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ALSC Penguin Young Readers Group Award

The Penguin Young Readers Group Award

This award, made possible by an annual gift from Penguin Young Readers Group, provides a $600 stipend to up to four children's librarians to attend their first ALA Annual Conference.

Criteria 

• 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

Requirements

• Applicants must:
  • 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

Announcement of Winners

Winners will be announced via a press release on the ALSC Web site shortly after ALA Midwinter Meeting in early January.

How to Apply

Please print or type this application and submit a copy of the application form, through mail or e-mail, to the committee chair:

Beth Blankley
Alvin Sherman Library, Research and Info Tech Center
3100 Ray Ferrero, Jr. Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
blankley@nova.edu

All applications must be postmarked or e-mailed no later than December 1, 2008.  Questions?  Contact Beth Blankley at blankley@nova.edu.

2009 Penguin Young Readers Group Award Application

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