Have you been a children’s librarian for less than 10 years? Have you been yearning to attend ALA Annual Conference, to get energized and inspired and learn from others in the profession?
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Grants Administration Committee are now accepting online applications for the 2016 Penguin Young Readers Group Awards. This award, made possible by an annual gift from Penguin Young Readers Group, provides a $600 stipend for up to four children’s librarians to attend their first ALA Annual Conference in Orlando.
Each applicant will be judged on the following:
- Involvement in ALSC, as well as any other professional or educational association of which the applicant was a member, officer, chairman, etc.
- New programs or innovations started by the applicants at the library in which he/she works
- Library experience.
Applicants must be personal members of ALSC, as well as ALA members to apply. The deadline for submissions is Oct. 1, 2015. For more information about the award requirements and submitting the online application please visit the Penguin Young Readers Group Award webpage.
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Today’s guest post was written by Sondra Eklund, this year’s Grants Administration Committee Chair.
If you’d like to write a guest post for the ALSC Blog, please contact Mary Voors, ALSC Blog manager, at alscblog@gmail.com.
Krys
Is this open to only American librarians or is this an international contest?
Courtney Jones
Hi, Krys:
Thanks for your interest in Penguin Young Readers Group Award! The requirements for applicants are as follows:
-Be personal members of ALSC as well as ALA; organizational members are not eligible
-Work directly with children in elementary, middle schools or public libraries
-Have less than ten years, but more than one year, of experience as a children’s librarian by the opening of the Annual Conference
-No previous attendance at an ALA Annual Conference
You are not required to be a U.S. citizen or resident. For more information please visit The Penguin Young Readers Group webpage: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/penguinyoungreadersgroupaward