Calendar of events

February - Fair Use Week - plan some events to publicize what Fair Use means for Education. See: http://fairuseweek.org/resources/ for resources, including a great fair use poster.

April -
Sokol High School Literary Awards, sponsored by Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library. Contact: Rebecca Fuss <Rebecca.Fuss@libraryweb.org>

Director of Programming & Outreach

Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library

115 South Avenue, Rochester NY 14604

585-428-8350
Brockport contacts the winners (with information provided by Rebecca), congratulating them and asking their permission to publish their winning entry in Digital Commons. We also send them a release form, (these documents are in the Sokol folder of the DC FC2 drive), attend the ceremony, present them with a certificate (also in DC FC2 Sokol folder) with their name, the name of their entry and the URL where it will be posted. I create the metadata record first and add the presentation after I get the release form (usually at the ceremony). Rebecca usually sends me the pdfs in the week following the ceremony.

More on Sokol Literary Contest

Good morning, Kim,

Permission forms went out with the congratulations letters. I asked that they return them signed on the day of the event, and I will have blanks available for them to complete on the spot if they forgot their form. I don’t believe we will receive them before the event.

Could you put the URL on and link it afterward? I could get you the text the next day.

Rebecca Fuss

From: Myers, Kim [mailto:kmyers@brockport.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 3:28 PM
To: Fuss, Rebecca
Subject: RE: Sokol Contest

Hi Rebecca,

I wanted to check with you about where we were in the process of student submission. I believe you were going to work on getting permission, signed off by both student and parent. I would love to have the work available in Digital Commons prior to the ceremony, so I could include the URL on the certificate. Do you think this is possible?

Thanks,

Kim

From: Fuss, Rebecca [mailto:Rebecca.Fuss@libraryweb.org]
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 2:33 PM
To: Myers, Kim
Subject: RE: Sokol Contest

Hi Kim,

Here are the names of the 2015 Sokol High School Literary Awards Contest winners, if you are still interested in making certificates:

Poetry: 

First Place - Grace Gorman Keller, School of the Arts, grade 11 

Second Place - Molly Brind'Amour, Irondequoit High School, grade 12 

Third Place - Olivia Spenard, School of the Arts, grade 10 

 

Prose: 

First Place - Zoe Hodge, School of the Arts, grade 11 

Second Place - Jeannie Hirsch, Webster Schroeder High School, grade 10 

Third Place - Madison Pelkey, Pittsford Mendon High School, grade 10 

 

Performance: 

Special Prize - Cassidy Bertram, Fairport High School, grade 12 

Rebecca Fuss

From: Myers, Kim [mailto:kmyers@brockport.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 1:39 PM
To: Fuss, Rebecca
Subject: RE: Sokol Contest

It is on my calendar and I am looking forward to it. Kim

From: Fuss, Rebecca [mailto:Rebecca.Fuss@libraryweb.org]
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 1:19 PM
To: Myers, Kim
Subject: RE: Sokol Contest

Hi Kim,

The Sokol winners have just been selected, so we will move ahead with getting permission for their work to appear on Digital Commons.

I hope you can make it to the ceremony here at Central Library on Thursday, April 30 at 4pm. You will be receiving an invitation in the mail in the next couple of weeks.

Rebecca Fuss

From: Myers, Kim [mailto:kmyers@brockport.edu]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 12:13 PM
To: Fuss, Rebecca
Subject: RE: Sokol Contest

Hi Rebecca,

I am very excited to work with you on this! I am attaching a draft permission document, for your feedback. If you have something else in mind to use to get their permission, that is fine, we just need to have their informed consent. Also, as far as metadata for the collection, I was thinking of having their name, email, school name, grade level, title and type of submission. Do you see any problem with displaying any of this information? We could collect the email addresses, but not have them visible if you wish. We would be happy to be mentioned at the awards ceremony, and would like to provide the winners with a certificate of some kind with the URL of their submission on it, if that would be all right with the committee.

Kim L Myers

Digital Repository Specialist

2014 bepress IR All Star

http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/

44K, Drake Memorial Library

The College at Brockport, State University of New York

585-395-2742

Sokol Contest

On 11/24/2014 RRLC sent out this announcement:

Again this year, the Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library will hold the Sokol High School Literary Awards Contest for student writers in grades 9 – 12. 

There are prizes for original poetry and prose, and students can submit their work written or performed. The entries are professionally judged, and there are cash prizes for the top entries.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, January 30, 2015, and the awards event will be on Thursday, April 30, 2015. The attachment provides additional information.

Flyers will be provided upon request. 

Rebecca Fuss

Director of Programming & Outreach

Friends & Foundation of RPL

Serving the Rochester Public Library

I decided to see if this was something we would be interested in pursuing and checked with Bob and Mary Jo:

From Bob: Interesting idea; do you know if their work is published elsewhere?

From Mary Jo:

Kim,

It's a good idea but I do have concerns about sustainability.  I don't want to start if it is dropped in a year or two. We also need to put energy into getting the Brockport student research award being talked about by 'friends of drake' off the ground.

 Based on their reaction, I contacted Rebecca Fuss by voicemail and email:

From: Myers, Kim [mailto:kmyers@brockport.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 9:46 AM
To: Fuss, Rebecca
Subject: Sokol Contest

Hi Rebecca,

I am following up the voicemail I left you on 12/24/14 about the Sokol Contest. I saw the advertisement, and we would like to offer the opportunity to have the award winners published in Digital Commons@Brockport, The College at Brockport’s Institution Repository (IR). I envision creating a community (group of collections) for outstanding scholarship from local high school students. Digital Commons can showcase a variety of formats, including video. This could be a nice addition to the program, allowing the winners to not only be able to list the prize on their resumes or college applications, but also to provide a permanent URL that people can use to view it. Digital Commons authors receive a monthly email telling them how many times their submission was downloaded, and other information. I’m happy to answer any questions you may have, and look forward to discussing this with you further.

To which she replied:

On 1/2/2015, Rebecca phoned me and expressed an interest in this idea. She asked many questions, and said she would need to talk to the board.

On the Monday following, she contacted me again and said:

Hi Kim,

The Sokol Committee accepts your invitation to post winning entries on Digital Commons@Brockport, conditioned on getting permission from the students.

Our judging will begin in February, and winners are announced in early April. We will get permission then and can get the entries to you shortly afterward.

May we also mention your website at the awards ceremony on April 30? That would give you some publicity, as well.

Thank you for thinking of us!

We are working out details now, including a permission slip.

Hi Rebecca,

I am very excited to work with you on this! I am attaching a draft permission document, for your feedback. If you have something else in mind to use to get their permission, that is fine, we just need to have their informed consent. Also, as far as metadata for the collection, I was thinking of having their name, email, school name, grade level, title and type of submission. Do you see any problem with displaying any of this information? We could collect the email addresses, but not have them visible if you wish. We would be happy to be mentioned at the awards ceremony, and would like to provide the winners with a certificate of some kind with the URL of their submission on it, if that would be all right with the committee.