Hey everyone,

Below is some information forwarded from ALSC the Association for Library Service to Children

Upcoming Webinar:

Problematic Award-Winning Texts: Daniel Boone, the Newbery Award, and Children's Librarianship
Tuesday, September 28 @ 11am CST

Learning outcomes:
- Identify the impact of the Newbery Medal in current children's literature community.
- Describe ongoing concerns regarding problematic award-winning children's books and media.
- Determine ways that problematic award-winning texts may impact the participant's work and professional decisions.

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1-Day Newbery Symposium!

ALSC is excited to collaborate with the Center for Children's Books at the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences for a FULL day symposium on the Newbery Medal! During this free virtual symposium, attendees will have an opportunity to learn about the history of this award, its evolution, and impact. This event will take place on November 5 from 9am - 4:30pm CST.

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SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS (also attached):

Welcome | Eunice E. Santos, Dean, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois

9:00 – 9:30 | Cara Betram, ALA Archives, University of Illinois

The Newbery in the Archives: 100 Years of Letters, Photographs, and Stories

9:30 – 10:30 | KT Horning, Director, Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Striving to Do Better: A Nuts-and-Bolts History of the Newbery Medal

10:30 – 11:30 | Panel Discussion: Experience from the Trenches

University of Illinois alumni who have served on the Newbery Committee

Ann Kalkhoff 1974 Committee
Debra Ann McLeod 1984 & 2014 Committees
Diane Foote 2010 Committee
Tad Andracki 2018 & 2022 Committees

11:30 – 12:30 | LUNCH

Afternoon | Sara L. Schwebel, Director, The Center for Children's Books (CCB), University of Illinois Welcome

12:30 – 1:30 | Kenneth Kidd, University of Florida

Prize, Canon, and Classics

1:30 – 2:30 | Jocelyn Van Tuyl, New College of Florida

Intersecting with a Fraught History: From Child Reader to Parent to Children's Lit Scholar

2:30 – 3:30 | Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, University of Michigan

The Shadow Book: Reading Slavery, Fugitivity, and Freedom in the Newbery Canon

3:30 – 4:30 | Join the CCB and the Newbery 100th Anniversary Celebration Taskforce/ALSC for a Mocktail Hour

on Mock Newbery Discussions

Sponsors:

The Center for Children's Books | Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) | School of Information

Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Contributing sponsors from the University of Illinois:

Best,

Kym (she/her)