[LM_NET] Grants & awards available from YALSA

[Stephanie Kuenn <skuenn@ALA.ORG>]

Greetings!

YALSA will offer more than $34,000 worth of grants and awards to
members. YALSA members can use the awards to attend ALA Annual
Conference for the first time, start a research program, add to their
library's collection and much more. 

"These grants are available to help and reward members, and I hope every
member will consider applying," said YALSA President Sarah Cornish
Debraski. "It's an important way for YALSA to invest in its members and
libraries."

The deadline to apply for the following grants and awards is Dec. 1. 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 work directly with young adults ages 12 to 18. It is funded
by Book Wholesalers, Inc.
*       MAE Award for Best Literature Program for Teens. The MAE Award,
which replaces the Sagebrush Award, is designed to honor a member of
YALSA who has developed an outstanding reading or literature program for
young adults. The award provides $500 to the winner and an additional
$500 to the winner's library. The award is made possible through the
Margaret A. Edwards Trust.
*       Frances Henne/YALSA/VOYA Research Grant. The Henne grant
increases this year to offer $1,000 of 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 more than 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 $30,000. 

Questions? Contact Nichole Gilbert at ngilbert@ala.org. 

-Stevie

 

Stephanie (Stevie) Kuenn

Communications Specialist

Young Adult Library Services Association <http://www.ala.org/yalsa> ,
the fastest-growing division of the American Library Association

skuenn@ala.org <mailto:skuenn@ala.org> 

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