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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: Mailto:[log in to unmask] News from CILIP 1 September 2006 For immediate release (Please copy to online discussion lists) NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR CILIP CARNEGIE & KATE GREENAWAY MEDALS 2007 From 1 September all CILIP members are invited to nominate titles for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals. Judged by a panel of CILIP Members from all over the UK, the Medals are the country's most prestigious Children's Book Awards. The Medals celebrate the very best in children's literature and demonstrate the valuable work that CILIP members do in helping children and young people develop their literacy and social skills by reading for pleasure. You can follow the progress of the awards at www.ckg.org.uk 60,000 young people in 3,000 school and public library groups take part in the shadowing scheme that accompanies the Awards. Further details on the scheme and a database of the reviews are on the website at www.ckg.org.uk/shadowing. New timetable We want the Medals to promote excellence in children's books and take the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. To achieve this we are changing the Awards timetable to make it easier for bookshops to be involved and allow schools in Northern Ireland and Scotland to take part in the shadowing scheme more easily. 1 September - open for nominations 3 November - close of nominations 20 November - nominations announced 16 April - shortlists announced 21 June - winners announced How to nominate Each CILIP member can nominate up to two titles per Medal. Nominations can be submitted individually or through CILIP branches or special interest groups. Titles can be fiction, non-fiction or poetry. Nominations for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal can be dual-language. For further information and to submit your nominations visit www.ckg.org.uk/nomination For further details about CILIP membership visit www.cilip.org.uk/member Contact: Mark Taylor, Marketing Executive, Corporate Marketing Tel: 020 7255 0650 Email: Mailto:[log in to unmask] Notes for Editors CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. It forms a community of around 35,000 people engaged in library and information work, of whom around 22,000 are CILIP Members and around 13,000 are regular customers of CILIP Enterprises. CILIP members work 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 about CILIP, please go to www.cilip.org.uk The Youth Libraries Group (YLG) is a Special Interest Group of CILIP. It works in a 'pressure group' role, independently and with other professional organisations, to preserve and influence the provision of quality literature and library services for children and young people, both in public libraries and school library services. For more information about YLG, please go to http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/youth In 2007 the CILIP Carnegie Medal celebrates its 70th anniversary and Kate Greenaway Medal its 50th. - Ends -