{"id":20851,"date":"2019-04-10T12:01:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T16:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=20851"},"modified":"2019-04-09T11:39:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T15:39:05","slug":"bookapalooza-packing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/bookapalooza-packing\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookapalooza Packing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On March 13<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2019, ALSC announced the three<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/news\/member-news\/2019\/03\/arizona-new-hampshire-and-tennessee-libraries-win-2019-alsc-bookapalooza-program\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">winners of the 2019 Bookapalooza Program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; McNary Community Library of McNary, Arizona; Jaffrey Public Library of Jaffrey, New Hampshire; and Lawrence County Public Library of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. These three libraries will receive books,and audiobooks published for children birth through fourteen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each year, the ALSC office receives nearly 3,000 newly published materials from children\u2019s trade publishers. These materials are submitted for consideration by the ALSC award and media evaluation selection committees. By the end of each year, our shelves are filled to the last inch! It\u2019s really exciting to watch the shelves fill up throughout the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-20851 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3854-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bookapalooza Packing!\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20868\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20868'>\n\t\t\t\tAnne and Laura packing!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3849-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bookapalooza Packing\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20867\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20867'>\n\t\t\t\tI spy Angela!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3859-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bookapalooza Packing!\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20870\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20870'>\n\t\t\t\tAlena packing\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3857-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bookapalooza Packing!\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20869\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20869'>\n\t\t\t\tLaura making sure to get all the books on the bottom shelves!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3853-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20854\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20854'>\n\t\t\t\tAimee and Anne packing!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3851-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20853\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20853'>\n\t\t\t\tOne row of boxes&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4139-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bookapalooza Boxes\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20858\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20858'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8230;turns into three rows!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALSC staff had the tiring, but fun, task of organizing, dividing, and packing these thousands of materials to be sent to our Bookapalooza winners. This year, due to the awards coordinator vacancy, staff pitched in and completed packing over the course \u00a0of a few weeks. Staff re-read the winning Bookapalooza applicants\u2019 submission forms to understand how the materials will be used and divide the collection evenly. Each of our three winning libraries will be receiving 40-50 boxes of materials in April.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was difficult to stay on task and not get distracted by all the amazing books and all the sorting, taping and lifting felt like a workout session&#8230;but brownies were present to help us through!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ariana Hussain, Grant Administration Committee chair, expressed, \u201cThe committee was deeply moved by amount of need in many of the applications we received, and impressed by the many different ways applicant&#8217;s proposed to use and share the Bookapalooza materials in their communities.\u201d ALSC Staff also shared these sentiments. It\u2019s a privilege to be able to send these materials to three winning libraries each year, where we know <strong>ALSC members are<\/strong> <strong>engaging communities to build healthy successful futures for all children.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can learn more about the ALSC Bookapalooza Program on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/bookapalooza-program\">ALSC website<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This post addresses the ALSC Core Competency IV: Knowledge Curation, Management of Materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 13th 2019, ALSC announced the three winners of the 2019 Bookapalooza Program; McNary Community Library of McNary, Arizona; Jaffrey Public Library of Jaffrey, New Hampshire; and Lawrence County Public Library of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. These three libraries will receive books,and audiobooks published for children birth through fourteen. Each year, the ALSC office receives nearly 3,000 newly published materials from children\u2019s trade publishers. These materials are submitted for consideration by the ALSC award and media evaluation selection committees. By the end of each year, our shelves are filled to the last inch! It\u2019s really exciting to watch the shelves fill up throughout the year. ALSC staff had the tiring, but fun, task of organizing, dividing, and packing these thousands of materials to be sent to our Bookapalooza winners. This year, due to the awards coordinator vacancy, staff pitched in and completed packing over the course \u00a0of a few weeks. 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