Bluebonnet Committees

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Selection  |  Program  |  TBA Coordinator

TBA Selection Committee Job Description:

The Bluebonnet Selection Committee has as its primary charge to select the 20 books for each year's Master List.

Ten members, one from each of the ten TLA districts, will serve three year terms. They will be involved in the delivery of library services to children, will be members of either the Children's Round Table (CRT) or Texas Association of School Librarians (TASL), and will be required to attend the TLA conference, annual assembly, and an October selection meeting. Potential members will apply for service on the committee through the chairs of CRT and TASL.

The Bluebonnet Selection Committee will be in charge of maintaining the Master List. The duties will rotate among committee members and involve the following:

• Committee member responsible for author verification
• Committee member responsible for compiling reviews from the list of suggested titles
• Committee member responsible for compiling reviews from The Bulletin of the Center of Children’s Books, The Horn Book Magazine, and The Horn Book Guide
• Committee member responsible for compiling reviews from School Library Journal
• Committee member serving as Youth Participation liaison to the Program Committee
• Committee member maintaining the scrapbook

TBA Program Committee Job Description:

The Bluebonnet Program Committee is charged with the responsibility of creating programming and support for the Texas Bluebonnet Program. There will be ten members. 

Members must belong to either Children’s Round Table or the Texas Association of School Librarians. They will attend annual meetings at the TLA conference and Annual Assembly in July. Members will serve three-year terms. Potential members will apply for service on the committee through the chairs of The Children’s Round Table (CRT) and TASL (Texas Association of School Librarians).

The responsibilities of the Bluebonnet Program Committee are:

• to produce a newsletter or an equivalent web version;
• to write, edit, and produce a promotional video;
• to generate publicity and press releases concerning the Bluebonnet Program;
• to create Activities that promote the books; and
• to coordinate youth participation at the Bluebonnet Luncheon.

Applicants can indicate a preference for one or more of the above areas in which they wish to work. 

The video subcommittee presently films in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and members will be responsible for travel to this area during the Martin Luther King holiday in January.  In addition, one member of the video subcommittee and one member of the activities subcommittee will be asked to attend at least a portion of the October meeting of the Bluebonnet Selection Committee.

TBA Coordinator Job Description

The responsibilities of the TBA Coordinator are to:

• Guide and direct the educational focus of the Texas Bluebonnet Award program.
• Review the goals, objectives, guidelines, policies and procedures of the TBA Selection Committee and the TBA Program Committee and recommend improvements in the general operation of the project to the TLA, TASL, and CRT Executive Boards.
• Attend the TLA Annual Conference, the TLA Annual Assembly, TBA committee meetings, ALA Annual Conference, and ALA Midwinter Meeting.
• Maintain/update the Texas Bluebonnet Award Program Procedures Manual and make it available upon request.
• Chair the TBA committees; schedule meetings; plan the agenda, oversee the preparation and dissemination of meeting minutes and materials.
• Prepare the TBA budget in collaboration with the TLA Executive Director and submit it to the TLA Executive Board for approval by date due each year.  Included along with the budget should be any recommendations for such items as fee changes, employee costs, etc. involving TBA Program activities.
• Coordinate with the TLA office staff those activities involved with the TBA Program; registration of participants, mailings, selling of promotional materials, newsletters, program sponsorship, website components, and publicity packets, etc.
•  Authorize expenditures and reimbursements from the TLA office according to procedure.
•  Monitor the use of the TBA logo and keep the TLA Executive Board apprised of any infringements associated with its use.
•  Oversee the electronic tabulation of ballots to determine the winning book and author for the Texas Bluebonnet Award.
•  Participate in an annual evaluation.
•  Serve as an advocate for the TBA Program.