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VOLUNTEER STATE BOOK AWARD
SELECTION PROCEDURES
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(Also available at www.mtsu.edu/~kpatten/vsba.html)
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1. Selection Committee Chair should contact
committee members by mail with selection guidelines and submission dates
for nominated titles in August and include the following:
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Books may be fiction or nonfiction
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Must be appropriate for the grade level targeted
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Only one title of any one author will
be included on any grade level list
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It is acceptable to have appropriate titles
on multiple lists
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Only titles published in the five years prior
to the year of voting are eligible
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Only books by authors residing in the United
States are eligible
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Textbooks, anthologies, translations, and
books from foreign publishers are not eligible
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Must consider the sincerity of the author
and respect for the reader as well as acceptance by readers
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Ask yourself – Would you be pleased for this
title to be a winner?
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Inclusion on a local school reading list does
not preclude a title from being included.
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Nomination form
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Submission dates:
| September 15 |
| November 15 |
| February 15 |
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Tentative plans for the spring selection meeting
to be held during TLA or at some other designated time and place
2. After each submission date the selection
committee chair will compile all nominated titles and distribute to committee
members and the co-chairs. At this time committee members will
also be reminded of the next submission date.
3. Selection committee members who do not
submit titles for consideration by the second nominations date (November
15) may be dropped from the committee and may be replaced by the selection
committee chair.
4. After the February 15 submission date,
the selection committee chairs will distribute the last compilation of
nominated titles along with a ballot listing all nominated title and the
rating instrument to all committee members. The committee members
should be instructed to mark their ballots using this rating instrument
and bring them to the final selection committee meeting or mail them to
the chair if unable to attend. Notify the co-chairs of the time and
place of the final selection committee meeting.
5. Conduct the final selection meeting
as follows:
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· Two readers must have rated a title
for it to be further considered
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· Use the scoring method provided to
determine the preliminary list of 20 or 25 titles
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· Discuss the preliminary list and
check again for:
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author eligibility
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copyright
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variety of genres
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multicultural appeal
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variety of reading levels
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appropriateness for age group
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consider if you are comfortable with one of
these titles becoming the winner
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Adjust final list if necessary using the next
highest rated titles
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Discuss and adjust until satisfied with list
6. Submit copies of list and ballots to each
co-chair with the following information about each title in hard copy and
e-mail in a “Word” file within 1 week after the final selection committee
meeting:
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Author
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Title
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Publisher
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Copyright
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Annotation
August 10, 2001
