Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

YALSA seeks liaison for ALA committees

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) seeks a member to serve a one-year term as a liaison to ALA committees.

2019 YALSA Summer Learning Resources Grant recipients announced

CHICAGO – The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) has chosen 25 libraries to receive its 2019 Summer Learning Resources Grant.

2019 YALSA Summer Teen Intern Grant recipients announced

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) has chosen 25 libraries to receive its 2019 Summer Teen Intern Grant.

Pilarski, Slay, Kellermann receive YALSA’s 2019 Conference Scholarship Grants

CHICAGO – The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), awarded the 2019 Baker & Taylor/YALSA Conference Grants to Shira Pilarski and Jill Slay, and The Dorothy Broderick Student Scholarship to Meagan Kellermann. Each winner will receive up to $1,000 to attend the 2019 ALA Annual Conference in Washington D.C.

YALSA’s 2019 Great Books Giveaway provides more than $30,000 in materials to libraries in New York and Saipan

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), named Tilden Campus Library and the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library as the recipients of its annual Great Books Giveaway.

Martinez and Salsbury win YALSA’s 2019 Baker & Taylor Collection Development Grant

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected Elise Martinez and Meghan Salsbury as the winners of its 2019 Baker & Taylor Collection Development Grant.

Martinez and Salsbury will each receive a grant of $1,000 for collection development, generously provided by Baker & Taylor.

Wang wins YALSA’s 2019 Frances Henne Research Grant

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has awarded David Wang, General Librarian at the Elmhurst (New York) Branch of Queens Library, its 2019 Frances Henne Research Grant.

Strock receives YALSA’s 2019 Volunteer of the Year Award

CHICAGO —The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), has selected Adrienne Strock, Programs, Outreach, & Partnerships Manager at the New Orleans (Louisiana) Public Library, as the recipient of its 2019 Volunteer of the Year Award.

The award acknowledges the contributions of YALSA members who have demonstrated outstanding service to the mission, goals and work of YALSA during a given service year.

2019 Teens’ Top Ten book groups announced

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected 15 public and school libraries from across the country to serve as official book groups for its Teens’ Top Ten.

Lewis wins 2019 MAE Award for Best Literature Program for Teens

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), awarded Cicely Lewis, School Librarian at Meadowcreek High School in Lawrenceville, Georgia, the 2019 Margaret A. Edwards (MAE) Award for Best Literature Program for Teens for her “Read Woke” program.