One opening on the Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Committee has been filled. However, there is a second opening on the Manuscript Award Committee that still needs to be filled. The term is for 5 years beginning in July 2010 and ending in June 2015. The following is a description of the duties of Committee members:
Those interested in serving on the Committee should have some background in written book reviewing or similar experience and a familiarity with the goals and constructs of children's literature. The committee's duties consist of reading unpublished manuscripts and writing evaluations of those manuscripts. The committee then deliberates via email to choose a successful candidate and winner of the Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award. Committee members must be able to meet deadlines and must commit to thoughtful, detailed written evaluations. Manuscripts for consideration are accepted until December 15; a decision is reached by March 15. Anyone who wants to be part of this exciting committee should submit a resume and sample reviews to Aileen Grossberg, Chair, Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Committee, 204 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042. Potential committee members may also email the requested material to stmac...@aol.com. Please respond prior to the AJL Convention as there will be an organizational meeting held during the convention. Feel free to contact me with any questions about the committee. Refer to the AJL websites for more details. Aileen Grossberg Chair Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Committee Aileen Grossberg 204 Park Street Montclair, NJ 07042 973-744-3836 --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
