The Miss Rumphius Award

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Award Nominees

Do you know a creative school librarian or media specialist?

The New Jersey Center for the Book is currently seeking nominations for its Miss Rumphius Award. 

Based on the title character of Barbara Cooney’s wonderful book, Miss Rumphius, which won the National Book Award in 1983, this award honors librarians, school media specialists, and educators who are stellar in spreading ideas and literacy. 

The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, September 20, 2013. The nominee must be employed in New Jersey as a professional librarian or certified educator, and must have developed creative activities using Internet resources for learning and literacy.  The activity should be collaborative, innovative, and able to be replicated by other librarians and educators.

The nominee must be willing to help produce his or her program for other classrooms and/or libraries.The award will be presented at the New Jersey Association of School Librarians conference at Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ on Friday, October 4, 2013.

The nomination shall include: the full name of the nominee and the place of employment; shall describe the activity or program in complete detail; shall describe the setting in which it takes place; shall indicate the collaborative aspects; shall indicate the innovative aspects of the program or activity and indicate how it can be replicated; shall include the full name and title of the nominator with address, email, phone number and fax number; shall include a letter of support from an administrator, from a former or current student, from a client or patron, or from a member of the staff..

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Nominations will be accepted until Friday, September 20, 2013. Either mail or PDF files are acceptable for submission.

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Miss Rumphius Award Winners

2007 Jacqueline E. Gould, Clearview Regional School

2008 Michelle Marhefka, Clearview Middle School

2010 Dana Sheridan, Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University

2011 Kim Zito, Crossroads Middle School, South Brunswick

2012 LaDawna Harrington, Millburn High School, Millburn, NJ