Welcome to Oregon Battle of the Books!
The Oregon Battle of the Books, OBOB, is a statewide voluntary reading motivation and comprehension program sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries in conjunction with a Library Services and Technology Act grant. Students in 3rd-12th grade, regardless of ability, are exposed to quality literature representing a variety of literary styles and viewpoints. The mission is to encourage and recognize students who enjoy reading, to broaden reading interests, to increase reading comprehension, promote academic excellence, and to promote cooperative learning and teamwork among students.
This is a program which is run completely by volunteers through the Oregon Association of School Libraries, OASL, and funded partially through the Library Services and Technology Act, LSTA.
This is the official OBOB website.
(The website obob.me is a for-profit site that offers OBOB quizzes and practice questions for a fee. The owner of that site is not affiliated with Oregon Battle of the Books in any way.)
Any questions?
Please feel free to email oboblsta@gmail.com
The person replying at this address is Elke Bruton, OBOB Administrative Chair.
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REGISTRATION
2014-2015
Registration closed Saturday November 15 at 11:59pm . No late registrations are accepted.
Registration will open on September 1 and run until November 15. The Registration fee will be $50 (early bird) or $75 per school registered (late registration).
Participant Registration (link to open on September 1, 2015 for next year)
Want to check your registration? Not sure who is listed as your contact person? Check here (use ctrl+F to locate your school):
OBOB Registrations Received and Paid
OBOB Grant Winners! Check the list to see who won a book grant this year.
2014-2015 Grant Recipients
Grant Application
2014-2015
Grant applications will be accepted from September 1 until October 15. This is a Needs Based grant and only schools that have not recently received a grant will be eligible to receive a grant this year. The application is a single sheet online form.
Grant Registration
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OBOB BOOK TITLES
2014-2015 OBOB Titles
Alternate formats for vision impaired, physically impaired, or reading disabled: Oregon Talking Book and Braille Library
OBOB Titles Nominations
2015-2016
Title Nomination Form now available!
Title archive OBOB.xls
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2015 State and Regionals
Locations, dates, contacts, grade levels. (Did I mention that this link is where you find out about Regionals?)
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Need to know your Region:
Use this handy MAP to determine your OBOB Region.
Or, you can look up your school's registration on the link for Current Registrations Received and Paid just to the left of this section.
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The school level questions were sent out on January 3 to the school contact. If you have any questions about those sets, used the link below:
Feedback form for Official OBOB Question Sets:
link to form
Volunteer to be a Regional Manager!
What is a Regional Manager?
OBOB Map
We would like to know where you are from:
Click this link to add your pin to the OBOB Map!
12 Ways Public Libraries Can Help OBOB
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
(almost all things OBOB; at a glance)
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OBOB 2014-2015 Official Handbook
HANDBOOK, RULES AND PROCEDURES
OBOB Regional Manager Manual
2013-2014 Regional Manager Manual
2013-2014 Regional Manager Manual
OBOB Logos for T-shirts, etc.
Take a look at all the colorful logos you can use for t-shirts, promotional items, mugs, hats, mousepads, book covers, blankets, jewelry, banners, signs, stickers, potholders, iPhone covers, cups, bandanas, the list is truly endless.
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RESOURCES Page for Local Battles
(School Level)
RESOURCES Page for Regional
and State Managers
Regional and State Tournament winners!
(2008 - Present)
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Questions?
Please feel free to email oboblsta@gmail.com The person replying at this address is Elke Bruton, OBOB Administrative Chair.
Regional and State Tournament winners
(2008 - Present)
OBOB is always looking for additional Statewide Committee members and event volunteers.
Thank you to all participants in Regionals and State OBOB, wonderful preparation and experiences!
Thank you to our hosts at schools and additionally to those who were Regional and State Battle managers! |
REGIONAL/STATE COMPETITION INFORMATION
OBOB HISTORY AND STATISTICS
Volunteer Survey for OBOB Participants
ARCHIVED RESOURCES
PROVIDE NEW FEEDBACK HERE
What are people saying about OBOB?
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OBOB Logo for download:
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Surveys!
We are interested in hearing from students, parents, teachers, librarians and coaches who participated in OBOB this year. Please fill out a survey for us. School employees may post these links on school web pages or share in email so that we can hear from a wide variety of participants.
All students who read any amount of books are welcome to fill out the survey.
Students: http://tinyurl.com/OBOBstudent-survey
Parents: http://tinyurl.com/OBOBsurvey-parent
Coaches, librarians & teachers: http://tinyurl.com/OBOBcoach-librariansurvey
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