[LM_NET] MID & SEC: YALSA offers over $33,000 in grants and awards

[Beth Yoke <byoke@ALA.ORG>]

Please visit our web site to learn more about the following Grants and
Awards.  All applications must be received by December 1st.
 
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/awardsandgrants/yalsaawardsgrants.htm 
 
Baker and Taylor/YALSA Conference Grants. This grant is funded by the
Baker and Taylor Company. The 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 is funded by BWI
and
awards $1000 for collection development to YALSA members who represent
a
public library, and who work directly with young adults ages 12 to 18.
 
The Sagebrush Award for a Young Adult Reading or Literature Program.
The Sagebrush Award is designed to honor a member(s) of
the Young Adult Library Services Association who has 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 Sagebrush Book Company, a division of The American
Companies. 
 
Frances Henne/YALSA/VOYA Research Grant. This grant of $500 is to
provide seed money for small scale projects which will encourage
research that responds to the YALSA Research Agenda (can be viewed
online). 
 
Great Book Giveaway Competition.  Each year the YALSA office receives
approximately 1200 newly published children's, young adult and adult
books, videos, CDs and audio cassettes for review. YALSA and the
cooperating publishers are offering one year's worth of review
materials
as a contribution to a library in need.  The estimated
value of this collection is $25,000. 

In order to be considered for any of these grants and awards,
applicants must be YALSA members.  To join or find out more about the
association, go to www.ala.org/yalsa and click on "Join Us." 
-Beth 


Beth Yoke 
Executive Director 
Young Adult Library Services Association, 
a division of the American Library Association
50 E. Huron St. 
Chicago, IL 60611 
(312) 280-4391 or 1 (800) 545-2433 x4391
(312) 280-5276 fax
byoke@ala.org 
www.ala.org/yalsa
Celebrate Teen Read Week Oct. 15-21, 2006!

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