May 4, 1995 Contact: Barbara McKenna (408) 459-2495

UCSC LIBRARY ANNOUNCES WINNERS IN ANNUAL BOOK COLLECTION CONTEST

Contest expands this year to include local high school students

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SANTA CRUZ--Winners of the 29th Annual Book Collection Contest at the University of California, Santa Cruz, were announced at an awards ceremony held on Thursday, April 20, at McHenry Library. The annual contest, which is sponsored by the Friends of the UCSC Library, was expanded this year to include local high school students.

The contest is open to students who own a book collection of personal significance comprised of at least 25 titles. Rather than actually owning a collection, high school participants were asked to imagine a collection that would reflect a passionate interest, and to expand the collection to include nonprint media as well. To enter the contest, participants submitted a bibliography and an essay describing the special value of their collections.

Winners of the university-level competition receive both a cash award and Bookshop Santa Cruz gift certificates of $150, $100, and $50. The winners are: First prize ($300), Davina Ramirez, a senior majoring in linguistics from Santa Cruz, for "Restriction, Proscriptions, Conception: Intersections and Collisions between Gender and Science." Second prize ($200), Mara Mills, a senior majoring in biology and literature from Menlo Park, for "Magical Prague." Third prize ($100), Gina Sanchez, a senior majoring in modern literary studies from Pasadena, for "Chess: The Teacher and Imitator of Life."

Winners of the high school competition receive half of their prizes as cash for personal use and half in the form of bookstore gift certificates for their school library. They are: First prize ($300), Cheryl Lin, a senior at Santa Cruz High School, for "Searching for the Past: A Journey through China's History." Second prize ($200), Sarah Borchelt, a senior at Harbor High School, for "Photography: A Collection." Third prize ($100), Laura Kelley, a senior at Santa Cruz High School, for "Running."

This year's prizes were supported by donations from Neal Coonerty, owner of Bookshop Santa Cruz; David Watson, owner of the Literary Guillotine bookstore; and Lee Duffus, a board member of the Friends of the UCSC Library and owner of Bookworks in Aptos. The contest is also endowed by a deferred gift from Ethel Hammond Curtis.

Contest judges for the university student competition were John Dizikes, professor of American studies at UCSC; Kay Bowden, Friends of the UCSC Library board member; and Karen Mokrzycki, head of acquisitions at the University Library. Contest judges for the high school student competition were, Don Rothman, a senior lecturer in writing at UCSC; Mary K. Simpson, president of the Friends of the UCSC Library; and Michael Gant, Friends of the UCSC Library board member.

Along with annual sponsorship of the contest, the Friends of the UCSC Library makes substantial gifts of books, videos, and other materials to the library that cannot be purchased through regular budget funds. Selections from the winning collections will be on display in McHenry Library until May 5. For library hours and more information, call (408) 459-2801.

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