Reading Round-Up of Children’s and Young Adult Literature Conference

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About

Reading Round-Up (RRU) is a statewide annual conference held each April, sponsored by the Maine Regional Library System and the Maine Library Association's Youth Services Section. Established by the Southern Maine Library District in celebration of National Library Week and International Literacy Year, the first conference was held April 10 - 11, 1990, at the Portland Public Library.

Reading Round-Up is a conference to learn ideas for promoting, marketing, evaluating, and purchasing noteworthy juvenile literature. Staff who work with children in public or school libraries are invited to attend. Conference highlights include announcement of the Lupine, Katahdin, and Maine Student Book Awards and a display of the "Cream of the Crop" - Outstanding new children’s books compiled by a committee of children’s librarians especially for RRU.

Previous Conferences

Planning Committee 2008 - 2009

Planning committee members represent the three regional library districts and meet monthly from September to May.

Rita Bouchard, Augusta; Nancy Diamond, Manchester/Readfield Elementary Schools; Shirley Helfrich, Southern Maine Library District (ex officio); Kate Wing, Topsham Public Library; Sylvia Norton, Maine State Library, Augusta; Wende Sairio, Longfellow School, Brunswick (Chair); Sarah Schultz-Nielsen, Lithgow Public Library, Augusta; Liz Preble, Auburn Middle School

Further Information

Southern Maine Library District Office,
5 Monument Square, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 871-1766 or 1-800-649-7696
SMLD@portland.lib.me.us

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