Join YALSA
Invest in your career by joining YALSA!
YALSA is a division of the American Library Association. Our goal is to bring together key stakeholders from the areas of libraries, education, research, out of school time, youth development and more to develop and deliver resources to libraries that expand their capacity to support teen learning and enrichment and to foster healthy communities.
Dues and Rates
You can join ALA/YALSA using a secure, electronic form. Membership dues and rates are:
| Category | YALSA Dues | ALA Dues | Total | Description |
| Individual Type I | $62 | $125 | $187 | Includes those who want to join YALSA & ALA for the first time; want to renew/reinstate YALSA & ALA membership for the second year; want to renew/reinstate YALSA & ALA membership for the third and later years. |
| Individual Type II | $27 | $55 | $82 | Includes nonsalaried workers (unemployed, nonsalaried, or library support staff) who want to join YALSA & ALA; retirees who want to join YALSA & ALA. |
| Student | $27 | $40 | $67 | Includes students who want to join YALSA & ALA |
| Supporter | $27 | $70 | $97 | Includes friends and supporters of YALSA (e.g. appropriate individuals who do not work in the library field such as authors, booksellers, parents, teachers) who want to join YALSA & ALA; includes trustees (appropriate for non-librarian members of governing boards, advisory groups, friends organizations, and special citizen caucuses) who want to join YALSA & ALA. |
| Organizational Membership | $72 | $160–$2170 | TBD | |
| Corporate Membership | TBD | TBD | $570+ |
Who are our Members?
YALSA members are an amazing and wonderfully diverse group of dedicated individuals who work with or for teens, including:
- library support staff, librarian generalists, teen services specialists, youth services librarians, reference librarians, managers, trustees, and administrators at public libraries
- school librarians, school library support staff, reading specialists, educators and administrators in middle and high schools
- graduate students in library science or young adult literature programs
- faculty at graduate schools of library and information science
- librarians who work with teens in special libraries, including hospitals and correctional facilities
- afterschool providers who work with teens
Questions?
For questions about joining YALSA, please email yalsa@ala.org.
