[LM_NET] ALSC Professional Awards, Grants and Scholarships

[Jenny Najduch <jnajduch@ALA.ORG>]

This year, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is
offering libraries and librarians more than $85,000 in grants and
funding through its 2010 professional awards and scholarships.  These
awards recognize outstanding library service to children through
creative programming ideas and dedication to librarianship.  

 

Applications for awards and grants are now available on the ALSC Web
site at www.ala.org/alsc; applications for scholarships will be posted
on the ALSC Web site in the near future.  All applications are due Dec.
1, except for The Frederic G. Melcher Scholarship and the Bound to Stay
Bound Books Scholarship, which are due March 1.

 

Awards include:

*       Bookapalooza!
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/Bookapal
ooza/index.cfm>  Each year the ALSC office receives almost 3,000 newly
published books, videos, audio books and recordings from children's
trade publishers for award and notables consideration.  At the end of
the year, after the awards have been given out, ALSC selects three
libraries to receive a Bookapalooza collection of these materials
(estimated to be worth $10,000 each) to be used in a way that creatively
enhances their library service to children and families.

 

*       The Bound to Stay Bound Books Scholarship
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/edcareeers/alscschol/index.cfm>
provides financial assistance in the form of four $7,000 awards to
students who intend to pursue an MLS or advanced degree and plan to work
in the area of library service to children in any type of library.  The
scholarship is made possible through the generous contributions of Bound
to Stay Bound Books, Inc.

 

*       The Light the Way Grant
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/candlewi
cklighttheway/index.cfm>  provides $3,000 in funding for a library
providing outreach to underserved populations.  This grant is made
possible through the generosity of Candlewick Press, in honor of Newbery
Medalist and Geisel Honoree Kate DiCamillo.

 

*       The Frederic G. Melcher Scholarship
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/edcareeers/alscschol/index.cfm>
provides financial assistance in the form of $6,000 scholarships to two
students who intend to pursue an MLS degree and who plan to work in
children's librarianship in any type of library.

 

*       Louise Seamen Bechtel Fellowship
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/bechtel/
index.cfm>  provides a $4,000 stipend to allow a qualified children's
librarian to spend a month or more reading at the Baldwin Library of
Historical Children's Literature, which contains a special collection of
85,000 volumes of children's literature published mostly before 1950.

 

*       ALSC/BWI Summer Reading Grant
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/bookwhol
esalers/index.cfm>  provides $3,000 in financial assistance to a public
library for developing an outstanding summer reading program for
children.

 

*       ALSC Distinguished Service Award
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/distingu
ishedservice/index.cfm>  honors an individual member who has made
significant contributions to and an impact on library services to
children and ALSC.  The recipient receives $1,000 and an engraved pin at
the ALSC Membership Meeting during the ALA Annual Conference.

 

*       The Penguin Young Readers Group Award
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/penguiny
oungreadersgroupaward/index.cfm>  provides a $600 stipend, provided by
Penguin Young Reader's Group, for winners to attend their first ALA
Annual Conference.  Applicants must have less than 10 years of
experience as a children's librarian and work directly with children.

 

*       The Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Award
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/hayesawa
rd/index.cfm>  was established with funding from Simon & Schuster
Children's Publishing, in honor of Maureen Hayes, to bring together
children and nationally recognized authors/illustrators.  This award
provides $4,000 to fund an author/illustrator visit to a library.  

 

All award winners will be announced through a press release on the ALSC
Web site shortly after ALA Midwinter Meeting in early January. Questions
about awards, grants and scholarships should be directed to Jenny
Najduch, ALSC marketing specialist, at jnajduch@ala.org or (312)
280-4026.

 

Please excuse the cross post.  Thank you!

 

Jenny Najduch, Marketing Specialist, Membership

Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

A division of the American Library Association

 

50 E. Huron 

Chicago, IL 60611

phone: (312) 280-4026

fax: (312) 280-5271

jnajduch@ala.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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