{"id":10562,"date":"2015-04-12T12:01:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T16:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=10562"},"modified":"2015-04-10T10:26:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T14:26:26","slug":"distinguished-and-diverse-at-alaac15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/distinguished-and-diverse-at-alaac15\/","title":{"rendered":"Distinguished and Diverse at #alaac15"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9337\" style=\"width: 146px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/AC15_SanFran_logo_RGB_300.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/AC15_SanFran_logo_RGB_300-146x300.png\" alt=\"2015 ALA Annual Conference\" width=\"146\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/AC15_SanFran_logo_RGB_300-146x300.png 146w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/AC15_SanFran_logo_RGB_300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a title=\"2015 ALA Annual Conference\" href=\"http:\/\/alaac15.ala.org\/\">2015 ALA Annual Conference<\/a> in San Francisco (image courtesy of ALA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ALSC and the ALSC Awards Preconference Pilot Program Task Force announced the theme and speakers for the <a title=\"ALSC Preconference Program\" href=\"http:\/\/alaac15.ala.org\/ticketed-events#ALSC\">2015 ALSC preconference program<\/a>. This program takes place 11:30 a.m. &#8211; 4 p.m. Friday, June 26, 2015, at the <a title=\"2015 ALA Annual Conference\" href=\"http:\/\/alaac15.ala.org\/\">2015 ALA Annual Conference<\/a> in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>The program, entitled \u201cDistinguished and Diverse: Celebrate the 2015 ALSC Honor Books,\u201d will spotlight 2015 Honor Book recipients for the Newbery, Caldecott, Batchelder, Pura Belpre\u0301, Sibert and Geisel awards. The keynote speaker for the program is K.T. Horning, and there will be a panel facilitated by Judy Freeman.<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature authors, illustrators and editors such as Cece Bell, Jacqueline Woodson, Lauren Castillo, Mary GrandPr\u00e9, Candace Fleming, Yuyi Morales, Jillian Tamaki, Katherine Roy, John Parra, Patricia Hruby Powell, Mark Siegel, Christian Robinson, Jon Klassen and Melissa Sweet. More speakers will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first year that such a preconference will be held. The charge of the Awards Preconference Pilot Program Task Force is \u201cto develop content and the program for a half-day preconference that will feature 2015 ALSC-only award honorees.&#8221; Based on the success of this year&#8217;s preconference, ALSC may or may not choose to hold similar events in connection with upcoming Annual Conferences. ALSC members receive a special discount (use code: <strong>ALSC2015<\/strong>) on registration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALSC and the ALSC Awards Preconference Pilot Program Task Force announced the theme and speakers for the 2015 ALSC preconference program. This program takes place 11:30 a.m. &#8211; 4 p.m. Friday, June 26, 2015, at the 2015 ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco. The program, entitled \u201cDistinguished and Diverse: Celebrate the 2015 ALSC Honor Books,\u201d will spotlight 2015 Honor Book recipients for the Newbery, Caldecott, Batchelder, Pura Belpre\u0301, Sibert and Geisel awards. The keynote speaker for the program is K.T. Horning, and there will be a panel facilitated by Judy Freeman. The event will feature authors, illustrators and editors such as Cece Bell, Jacqueline Woodson, Lauren Castillo, Mary GrandPr\u00e9, Candace Fleming, Yuyi Morales, Jillian Tamaki, Katherine Roy, John Parra, Patricia Hruby Powell, Mark Siegel, Christian Robinson, Jon Klassen and Melissa Sweet. More speakers will be announced soon. This is the first year that such a preconference will be held. 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