More than $30,000 in grants and awards offered to YALSA members

Contact: Stephanie Kuenn


Communications Specialist


312-280-2128


skuenn@ala.org
For Immediate Release


October 2, 2007

More than $30,000 in grants and awards offered


to YALSA members

CHICAGO - The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest-growing division of the American Library Association (ALA), is pleased to announce that more than $30,000 worth of grants and awards are available to YALSA members. The deadline to apply for the following grants and awards is December 1, 2007. To learn more, visit
www.ala.org/yalsa, and click on “Awards and Grants.”

  • Baker and Taylor/YALSA Conference Grants. Funded by the Baker and Taylor Company, two grants of $1,000 each are awarded to librarians who work directly with young adults in a public or school library to enable them to attend the Annual Conference for the first time.



  • BWI/YALSA Collection Development Grant. This grant awards $1,000 for collection development to YALSA members who represent a public library, and who work directly with young adults ages 12 to 18. It is funded by Book Wholesalers, Inc.



  • Follett Software Company Award for a Young Adult Reading or Literature Program (formerly Sagebrush). Designed to honor a YALSA member who developed an outstanding reading or literature program for young adults. The award provides a grant of $1,000 to support the winning member's attendance at the ALA Annual Conference. The award is made possible through an annual grant from the Follett Software Company, a division of The American Companies.



  • Frances Henne/YALSA/VOYA Research Grant. This grant of $500 provides seed money for small-scale projects that will encourage research that responds to the YALSA Research Agenda; funding is provided by Scarecrow Press.



  • Great Book Giveaway Competition. Each year the YALSA office receives approximately 1,200 newly published children's, young adult and adult books, videos, CD's and audio cassettes for review. YALSA and the cooperating publishers offer one year's worth of review materials as a contribution to a library in need. The estimated value of this collection is $25,000.



  • Greenwood Publishing Group Service to Young Adults Achievement Award. This award debuts in 2008[j1]. Given out every other year, this $2,000 grant recognizes a member who has demonstrated unique and sustained devotion to young adult services.

For nearly 50 years, YALSA has been the world leader in selecting books, videos, and audiobooks for teens. For more information about these awards or for additional lists of recommended reading, go to
www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists. For more information about YALSA, please contact us via e-mail,
yalsa@ala.org; or by phone at 1-800-545-2433 ext. 4390.