Benefits of membership to YALSA.
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YALSA Benefits of Membership
FACE THE FACTS:
If you work in a library, you serve teenagers. Thousands of teenagers walk through the doors of school, public, community college, and university libraries every day. Reference and children's librarians, public library generalists, directors and trustees, college and university librarians, and of course young adult specialists and school library media specialists all serve teenagers.
YALSA's Goal:
The Association's goal is to advocate, promote, and strengthen service to young adults as part of the continuum of total library services.
YALSA Membership benefits include:
- subscription to YALSA's professional journal, Young Adult Library Services (4 issues a year)
- subscription to YALSA's online newsletter, YAttitudes (4 issues a year)
- eligibility to over $33,000 in annual grants and awards from YALSA
- access to YALSA’s Members Only portion of the web site which includes full annotations to all of YALSA's annual booklists
- opportunity to participate in any of YALSA’s 30+ committees, including the one that chooses the annual Printz Award
- member discounts to continuing education opportunities, like online courses
- inclusion in a community of librarians and library media specialists who support each other in their professional life
- eligibility to participate in YALSA’s mentoring program
- leadership opportunities through activities such as publishing with YALSA, serving on committees, planning and presenting programs and workshops, and/or serving on YALSA’s Board of Directors
- eligibility for receiving free resources from our sponsors, such as books and posters, by registering to participate in programs like Teen Read Week
- support for intellectual freedom and book challenge issues that may occur in your library
ALA Membership Benefits include:
- subscription to American Libraries, the monthly magazine of ALA
- reduced member registration fees for ALA conferences
- member discounts on ALA publications
- member discounts on ALA Graphics products
- eligibility to over more than 100 grants and awards from ALA
- access to ALA’s Online Community, with threaded discussions, live chat and more
- full access to ALA’s career resources and placement services
- voting rights in ALA elections
- involvement in the largest organization for librarians in the world
- chance to serve on ALA committees
- a copy of the ALA Handbook of Organizations
- eligibility for ALA’s group insurance plan, credit card, car rental and travel programs
Membership in ALA is required for membership in YALSA.