You may be asking, \u201cDoes my shelf\/case\/room of books qualify as a collection?\u201d<\/p>\n
For our purposes, a qualifying book collection is a group of items which have been acquired (not inherited) upon a specific unifying principle, rather than a mere \u201cassemblage\u201d of books. For instance, \u201cchildren\u2019s books\u201d is not a collection, but books for children by a certain author, or illustrated by a certain artist, or in a certain genre, is a collection. Similarly, one cannot collect \u201chistory,\u201d but one can form a collection of Russian history, or Labor history in Ohio, or the history of art in Spain. Your collection can be about the physical object (binding, illustration, edition) as well, as long as the unifying principle is clear.<\/p>\n
It is NOT about how much you paid for your books, how \u201cvaluable\u201d they are, or how many you have. For our purposes you must have at least ten (10) items (which can include books, pamphlets, offprints, and other printed ephemera), but winning collections over the years have averaged over 30 items.<\/p>\n
To enter, you need to submit the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n Submissions are due\u00a0April 1<\/strong><\/p>\n First prize is $500.<\/p>\n Questions and submissions should be directed to the Watkinson Library (860-297-2268) in the Raether Library & IT Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You may be asking, \u201cDoes my shelf\/case\/room of books qualify as a collection?\u201d For our purposes, a qualifying book collection is a group of items which have been acquired (not inherited) upon a specific unifying principle, rather than a mere \u201cassemblage\u201d of books. For instance, \u201cchildren\u2019s books\u201d is not a collection, but books for children […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":255,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5913","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n