Benefits of YALSA Membership

If you work in a library, you serve teenagers. Thousands of teenagers walk through the doors of school, public, community college, and university libraries every day. Reference and children's librarians, public library generalists, directors and trustees, college and university librarians, and of course young adult specialists and school library media specialists all serve teenagers.

YALSA's Goal:

The association's goal is to advocate, promote, and strengthen service to young adults as part of the continuum of total library services.

YALSA Membership benefits include:

voting rights in YALSA Elections
subscription to YALSA's professional journal, Young Adult Library Services (4 issues a year)
subscription to YALSA's E-Mail newsletter, YAttitudes (4 issues a year)
eligibility to more than $35,000 in annual grants and awards from YALSA
opportunity to participate in any of YALSA’s committees, juries, task forces, discuss group and interest group.
member discounts to continuing education opportunities, like online courses and biennial YA Lit Symposium
inclusion in a community of librarians and library media specialists who support each other in their professional life
eligibility to participate in YALSA’s mentoring program
leadership opportunities through activities such as publishing with YALSA, serving on committees, planning and presenting programs and workshops, and/or serving on YALSA’s Board of Directors
eligibility for receiving free resources from our sponsors, such as books and posters, by registering to participate in programs like Teen Read Week and Teen Tech Week
support for intellectual freedom and book challenge issues that may occur in your library
member discount on YALSA products and publications

ALA Membership Benefits include:

subscription to American Libraries, the monthly magazine of ALA
reduced member registration fees for ALA conferences
member discounts on ALA publications
member discounts on ALA Graphics products
eligibility to more than 100 grants and awards from ALA
full access to ALA’s career resources and placement services
voting rights in ALA elections
involvement in the largest organization for librarians in the world
chance to serve on ALA committees
access to of the ALA Handbook of Organizations
eligibility for ALA’s group insurance plan, credit card, car rental and travel programs
full access to ALA's social networking site, ALA connect

Membership in ALA is required for membership in YALSA. Join today!