About YALSA

Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Committee

Membership: 9, including Chair

Qualifications: YALSA members who must be able to attend both the Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference of ALA.

Term of Office: 2 years

Function: To study and promote the use of audiobooks as related to libraries; and to prepare or have prepared selected lists of materials on additional formats of current interest.

History: The committee was originally established in 1957 as the Book Selection Committee (when YASD was established). In 1966 the Best Books for Young Adults Committee was made a separate committee. In 1973 the Selection of Books and Other Materials was combined, by Board Action, with YASD Audio-Visual subcommittee of the ALA Audio-Visual Committee. The name Media Selection and Usage Committee was then given to the new, expanded committee. The committee agreed to administer the Econo-Clad Award for a Young Adult Reading or Literature Program at Midwinter, 1995. At the committee's request, the Board removed the Econo-Clad Award from their charge at the 1997 Annual Conference. In 2005, the name was changed from Audiobooks and Media Exploration to Selected Audiobooks. In 2008, the name was changed from Selected Audiobooks to Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults

Recipients of the Econo-Clad Award:

1996 - no winner
1997 - Susan R. Farber
1998 - No winner

See the Econo-Clad Award Committee for the list of winners prior to 1996.