About YALSA

Alex Awards Committee Description

General information and function statements for division committees

NAME: Adult Books for Young Adults Project (now called the ALEX Awards, and became an official ALA Award in 2001)

TYPE: Special

AUTHORIZATION: Bylaws. Article IX, Section 1 and 2

DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: Annual, 1997

DATE OF COMPLETION: Annual, 2001

MEMBERSHIP: Determined by the President

QUALIFICATIONS: YALSA members able to attend both the Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conferences of the ALA. Selection committee chairs and officers preferred.

TERM OF OFFICE: Five years

FUNCTION: To plan, organize and implement a series of lectures and booklists dealing with adult books for young adults. To select each year 10 books published for adults that appeal to young adults and present their authors with the Alex Award.

PROCEDURES: See Awards Guidelines and Alex Award criteria.

HISTORY: Funded by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust for five years at $5,000 per year.