Young Adult Library Services Association
- Young Adult Library Services Association
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), established in 1957, is a division of the American Library Association. The mission of YALSA is to advocate, promote and strengthen service to young adults as part of the continuum of total library service, and to support those who provide service to this population. YALSA administers the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature, the Margaret Edwards Award for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature and the Alex Awards for the ten best adult books with teen appeal. Two newer awards administered by YALSA are the Odyssey Award, for Excellence in audiobook production, and the brand new William C. Morris YA Award, which will be awarded for the first time in 2009 honoring first-time authors of young adult literature. YALSA also sponsors Teen Read Week, the third week of each October, and Teen Tech Week, the second week of each March.
External links
* [http://www.ala.org/yalsa YALSA home page]
* [http://www.ala.org/teenread Teen Read Week home page]
* [http://www.ala.org/teentechweek Teen Tech Week home page]
* [http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists YALSA awards and booklists page]
* [http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php YALSA blog]
* [http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/ YALSA wiki]
* [http://www.myspace.com/yalsa YALSA MySpace page]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Young Adult Library Services — (ISSN 1541 4302) is a quarterly magazine published by the Young Adult Library Services Association. It supersedes the Journal of Youth Services, which was published together with the Association for Library Service to Children until 2002.… … Wikipedia
Young-adult fiction — (often abbreviated as YA fiction, or simply YA) is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents, roughly between the ages of 12 and 18. CharacteristicsYoung adult fiction, whether in the form of novels or short stories, has… … Wikipedia
Young-adult-fiction awards — recognize outstanding works of fiction for adolescents.Awards with a young adult themeMichael L. Printz AwardSince 1930, the ALA has put out an annual list of Best Books for Young Adults, which is created by the Young Adult Library Services… … Wikipedia
Association for Library Service to Children — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is a division of the American Library Association. Its members are concerned with the profession of children s Librarianship. The ALSC chooses the recipients of some of the world s most… … Wikipedia
American Library Association — Infobox Organization name = American Library Association image border = Ala logo.gif caption = ALA Logo membership = 64,600 headquarters = formation = 1876 website = [http://www.ala.org/ American Library Association] The American Library… … Wikipedia
National Library Week — First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the United States each April, typically the second full week.[1] The first National Library Week was… … Wikipedia
American Association of School Librarians — The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has been a division of the American Library Association (ALA) since 1951. Prior to that, school librarians were served by the School Library Section of ALA founded in 1914 which itself emerged… … Wikipedia
Library Bill of Rights — The Library Bill of Rights is the American Library Association s statement expressing the rights of library users to intellectual freedom and the expectations the association places on libraries to support those rights. The Association s Council… … Wikipedia
Library damage resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake — has been reported in six Asian countries. On December 26, the massive 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake struck off of the northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The resulting tsunamis killed more than 180,000 people. In addition to the… … Wikipedia
ALA Best Book for Young Adults — ALA Best Books for Young Adults ist ein von der American Library Association seit 1994 vergebener Literaturpreis. Jedes Jahr werden durch ein Komitee Neuerscheinungen nominiert. Jugendliche wählen daraus im Internet die zehn besten Jugendbücher… … Deutsch Wikipedia
