About YALSA

YA Galley Committee Description

Type: Standing

Date of Establishment: January 2003, as a continuation of the Galleys for Teens Project, begun in 1999.

Date of Completion: Continuing

Membership: 7 members, including chair, with no more than two virtual members.

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 facilitate the exchange of information and galleys of books published within the current and previous years among the voting teen group members as well as the non-voting members; to annually prepare the "Teens Top 10" list for Teen Read Week; and to coordinate the public electronic vote.

Procedures: Forthcoming

History: Established at Midwinter, 2003, when the Board voted to accept the report of the Organization & Bylaws Committee recommending the establishment of a standing committee with a slightly different charge: To facilitate the exchange information and galleys of books published within two years among the voting teen group members as well as the non-voting members; to annually prepare the “Teens Top 10” list for Teen Read Week; and to coordinate the public electronic vote. The Organization & Bylaws Committee then amended the charge immediately after the Midwinter meeting to read as above. Earlier, the YALSA Board had created the YA Galley Committee in 2002 to oversee two interrelated projects, the YA Galley Task Force and the Teen’s Top Ten (TTT) project, that had been moved from ‘pilot’ status to become permanent YALSA activities. The YA Galley Task Force was formed in 1999 at the request of several publishers of YA books who wanted teen readers’ feedback on their publications. The Teens’ Top Ten (TTT) Task Force was created in 1999 to explore the possibility of a teen-generated selection list similar to other YALSA selection lists.