Home   The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)  About YALSA Legislation Committee

 About YALSA

Legislation Committee Description

Date of Establishment: 1977

Membership: 7, including Chair

Qualifications: YALSA members who must be able to attend Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference of ALA. It is recommended that one member be appointed from the Washington DC area.

Term of Office: 2 years

Function: To serve as a liaison between the ALA Legislation Committee and YALSA and with other ALA youth groups and units interested in serving this age range, to inform and instruct librarians working with young adults of pending legislation, particularly that which affects young adults, to encourage the art of lobbying; and to recommend to the YALSA Board endorsement or revision of legislation affecting young adults which might be proposed or supported by the ALA Legislation Committee.

History: Committee charge was changed in 2001.