YALSA Conference Grants

Application

Baker and Taylor Company funds two grants of $1,000 each are awarded to librarians who work with or for young adults to enable them to attend the Annual Conference for the first time. One grant is given to a school librarian and one grant is given to a librarian whose focus is public libraries. A third grant, the Dorothy Broderick Student Scholarship, is funded by YALSA's Leadership Endowment and is awarded to a graduate student attending the conference for the first time. The winner will recieve $500 up front and must submit receipts following the conference to receive any additional funding. Applications must be submitted online by December 1.

Requirements for Application

  • YALSA personal membership (preferably for at least two years)
  • One to ten years experience working with teenagers (for Baker & Taylor scholarships only)
  • Current enrollment in an ALA accredited graduate school of library & information science (for the Broderick Scholarship only)
  • No previous attendance at an Annual ALA Conference

Listen to a podcast from 2009 winner, Laurie Amster-Burton, about her experience.

Guidelines

  1. All entries must be submitted online. Baker & Taylor and Dorothy Broderick.
  2. All applicants must be current personal members of ALA/YALSA at the time the application is submitted. (Please note that it can take up to 10 days to fully process your application for membership. If you are just joining, please make sure you send a copy of your membership application with the grant application.)
  3. Entries should be models of clarity and completeness.
  4. Questions can be e-mailed to Carla Jamison at cjamison@ala.org or 1.800.545.2433 x 5293
  5. Applications must be submitted no later than December 1 of the current year.

Application & Deadline

The Baker & Taylor application must be submitted online by December 1.

The Dorothy Broderick Scholarship application must be submitted online by December 1.

Winners