Book Collection Contest: Win Some Cash!

As finals week begins, I am sure everyone is beginning to think of how to occupy all of the free time in the upcoming break. If you have a couple of free hours, consider planning a submission for the library's Book Collection Contest. The payouts are substantial: first place receives a cool thousand dollars, and second place receives half that.

From the Collins Library website:

"The aim of this competition is to encourage undergraduate students at Puget Sound to read for enjoyment and to develop personal libraries throughout their lives, to appreciate the special qualities of printed or illustrated works, and to read, research and preserve the collected works for pleasure and scholarship. Collections can be on any subject and this contest is open to all full time undergraduates.

A collection consists of items that a student has come to own as a consequence of developing a particular interest, which may be academic or not. A collection may consist of all books or a combination of books and other formats. For example, a collection focusing on a dramatist might include a playbill or poster associated with a performance. A collection on birds might include illustrations or a collection representing geography may include maps. For this contest, a collection consists of no more than 30 items of which the majority should be books, but related materials such as photographs, illustrations, maps, ephemera, CDs, music scores, posters etc. can be included. Collections can be on any topics. Subjects can be contemporary or historical and may stress bibliographical features such as bindings, printing processes, type, editions, illustrations, etc. Comic books and graphic novels will be accepted. Collections of ephemera alone if of historical interest will be accepted. Current textbooks should not be part of a collection, but historical textbooks may be included."

With that said, it would be wonderful if a history-themed collection were to win one of these substantial prizes. For more information, check out the library's context page, located at http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/collins-memorial-library/book-collecting-contest/.