Student Book Collectors Honored by Friends of the
Libraries
Winners of the Student Book
Collecting Contest and judges celebrated at the Awards
Ceremony on April 30 at the Eisenhower Library. Front row:
Betty Sweren, judge and Friends member; Jannie Lo,
honorable mention, undergraduate division; Elysha Chang,
second place, undergraduate division; Winston Tabb,
Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and judge; Richard
Macksey, professor, judge and Friends member; John Buchtel,
curator of rare books and judge. Back row: Priya Bhanu,
first place, undergraduate division; Scott Mayausky,
honorable mention, graduate division; and Brendan DeTemple
and Thomas Dechand, who tied for first place in the
graduate division.
Photo by Jay VanRensselaer / HIPS
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By Pamela Higgins Sheridan Libraries
Seven prizes have been awarded in the 2007 Student
Book Collecting Contest, sponsored by the Friends of the
Johns Hopkins University Libraries. Begun in 1993, the
contest recognizes the love of books and the delight in
shaping a thoughtful and focused book collection. The
competition includes graduate and undergraduate divisions
and is open to all students enrolled in a degree program at
Johns Hopkins.
This year's contest attracted 17 entries from all
academic divisions, including one from SAIS-Bologna.
Participants wrote essays describing how and why their
collection was assembled and submitted a bibliography of up
to 50 titles. Cash awards of $1,000 and $500 were awarded
to first- and second-place winners, and $250 awards went to
honorable mention winners. Two students tied for first
place in the graduate category.
Priya Bhanu won first place in the undergraduate
category for her collection of Indian literature, "Quest
for an Indian Heritage." Bhanu is a sophomore majoring in
international relations and East Asian studies in the
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.
Brendan DeTemple and Thomas Dechand shared first-place
honors in the graduate category. DeTemple is a doctoral
candidate in the Whiting School's Department of Geography
and Environmental Engineering. His "Native Orchids of North
America" is a reference collection for locating and
photographing native orchids. Dechand's "Master's of
Incompletion: S.T. Coleridge and Charles Peirce" includes
primary and secondary texts by both authors. Dechand is
pursuing a doctorate in intellectual history in the Krieger
School.
Elysha Chang, a sophomore majoring in English and
economics, took second place in the undergraduate category
for "Coming of Age With Scout Tom Jones and Other Literary
Figures," a collection of novels examining the formative
years of the characters. A first-year SAIS student won second place in the graduate
division for his collection on Ireland titled "The Green,
White and Orange Collection."
Senior Jannie Lo won the honorable mention award in
the undergraduate division for "A Spiritual Journey: "When
the Student Is Ready, the Teacher Will Appear," a
collection inspired by a high school class on world
religions. Lo is completing her bachelor's degree in piano
performance at the Peabody Institute. Scott Mayausky, a
first-year graduate student in the Krieger School's Master
of Arts in Government program, was awarded honorable
mention in the graduate division. His collection of books
on the lives and ideas of modern political thinkers and
leaders, all inscribed by the authors, is titled "The Hands
of History."
In addition to the cash awards, winners will be given
a one-year honorary membership in the Friends of the Johns
Hopkins Libraries. Selections from the winner's
collections are on display on the main level of Homewood's
Milton S. Eisenhower
Library through the end of May.
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