Applications due Jan. 4 for YALSA’s YA Lit Symposium stipends

Contact:


Stephanie Kuenn


Communications Specialist


312-280-2128


skuenn@ala.org

NEWS


For Immediate Release


December 22, 2009

CHICAGO — Librarians and SLIS students could win a stipend for up to $1,000 to cover travel to the next Young Adult Literature Symposium in Albuquerque, N.M., Nov. 5-7, 2010, sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA).

YALSA will award two stipends of up to $1,000 to a YALSA member to use toward registration and travel to the 2010 symposium. One stipend will support a YALSA member who works directly with young adults with one to 10 years’ experience; the other will support a YALSA member seeking a library science degree in an ALA-accredited master’s program (the student must be enrolled in library school at the time of the symposium).

Applications can be downloaded at
www.ala.org/yalitsymposium and must be sent electronically to
yalsa@ala.org by 11:59 p.m. Central time on Jan. 4, 2010. Applicants will be notified of their status in March 2010. Questions can be sent to Nichole Gilbert,
ngilbert@ala.org, or 1 (800) 545-2433, ext. 4887.

For more than 50 years, YALSA has been the world leader in selecting books, videos and audio books for teens. For more information about YALSA or for lists of recommended reading, viewing and listening, go to
www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists, or contact the YALSA office by phone, (800) 545-2433, ext. 4390, or e-mail,
yalsa@ala.org.