{"id":5382,"date":"2012-11-04T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T04:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=5382"},"modified":"2012-11-04T22:49:25","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T03:49:25","slug":"83-days-to-go-ala-midwinter-in-seattle-the-2013-ala-youth-media-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/83-days-to-go-ala-midwinter-in-seattle-the-2013-ala-youth-media-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"83 Days to Go: \u00a0ALA Midwinter in Seattle &amp; the 2013 ALA Youth Media Awards! \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ALA_SeattleMWM2013_HORZ_Color.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5366\" title=\"2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ALA_SeattleMWM2013_HORZ_Color-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a>Seattle is the place to be for our next ALA Midwinter Conference on January 25-29,\u00a02013 where\u00a0thousands of ALA members\u00a0will\u00a0gather to conduct our association\u2019s business.\u00a0A major highlight for ALSC is the Youth Media Awards\u00a0(@alayma on Twitter),\u00a0is\u00a0our\u00a0own\u00a0announcements\u00a0of\u00a0the award\u00a0winners for the Newbery, Caldecott, Carnegie, Arbuthnot Lecture, Sibert, Geisel, Batchelder, Odyssey (with YALSA), Belpr\u00e9 (with REFORMA).<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re in Seattle, please\u00a0attend\u00a0the\u00a0ALA Youth\u00a0Media Awards announcements\u00a0in person\u00a0at the Convention Center\u00a0on Monday, January 28 at 8:00 am PT (doors open at 7:30 am). It is a\u00a0truly unforgettable\u00a0experience\u00a0full of anticipation,\u00a0energy and excitement.\u00a0Or you can watch the live Webcast on your computer\u00a0or mobile device\u00a0that will also begin at 8:00 am PT and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Either way, you\u2019ll be among the first to know which books and media are our committees\u2019 choices for the best of the best. As the announcer for ALSC, \u00a0I\u2019m thrilled\u00a0to be the one to share the much anticipated news!\u00a0Award press releases will be posted online by 10:00 am PT on the ALA homepage at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/\">www.ala.org<\/a>\u00a0on the morning of January 28, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Use the Twitter\u00a0hashtag #alamw13\u00a0to keep up on the latest about Midwinter Conference. Our great office staff will also be sending our updates in the next few months so that you have all the details to join\u00a0fellow\u00a0ALSC\u00a0members in Seattle\u00a0for,\u00a0ALSC Speed Networking, Division Leadership,\u00a0board meetings, the joint\u00a0youth\u00a0reception, and other activities. Hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p><em>In the meantime\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>with\u00a0almost three months\u00a0before the big announcements there is still time\u00a0to conduct a\u00a0<em>Mock Newbery or Caldecott<\/em>\u00a0elections\u00a0with students\u00a0in\u00a0schools, young people in public libraries and\u00a0with a groups\u00a0of interested adults. \u00a0To help\u00a0in this fun learning experience,\u00a0<em>through November<\/em>\u00a0for individuals\u00a0who purchase\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/detail.aspx?ID=3489%20\\o%20Mock%20Elections\"><em>Newbery and Caldecott Mock Elections Tool Kit<\/em><\/a>\u00a0digital download http<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/detail.aspx?ID=3489\">:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/detail.aspx?ID=3489<\/a>\u00a0presented by\u00a0ALSC,\u00a0they will\u00a0receive free access to an archived, prerecorded Mock Elections webinar. \u00a0This webinar is hosted\u00a0by Steven Engelfried, current chair of the Newbery Award Selection Committee.<\/p>\n<p>And, on the\u00a0brisk\u00a0fall and\u00a0blustery\u00a0winter\u00a0days before ALA Midwinter in Seattle\u00a0take the time\u00a0to visit the\u00a0Caldecott 75th anniversary page:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/Caldecott75\">http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/Caldecott75<\/a>. \u00a0 Maybe between now and the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago next June\u00a0when the\u00a0Caldecott\u00a0celebration culminates\u00a0at our banquet, you\u2019ll find the\u00a0perfect time\u00a0in your library to pull out all the Caldecott award and honor books and host a birthday party with cupcakes and party hats!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">************************************************************<\/p>\n<p><em>Today&#8217;s blogger is ALSC President, Carolyn Brodie.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you\u2019d like to write a guest post for the ALSC Blog, please contact Mary Voors, ALSC Blog manager, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:alscblog@gmail.com\">alscblog@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle is the place to be for our next ALA Midwinter Conference on January 25-29,\u00a02013 where\u00a0thousands of ALA members\u00a0will\u00a0gather to conduct our association\u2019s business.\u00a0A major highlight for ALSC is the Youth Media Awards\u00a0(@alayma on Twitter),\u00a0is\u00a0our\u00a0own\u00a0announcements\u00a0of\u00a0the award\u00a0winners for the Newbery, Caldecott, Carnegie, Arbuthnot Lecture, Sibert, Geisel, Batchelder, Odyssey (with YALSA), Belpr\u00e9 (with REFORMA). If you\u2019re in Seattle, please\u00a0attend\u00a0the\u00a0ALA Youth\u00a0Media Awards announcements\u00a0in person\u00a0at the Convention Center\u00a0on Monday, January 28 at 8:00 am PT (doors open at 7:30 am). It is a\u00a0truly unforgettable\u00a0experience\u00a0full of anticipation,\u00a0energy and excitement.\u00a0Or you can watch the live Webcast on your computer\u00a0or mobile device\u00a0that will also begin at 8:00 am PT and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Either way, you\u2019ll be among the first to know which books and media are our committees\u2019 choices for the best of the best. As the announcer for ALSC, \u00a0I\u2019m thrilled\u00a0to be the one to share the much anticipated news!\u00a0Award press releases&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[317,263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ala-midwinter-2013","category-blogger-carolyn-brodie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}