[CASL-L] Nutmeg Nominees - Coming soon! 2/14/15

[Lisa Carroll]

Happy Nutmeg Eve everyone!!!
:)
 
 
Lisa Carroll
Library Media Specialist
Instructional Resources Coordinator
Webmaster
Northeast Middle School
530 Stevens Street
Bristol, CT  06010
(860) 584-7839 x136


>>> Lisa Polack <lpolack at ellingtonschools.net> 2/6/2015 9:12 AM >>>

The 2016 Nutmeg Book Award Nominees will be announced on February 14,
2015!
 
Our 2016 Selection Chairpersons along with the Steering Committee are
working hard to finalize the lists.  
 
If you are not familiar with the process and are interested to learn
more, here is what happens from November to February: 
In November, the four Selection Committees meet to review the books
that were read since last January and using the criteria stated in the
Nutmeg Book Award by-laws, come up with a nominee list along with a list
of alternative titles. Once the Selection Committees have chosen their
top choices, the Chairperson or Chairpersons have to confirm with the
publishers that enough copies of the books are still available and, for
the 3 upper levels, the titles have to be available in paperback by the
time the list is announced to the public on May 1st. This can sometimes
be challenging and time consuming. Occasionally when the publishers
cannot meet these requirements, alternative titles have to be selected.
After the lists are finalized (typically January 15th - February 1st)
our top sponsors Follett and Baker & Taylor are then notified of the
lists so they can prepare for the large orders that are likely to occur.
We then are excited to share our love of reading on Valentine’s Day with
all of the librarians across Connecticut by announcing the new lists of
nominees! 
 
These lists must be kept confidential till May 1st! We are happy to
provide the lists to you so you can prepare any programs and order
copies of the titles but please do not share these lists with students,
parents, bookstores, or anyone in the general public. You can order the
titles from bookstores and other vendors that are not our sponsors but
try to not make it obvious (i.e. don’t call the order ‘Nutmeg
Nominees’). 
 
It has come to our attention that some of you may have received early
versions of the 2016 nominees. We ask all Selection Committee members to
keep these lists secret and we aren’t sure how the lists got out, but
please follow the same confidentiality process and know that the lists
are subject to change. If fact, changes were just made in the past week!
We know there are budget constraints and you are anxious to get the
books ordered and in your library and we are doing everything we can to
get these lists to you in a timely manner. 
If you see or know one of the 2016 Selection Chairpersons, be sure to
congratulate them on a job well done!
 
Elementary Selection Committee
Lori Andrada & Ann Chase
 
Intermediate Selection Committee
Claire Moore & Libby Mueller
 
Teen Selection Committee
Kelley Gile
 
High School Selection Committee
Heather Aronson & Amy Schumann
 
 
Please check your email next Saturday, February 14th for the
announcement of the new 2016 Nutmeg Nominees!! 
 
Thank you for your continued support of the Nutmeg Book Award.
 
 
Lisa Garofalo Polack
School Librarian
Ellington Middle School & Crystal Lake School
Ellington, CT
lpolack at ellingtonschools.net  
Secretary, Nutmeg Book Award
 
  
 
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