[CASL-L] Nutmeg 2024 List Release Info

[Porier, Anne]

Dear CT Librarians,

There were several inquiries on the goodnightmoon listserv regarding the
release date of the 2024 Nutmeg Nominees. I am reposting Alessandra
Casiello's response here in case you have similar questions!

Fondly,
Anne

Hello,

To answer all of the nutmeg questions I am seeing.

Several years ago we changed the way we release the following years’
nominees. It used to be a google form request, that went away. The nominees
are no longer “secret” nominees. Instead we do a “soft” launch of nominees
in our March 15th (unless that falls on a weekend it is either the Friday
before or the Monday after) newsletter. In order to get the nominees you
can join the mailing list before March 15th:
https://sites.google.com/view/nutmegbookaward/newsletter-sign-up. Or you
can wait and find them on the nutmeg website before April 1 (it is a tab as
we don’t promote the following year until voting is over for this year).

We do not send out monthly newsletters so if you signed up assuming you
would be seeing newsletters from us and doubting if your newsletter
registration went through, that isn’t the case.

We send out 3-4 newsletters a year:

March 15th (or weekday closest to this date if it falls on a weekend): this
years voting process is outlined and forms are sent out to prepare for the
April voting and the May submission of votes to the nutmeg committee, we
also include the announcement of the following years’ nominees, info on how
to purchase promo materials (bookmarks and stickers)

May 15th (or weekday closest to this date if it falls on a weekend): this
year’s winners are announced along with a promotion of the following year’s
nominees. We also highlight libraries that send us initiatives they have
done to promote the nominees throughout the year (if libraries send it to
us).

October: we send out an email to let you know when new committees will be
formed and how to access the applications.

November: a reminder about committee application deadlines.

These are the only times you would have gotten a newsletter from us if you
signed up for our newsletter. You also would not get a newsletter if it was
past the date we sent that newsletter. We do not resend newsletters to
those who have newly joined. The only time a newsletter is sent multiple
times is in the case that we have to send corrections to a flyer.

I hope this helps so people do not continue to ask these questions to the
listserv. You can find this information on our nutmeg website or reach out
to a member of the steering committee (emails and contact listed on
website) with specific questions. The nutmeg committees are all volunteers
as are those that do our newsletter, we all have tried to streamline this
process to make it easier for committee members who have jobs themselves as
well as make it simple for those requesting information for their libraries.

If you have any further questions please let me know.

Alessandra Casiello
Nutmeg Award Secretary
Alplibrarian at gmail.com


Anne Porier
School Librarian
Moses Y. Beach Elementary School
Wallingford CT
aporier at wallingfordschools.org
203-294-3950
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