Baker & Taylor/YALSA Conference Grants

Application

This grant is funded by the Baker and Taylor Company. The two grants of $1,000 each are awarded to librarians who work directly with young adults to enable them to attend the Annual Conference for the first time. One grant is given to a school librarian and one grant is given to a public librarian. Applications must be received in the YALSA office by December 1.

Requirements for Application are:

YALSA personal membership (preferably for at least two years)
One to ten years experience working with teenagers
No previous attendance at an Annual ALA Conference

The application must be submitted by e-mail to Nichole Gilbert at ngilbert@ala.org no later than December 1 on the official application form (Word Doc). Attachments must be named the applicants last name, underscore, the name of the grant. IE. Gilbert_BakerTaylor.

Guidelines

All entries must include the official application form (Word Doc) provided below by the Young Adult Library Services Association. Attachments must be named the applicants last name, underscore, the name of the grant. IE. Gilbert_BakerTaylor.
All applicants must be current personal members of ALA/YALSA at the time the application is submitted. (Please note that it takes about 2 months to fully process your application for membership. If you are just joining, please make sure you send a copy of your membership application with the grant application.)
Entries should be models of clarity and completeness.
The official application form (Word Doc) should be e-mailed to Nichole Gilbert at ngilbert@ala.org. Questions can be directed to Nichole at 1.800.545.2433 x 4387
Applications must be received no later than December 1 of the current year.

Winners

1996 - Linda B. Gray & Jennifer M. Baltes
1997 - no winners
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
2006 - Felice Piggot
2007 - Christine Beaver and Dana Hutchins
2008 - Sudi Q. Napalan and Charlene Helsel-Kather
2009 - Laurie Amster-Burton and Kate Toebbe

Baker & Taylor Official Application Form (Word Doc)