YALSA: The Young Adult Library Services Association main page. Visit this page to find links to information about YALSA activities and programs and to learn about how libraries are serving teens in their communities.

YALSA News

New books from YALSA! Find out more about "Excellence in Library Services to Young Adults, 5th Edition" and "The Official YALSA Awards Guidebook" on our Publications page!

Become a YALSA Emerging Leader! YALSA will sponsor two Emerging Leaders for 2009. Details and applications are available at the ALA Wiki. Deadline to apply is July 31.

Young Adult Literature Symposium registration now open! Find out "How We Read Now," Nov. 7-9 at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville!

Show your YALSA spirit and buy a limited-edition T-shirt at the ALA Store (Sizes and colors vary)! T-shirts feature exclusive artwork by Unshelved.

Teen Read Week registration now open. Books with Bite @ your library, Oct. 12-18! (Register for the WrestleMania Reading Challenge at the same time, and you could win $2,000 for your library!)

Visit the YALSA Wiki.

See results from ALA's poll on youth library usage, conducted by Harris Interactive. (.pdf file; Adobe Reader required).