
This was posted to the listserv but bears wider promotion. I submitted a proposal for 2010 that was accepted. I have to say that one of the best professional development opportunities I have found is coordinating a program for a conference...

Have you ever had a song get so stuck in your head that you find yourself humming it all day? With the incredibly catchy “At Your Library” song from the Kids! @ your library® Campaign tool kit, this is a good thing! Pla...

The program below is one of many featured on ALA’s online clearinghouse for school/public library cooperation managed by the AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation. Visit the clearinghouse to learn more or share your own exemplary partnership! ...

“What was this writer thinking?!” “Would you like to ask the writer yourself?” Maureen Hayes knew the importance of bringing children and author/illustrator together and the impact it can have on their lives. In 20...

If you’ve never been to ALA Annual Conference, apply today for the Penguin Young Readers Group Award! This award, made possible by an annual gift from the Penguin Young Readers Group, enables up to four children’s librarians to attend their first ALA Annual Conference. L...

Call for applications! The ALSC/BWI Summer Reading Program Grant is designed to encourage reading programs for children in a public library by providing financial assistance of $3,000, while recognizing ALSC members for outstanding program development...

The 2010 John Newbery Book Award Committee is asking the ALSC membership to submit titles for consideration...

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published by an American publisher in the United States in English during the preceding year...

REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services, is pleased to announce that the San Francisco Public Library, Topeka & Shawnee County (Kan.) Public Library, have been selected to be the recipients of the 2009 Estela and Raúl Mora Award for their commendable efforts ...

Karen Newberry Great Round Table session. Excited about the prospect of pre-con! Thanks for your hard work, Laura.

PaperTigers (http://www.papertigers.org/index.html) describes itself as a website about books in English for young readers. While books discussed are multicultural from or about any part of the world, it has a particular focus on the Pacific Rim and South Asia...

The 2011 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Committee invites ALSC members to suggest authors or illustrators for consideration for the 2011 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award...

The 2010 Mildred L. Batchelder Award Committee invites your input in helping us identify eligible titles. The Award will be announced at the ALA Youth Media Awards press conference at Midwinter (Boston) and presented at the Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Terms: “The Mildred L. ...

By Sarah Polace 2009 Penguin Young Readers Group Award Winner I was very thankful to win the 2009 Penguin Young Readers Group Award which allowed me to attend the Annual Conference in Chicago...


















