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Publisher's Liaison Committee Description

Date of Establishment: July 1958

Date of Completion: Continuing

Membership: 10, 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 create a better understanding between publishers and librarians in the library's use of materials with teenagers, in order that such materials be supplied more effectively.

History: The name of this committee changed from Publishers' Relations to Publishers' Liaison at Midwinter, 1975. The committee agreed to administer the Book Wholesalers Inc./YALSA Collection Development Grant at 1995 Midwinter, which they did through 2005 when the BWI/YALSA Collection Development Grant Jury was created.