From: Rita Auerbach <rita.auerbach>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:36:37 -0500

Would you like to attend your first ALA Annual Conference? Hurry! The December 1st deadline for the Penguin Young Readers Group Award is rapidly approaching! Already been to Annual? Please let your colleagues know about this wonderful opportunity.

The Penguin Young Readers Group Award is a wonderful way for relatively new librarians to become active in ALSC and ALA. Recipients receive a monetary award toward attending their first ALA conference and are welcomed and recognized at the conference. The award is given to four children's librarians who have never attended an Annual Conference of the American Library Association. These awards, made possible by an annual gift from Penguin Young Readers Group, are administered by a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). The awards will enable four children's librarians to attend the Annual Conference to be held in Washington, DC, June 21-27, 2007. Four librarians working directly with children in elementary, middle schools or public libraries will each receive $600.

Requirements for application are:

- ALSC membership (applicant must be a member by the application deadline)
 
- One to ten years experience as a children's librarian
 
- No previous attendance at an annual ALA Conference

Send 4 copies of the completed application and supporting statement to:
  Alison O'Reilly Chair, Penguin Young Readers Group Award Committee Hauppauge Public Library 601 Veterans Memorial Highway Hauppauge, NY 11788

Application Deadline: December 1, 2006
  Let your colleagues know about this wonderful opportunity! For more information and a downloadable application, visit:
  http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/profawards/PenguinYoungReadersGroupAward

Apply now, or encourage a friend to apply. Rita Auerbach
Received on Tue 31 Oct 2006 01:36:37 PM CST