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The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is a division of the American Library Association. Its members are concerned with the profession of children's Librarianship. The ALSC chooses the recipients of some of the world's most prestigious annual children's literature awards. They include the Newbery Medal for writing, Caldecott Medal for illustration, Sibert Medal for informational, Wilder Medal for impact over time, Batchelder Award for works in a foreign language (not English), Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video, and the Belpre Medal for work by a Latino writer. The American Library Association represents librarians in the United States. ... The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association (ALA) to the author of the most outstanding American book for children. ... The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. ...
See Also
Young Adult Library Services Association
External Links
ALASC Home Page (http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm)
This award, established in her honor in 1966, is a citation awarded to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.
It is awarded annually by the Association for LibraryService to Children, a division of the American LibraryAssociation, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Administered by the Association for LibraryService to Children, a division of the American LibraryAssociation, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award was first given to its namesake in 1954.
The American LibraryAssociation (ALA) is a group that promotes libraries and library education in the United States and internationally.
The American LibraryAssociation passed a resolution on the Patriot Act, that it considers "a present danger to the constitutional rights and privacy rights of library users" and is active in fighting censorship nationwide.
[8] Because the plaintiff is the employee of a library consortium and an ALA member, the ALA filed an amicus curiae brief with the court.
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