Established in 2005 to recognize outstanding book-collecting efforts by college and university students, the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest aims to encourage young collectors to become accomplished bibliophiles. Winners for 2016 were announced at a special Library of Congress event. Guest speaker for the ceremony was Toni Tipton-Martin. The event was cosponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, the Fellowship of American Bibliographic Societies and the Grolier Club, with major support from the Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Speaker Biography: Toni Tipton-Martin is a food and nutrition journalist and community activist. She is the author of "The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African-American Cookbooks," a James Beard Award-winning annotated bibliography that tells the story behind her rare collection of African-American cookbooks and food culture. For transcript and more information, visit www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=8204

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