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February 22, 2007

HCPL Librarian, Victor Schill appointed to Newbery Committee

Victor Schill, Assistant Branch/Children?s Librarian at Fairbanks Branch Library, has been appointed to the American Library Association, Association for Library Service to Children?s John Newbery Award Committee. This is without question one of the highest honors a children?s librarian can receive and Victor is particularly deserving. He has served tirelessly on a variety of committees for both the Texas Library Association and the American Library Association which have prepared him well for this ultimate of assignments. Over the next year the Newbery Committee will consider the best of over 5000 children?s trade books published annually. Their selection(s) will be announced at ALA Midwinter in January, 2008 in Philadelphia. The award presentation will be at ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim in June, 2008.


Victor Schill was featured in the August/September 2006 issue of the HCPL Kids Newsletter.

Posted by Kathleen at February 22, 2007 01:15 PM

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