Penguin Young Readers Group Award

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

To be eligible, 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

Selection 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

For more information, contact:
Nancy L. Baumann (Chair)
School Librarian
University of Missouri SISLT
106 Dene Drive
Columbia, MO 65201-6596
307-399-0708
horsepwr_2000@yahoo.com