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Congratulations to the 5th Annual Petko Award Prize Winners
Congratulations to the 5th Annual Petko Award Prize Winners
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On Friday, May 30, 2008 the UCR Libraries held the 5th Annual Awarding of the Adam Repan Petko Memorial Prize for the Student Book Collection Contest Competition for one undergraduate and one graduate winner.
Graduate Winner – Claire Nava, English
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| Click Here for a full listing of all entrants, their departments, collection titles, and the gift books they recieved) | |||
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We were honored to have present at the ceremony for the fifth year in a row, Dr. Edward Petko, of Sherman Oaks, California, our benefactor and son of Adam Repán Petko. Dr. Petko is also the donor of the printing presses collection in Special Collections. The presses are kept in working order for the use of UCR students in the seminars and demonstrations given by Sheryl Davis, Assistant Head of Special Collections, Gwido Zlatkes, Special Collections Reference Librarian, and Sara Stilley, Special Library Assistant for Printing and Preservation.
Dr. Melissa Conway, Head of Special Collections, was Master of Ceremonies for the event. Dr. Ruth M. Jackson, University Librarian, presented the awards to the two winners. The judges for the 2008 competition were as follows: Chair, Kuei Chiu, Bibliographer, Asian Studies, Humanities and Arts; Dr. Patricia Smith-Hunt, Head, Preservation Services; and Manuel Urrizola, Head of Cataloging/Metadata Services. Dr. Petko and Mr.Urrizola spoke about their own experiences as the undergraduate winners of the book collection competitions at the University of California Los Angeles and Amherst University, respectively. The ceremony concluded with the presentation of gift books, carefully chosen for each entrant by Kuei Chiu and enthusiastically presented by Manuel Urrizola. For the fourth year in row, the gift book were generously donated by the University of California Press. A reception followed at which the winners and all entrants had the opportunity to meet Dr. Petko. The winning collections will be on display in Special Collections for approximately three months beginning in mid-June. The winners are eligible for the Fine Books & Collections magazine's Collegiate Book Collecting Championship (http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/contest/). |
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| The UCR Libraries’ Student Book Collection Competition is named in honor of Adam Repán Petko (1896-1995), who immigrated to the United States in 1912. The late Mr. Petko’s own love of learning inspired his philanthropic interest in the literacy of his fellow immigrants. He was particularly concerned with the education of the children of immigrants, many of whom had been denied any chance for a formal education in their own countries. This contest honors Mr. Petko’s memory by providing a unique opportunity to undergraduate and graduate students at UCR to display their talents in assembling and organizing a personal book collection. It is the intention of the donor, Dr. Edward Petko, the son of Adam Repán Petko, that this competition be an annual event. | |||
| Special thanks to this year’s hardworking judges, Chair Kuei Chiu, Patricia Smith-Hunt, and Manuel Urrizola, as for those who worked behind the scenes to make this year’s competition a success. Among those are Ken Furuta, who presented workshops on preparing for the Petko Competition. Ken Furuta also also worked on publicity and website updates with Michael Yonezawa. Diana Lightfeldt prepared our posters. Sarah Allison, Darian Daries, Heidi Hutchinson, Mary Jones, Eric Milenkiewicz, Sara Stilley and Gwido Zlatkes of Special Collections and Secured Collection worked diligently throughout the year on all aspects of the Petko Competition. | |||
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For further information please contact:
Dr. Melissa Conway Head, Special Collections & Archives Rivera Library melissa.conway@ucr.edu (951) 827-3233 |
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A full listing of all the contestants, their departments, the names of their collections, and the gift books they received follows:
Minju Lee (Mathematics)
Shady Grove Oliver (Foreign Languages)
Christopher Rivera (Political Science/International Affairs)
Ian Ross (English/U.S. History)
Graduate entrants: Claire Nava (English)
Student Book Collection Competition |
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Posted on 6/11/08 by M. Yonezawa
