About YALSA
Division & Membership Promotion Committee DescriptionType: Standing
Date of Establishment: January, 1975; revised July, 1987
Date of Completion: Continuing
Membership: 9 members including the Chair
Qualifications: YALSA members who must be able to attend both the Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference of ALA.
Term of Office: Two years
Function: To develop and pursue an aggressive and continuous campaign to recruit and retain members for the Young Adults Library Services Association, to promote the Association to our professional colleagues and to key partners as defined in the YALSA Strategic Plan.
Procedures: Take responsibility for the YALSA membership booth at Annual Conference.
History: Established at Midwinter, 1975, as the Membership Promotion Committee, the committee became Division Promotion and its function was revised at Annual, 1987. The function again was changed in 1993 as recommended by the Organization and Bylaws Committee, to delete cooperation with the Public Relations Committee, which had been dissolved in 1992. In January 2000 Division Promotion was merged with Membership and became Division and Membership Promotion, with the above function.
Baker & Taylor winners
1996 - Linda B. Gray & Jennifer M. Baltes
1997 -
1998 - Shari Fesko
1999 - Reed Williams
2000 - Elizabeth A. Spearing & Amber Tongate
2001 - no winners
2002 - Julie Halpern & Linette Ivanovitch
2003 - Laurie Rose & Gregory Lum
2004 - Robin Brenner & Cathy Nelson
2005 - Sophie Brookover & Tori Jensen
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