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| NOMINATIONS FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE AND KATE GREENA |
| Author: | CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Lib |
| Date: | Friday, 5th Mar 2004 10:03 |
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CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
7 Ridgmount St, London WC1E 7AE.
Tel: 020 7255 0500
Textphone: 020 7255 0505
Fax: 020 7255 0501
E-mail: info@cilip.org.uk info@cilip.org.uk
News from CILIP
Friday 5 March 2004
For immediate release (Please copy to online discussion lists)
NOMINATIONS FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE AND KATE GREENAWAY MEDALS ANNOUNCED
The nominations for the UK’s most prestigious children’s book awards are published today on the award website www.ckg.org.uk
The CILIP Carnegie Medal, for an outstanding book for children and young people, has received 39 nominations while its companion award the Kate Greenaway Medal (awarded for illustration) has received 37.
The nominations have been made by members of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals either as individuals or via a regional group. Many nominated titles have already been the subject of rigorous debate in CILIP's Youth Libraries Group or local library authority selection meetings up and down the country.
The judging panel of 12 children’s and young people’s librarians will now read and assess every title before deciding the shortlists, which will be announced on 30 April.
Meanwhile, nearly 1,500 reading groups in school and public libraries are gearing up shadow the judging process. They will be reading the titles and sending their reviews to the award website from May until the announcement of the winners on 9 July.
Contact: Louisa Myatt, Marketing Manager
Tel: 020 7255 0650.
Email: louisa.myatt@cilip.org.uk
Notes to Editors
The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are awarded annually by a panel of children's and young people’s librarians from the Youth Libraries Group of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. The CILIP Carnegie Medal goes to an outstanding book for children and young people. The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded to an outstanding book for children and young people in terms of illustration. The CILIP Carnegie Medal was established by the Library Association in 1936, and the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal in 1955.
CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers, with around 22,000 members working in all sectors, including business and industry, science and technology, further and higher education, schools, local and central government, the health service, the voluntary sector, national and public libraries. For more information, go to www.cilip.org.uk.
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