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  • To serve as a source of information on recommended ethnic collections, services, and programs.
  • To organize task forces, institutes, and workshops to carry out the functions of the Round Table as defined in the petition.
  • To develop for Annual conferences forums and symposia programs that deal with the key issues of ethnicity and librarianship.
  • To maintain a liaison with the Office of Library Outreach Services and cooperate with other ALA units, including the caucuses in joint projects for the betterment of outreach services.
  • To disseminate the work of the Round Table through a program of publications

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Call for Nominations for 2023 Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement-- due 11/21

  • 1.  Call for Nominations for 2023 Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement-- due 11/21

    Posted Nov 15, 2022 02:23 PM

    The Coretta Scott King/ Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement jury is seeking nominations for the 2023 Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award pays tribute to the quality and magnitude of Virginia Hamilton's exemplary contributions through her literature and advocacy for children and youth, especially in her focus on African American life, history, and consciousness.

    We will recognize a practitioner. The practitioner may be a current or retired public librarian, academic librarian, school librarian (public or private), educator (Pre-K/12 or any level therein, or higher education), or youth literature advocate whose vocation, work, volunteer service, or ongoing promotion of books with and/or on behalf of youth is significant and sustained. The CSK Virginia Hamilton Practitioner recipient must be an African American.

    Deadline: November 21, 2022

    Please utilize the link below for more detailed criteria and a virtual nomination:
    http://www.ala.org/rt/cskbart/Virginia%20Hamilton%20Award%20for%20Lifetime%20Achievement

    Carolyn Garnes, Chair
    Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement

    Jury members:
    Dr. Sujin Huggins
    Chrystal Carr Jeter
    Emma McNamara
    Dr. Marguerite Penick



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    Emma K. McNamara
    PhD Student, Ohio State University
    Adjunct Professor, University of the District of Columbia
    She/Her/Hers
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