[LM_NET] Best Books for Young Adults nomination list updated

[Summer Hayes <shayes@KCLS.ORG>]

At long last, the list of titles nominated for YALSA's Best Books for Young Adults 
has been updated and is available online at 
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/titlesnominated.cfm
 
<https://webmail.kcls.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://webmail.kcls.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/titlesnominated.cfm>
 .  We currently have 107 titles nominated for BBYA as of September 1, 2009.

 

YALSA's Best Books for Young Adults Committee is currently reading nominations for 
what will become YALSA's 2010 BBYA list of recommended reading, which will be 
finalized and announced in January 2010.  We encourage field nominations for titles 
you feel would be a good fit for this list. If you would like to make a field 
nomination, please review the selection criteria on the web site and then use the 
online form to send YALSA your nomination: www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya.

Thank you to all who inquired about the lack of updates during July.  The BBYA 
committee closes nominations at the beginning of June to allow committee members 
time to read nominated titles before the ALA annual conference.  Because 
nominations do not open up again until late July, we have a rather long gap between 
updates.  Please know that this does not mean the committee is not hard at work 
during this time!  Committee members have read literally hundreds of books during 
the last two months and will continue to do so until ALA's Midwinter meetings.

 

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions.  Thank you for 
everything you do to get kids reading!

Summer 

 

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Summer Hayes
Teen Services Librarian
King County Public Library
Foster, Skyway, & Tukwila Branches
206-772-5541, 206-242-1640
shayes@kcls.org
 
Chair, Best Books for Young Adults 2010
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
American Library Association (ALA)

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