1. A detailed description of the activity undertaken:
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Golden Dragon Book Awards
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Panda Book Awards
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Red Dot Book Awards
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Sakura Medal
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URL
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Type of site
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Weebly
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Wikispace
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Google Sites
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Weebly
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Country
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Hong Kong
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China
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Singapore
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Japan
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Founders/Run by
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Association of Librarians in English Speaking Schools (ALESS) in Hong Kong
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International librarians throughout China
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International school librarians Network (ISLN) in Singapore
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Librarians from international schools
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Year Started
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2014
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2009
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2009
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2006
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Categories
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Four (ages 4-6; 7- 10; 11-14; 15-18)
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Four (Younger Readers; Middle Readers; Older Readers; Mature Readers)
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Four (Early Years; Younger Readers; Older Readers; Mature Readers)
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Nine (Picture Books; Graphic Novels; Chapter Books; Middle School; High School; Japanese Picture Books; Japanese Chapter Books; Japanese Middle School; and Japanese High School)
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# Schools
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Not mentioned
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32
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Not mentioned
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20
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# Students
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Not mentioned
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Not mentioned
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Not mentioned
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15,000
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Criteria
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Not mentioned
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No more than 2 years old
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Published in English in the last 4 years
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No more than 2 years old
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Long List
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8 books per category
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8-10 books per category
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8 books per category
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25-30 books per category
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Resources
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Promotional Material including Brochures, Stickers, Book ordering, video, slideshow
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Promotion materials including: voting posters, category posters, stickers for books and badges, bookmarks, printers for big posters, videos / slideshows / images
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Interactive elements
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Not on site – see social media
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None
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Not on site – see social media
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Commenting allowed on site (moderated)
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Related competition?
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None
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None
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Related social media
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None
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2. Answers to the following questions:
What did you learn?
How was the activity relevant to your professional practice?
Were any gaps in your knowledge revealed? How might you fill those gaps?
3. References
Panda Book Awards – home. (n.d.). Retrieved September 30, 2014, from http://pandabookawards.wikispaces.com/
Red Dot Book Awards 2013-2014. (n.d.). Retrieved September 30, 2014, from http://www.reddotawards.com/home
Sakura Medal – Sakuramedal. (n.d.). Retrieved September 30, 2014, from http://www.sakuramedal.com/sakura-medal.html