Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 12:43:10 -0400
From: Carol Diedrichs <diedrichs.1@OSU.EDU>
Subject: Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory Research Award

        1997 LAPT RESEARCH AWARD
        CAROL CUBBERLEY

        Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory (LAPT) is pleased to announce the
recipient of the 1997 Research Award, Carol Cubberley.  Ms. Cubberley is
Director of Technical Services at the University of Southern Mississippi.
        Her proposal, "Books Demonstrating Diversity in Mississippi School
Libraries," has been funded as the 1997 Library Acquisitions: Practice &
Theory Research Award.  The study "will attempt to determine if collections
in the elementary and middle school libraries of Mississippi reflect
diversity, with emphasis on representation of African-American authors,
illustrators, and characters.  The study will build upon an earlier survey
by Cubberley and Stella Wheat which showed the incidence of Caldecott and
Newbery award books in Mississippi school libraries.  To quote one of LAPT's
reviewers, "the questions around diversity in the schools is of great
interest and concern in the profession and nationally.  Although the focus
is narrow in terms of geography and type of library, the results have
potential for broader applications in collection development."

*****************************************
Carol Pitts Diedrichs
Head, Acquisition Department
Editor, Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory
The Ohio State University Libraries
1858 Neil Avenue Mall
Columbus, OH, 43210-1286
tel: 614-292-6314
fax: 614-292-2015
Internet: diedrichs.1@osu.edu
*****************************************