Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

Program proposals sought for YALSA’s 2020 YA Services Symposium

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), is seeking program proposals for its 2020 Young Adult Services Symposium now through February 15.

YALSA names 2020 Great Graphic Novels for Teens

CHICAGO – The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has announced its 2020 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list.

ALA live webcast to reveal next classics in children's and YA literature  

CHICAGO - On Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, at 8 a.m. ET, the American Library Association (ALA) will reveal the next classics in children’s and young adult literature during its Youth Media Awards announcements from Philadelphia. Libraries, schools and book lovers from around the globe will follow the action live by visiting http://ala.unikron.com, Facebook Live  @AmericanLibraryAssociation or following hashtag #alayma20. 

Hood selected as new 2020 YALS editor

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected Yolanda Hood, the Carol J. McMurry Distinguished Librarian for Academic Excellence at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming, as the new editor of its quarterly, digital journal, Young Adult Library Services (YALS).

YALSA announces 2020 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award finalists

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), selected five books as finalists for the 2020 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award, which honors the best nonfiction books written for young adults between Nov. 1, 2018, and Oct. 31, 2019.

YALSA announces 2020 William C. Morris Award finalists

CHICAGO - The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected five books as finalists for the 2020 William C. Morris Award, which honors the year’s best book written for young adults by a previously unpublished author.

2019 YALSA Teens’ Top Ten titles announced

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association has announced the official titles of the 2019 Teens’ Top Ten.

The top ten titles are as follows:

Allen selected to present paper for YALSA’s Trends Impacting YA Services session at 2020 ALA Midwinter

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected Liz Allen, Youth Services Librarian at Middle Country Public Library in Centereach, NY, to present a paper at YALSA’s Trends Impacting YA Services session at the 2020 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia on Saturday, January 25.

Carman wins YALSA’s 2019 Symposium Diverse Program Stipend

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services (YALSA) has selected Elsworth Carman, Director at the Iowa City Public Library, as the winner of its 2019 Symposium Diverse Program Stipend.

ALA announces National Library Legislative Day to be held in May 2020

WASHINGTON – The American Library Association announced today that the 45th annual National Library Legislative Day will be held May 4-5, 2020, at the Georgetown Conference Center in Washington, D.C.

National Library Legislative Day (NLLD) is a two-day educational advocacy event designed to gather hundreds of library workers, supporters, leaders, patrons and community stakeholders in Washington, D.C., to learn from policy experts and to raise awareness among federal legislators about how and why libraries are vital to communities across America.