be
named along with the Newbery, Caldecott, Siebert, and Printz Awards. We
believe it is essential for ALSC and YALSA to provide the same level of
support for this nonprint format that they have historically provided for
print materials, by creating an annual award for the best audiobooks in the
field. We believe that by doing so, ALSC and YALSA can not only assist their
members to better serve their library patrons, but also raise the profile
and standards of audiobooks by having those honored serve as models toward
which all audio producers can aspire.

 

Please help us publicize the new award, and do your part by sending me any
field nominations for titles that you feel are worthy of this honor. As a
first-year committee, we do not have an official form, so please include the
following information: Author, Producer, Copyright Date, Price, ISBN, and
brief annotation with your rationale for nominating. Field nominations must
be seconded by a committee member. Learn more about the Odyssey Award
criteria here: http://tinyurl.com/2nv6ft

 

Need more information about audiobooks? Listen to the podcast of a session
at ALA's Annual Meeting titled "Celebrating Excellence in Audiobooks for
Children and Young Adults" featuring Bruce Coville, Judy Blume, John Green,
and Jack Gantos sharing their experiences with audiobooks. You'll get great
ideas on promoting audiobooks, as well as some fascinating anecdotes & good
laughs. Here's the link: http://tinyurl.com/2kbwkl

 

Happy Listening!

 

Mary Burkey, chair

2008 Odyssey Award Committee

mburkey@columbus.rr.com


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