Association for Library Service to Children

In 2015, the ALSC Board accepted a white paper titled "Media Mentorship in Libraries Serving Youth". This paper outlines the role of librarians and other library staff who serve youth and families with particular regard to materials and practices surrounding digital media.{{Cite web|title = Media Mentorship in Libraries Serving Youth {{!}} Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)|url = http://www.ala.org/alsc/mediamentorship|website = www.ala.org|date = 29 April 2015|access-date = 2015-11-03}}

ALSC published a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal, Children and Libraries, covering library services to children.{{cite book|author=Carrie Scott Banks|title=Including Families of Children with Special Needs: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians, Revised Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=raWgAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA305|year=2014|publisher=American Library Association|isbn=978-1-55570-791-0|pages=305–}} The journal was established in 2003 and succeeds the Journal of Youth Services (formerly Top of the News), which was published until 2002 in collaboration with the Young Adult Library Services Association.

ALSC announces the awards listed below every January at a Monday morning press conference that takes place during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting.{{Cite web|title = ALA Youth Media Awards {{!}} News and Press Center|url = http://www.ala.org/news/mediapresscenter/presskits/youthmediaawards/alayouthmediaawards|website = www.ala.org|date = 19 January 2012|access-date = 2015-11-03}}

• The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually to the author to American literature for children.{{cite web | title = Newbery Medal | publisher = American Library Association | year = 2008 | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm | access-date = 2009-02-17| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090216100447/http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm| archive-date= 16 February 2009 | url-status= live}}
• The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually to the artist of an American picture book for children.{{cite web | title = Caldecott Medal | publisher = American Library Association | year = 2008 | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm | access-date = 2009-02-17| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090217220017/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm| archive-date= 17 February 2009 | url-status= live}}
• The Batchelder Award was named in honor of twentieth-century American librarian Mildred L. Batchelder.{{cite web | title = About the Mildren L. Batchelder Award | publisher = American Library Association | year = 2008 | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward/batchelderabout/index.cfm | access-date = 2009-02-17| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090220222340/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward/batchelderabout/index.cfm| archive-date= 20 February 2009 | url-status= live}} The Batchelder Award explicitly references a given work, its translator and author. It seeks to recognize translations of children's books into the English language, with the intention of encouraging American publishers to translate high quality foreign language children's books and "promote communication between the people of the world".{{cite web |title = The ALSC media awards|publisher = American Library Association|year = 2008|url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/index.cfm|access-date = 2009-02-17|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090206161638/http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/index.cfm|archive-date = 6 February 2009 |url-status = live}}
• The Belpré Medal was named in honor of twentieth-century Puerto Rican librarian Pura Belpré. It is given in honor to a Latino or Latina writer and illustrator whose works "best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience". It has been given every other year since 1996. Beginning with the 2009 award, it will be given annually.{{cite web | title = Belpré Medal | publisher = American Library Association | year = 2008 | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/belpreabout/index.cfm | access-date = 2009-02-17| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090217045529/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/belpreabout/index.cfm| archive-date= 17 February 2009 | url-status= live}}
• File:Andrew Carnegie, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, 1913.jpg, American philanthropist]]The Carnegie Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.{{cite web | title = About the Carnegie Medal | publisher = American Library Association | year = 2008 | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/carnegiemedal/carnegieabout/index.cfm | access-date = 2009-02-17| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090213045558/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/carnegiemedal/carnegieabout/index.cfm| archive-date= 13 February 2009 | url-status= live}} It honors the producer of video production for children.
• The Children's Literature Lecture Award (formerly called the "May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Award from 1970–2020), was originally named in honor of twentieth-century American educator May Hill Arbuthnot. It is awarded annually to honor an author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children's literature paper considered to be a significant contribution to the field of children's literature. This paper is delivered as a lecture each year, and is subsequently published in Children and Libraries, the journal of ALSC.[https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/chll/about About the Children's Literature Lecture Award]
• The Geisel Award was named in honor of twentieth-century American author Theodor Seuss Geisel. It is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.{{cite web | title = the (Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award home page | publisher = American Library Association | year = 2008 | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/geiselaward/index.cfm | access-date = 2009-02-17| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090209180841/http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/geiselaward/index.cfm| archive-date= 9 February 2009 | url-status= live}}
• The Odyssey Award was named in honor of the Homer's eighth century BC epic poem.{{cite web | title = About the Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production | publisher = American Library Association | year = 2008 | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/odysseyaward/odysseyabout/index.cfm | access-date = 2009-02-17| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090210083132/http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/odysseyaward/odysseyabout/index.cfm| archive-date= 10 February 2009 | url-status= live}} The Odyssey Award is jointly given and administered by the ALSC and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), another division of the ALA. It is sponsored by Booklist magazine, a publication of the ALA.
• The Sibert Medal was named in honor of twentieth-century American publisher Robert F. Sibert. It honors the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book.{{cite web | title = Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal home page | publisher = American Library Association | year = 2008 | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/index.cfm | access-date = 2009-02-17| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090209130135/http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/index.cfm| archive-date= 9 February 2009 | url-status= live}}
• File:Laura Ingalls Wilder.jpg, American author]]The Children's Literature Legacy Award (previously named the Wilder Medal) was originally named in honor of twentieth-century American author Laura Ingalls Wilder but the name was changed in 2018.{{cite web | title = About the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award | publisher = American Library Association | year = 2008 | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/wildermedal/wilderabout/index.cfm | access-date = 2009-02-17| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090207130439/http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/wildermedal/wilderabout/index.cfm| archive-date= 7 February 2009 | url-status= live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/books/laura-ingalls-wilder-book-award.html|title=Prestigious Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Renamed Over Racial Insensitivity|work=The New York Times |date=26 June 2018 |access-date=2018-10-04|language=en|last1=Chokshi |first1=Niraj }}{{Cite news|url=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/06/ala-alsc-respond-wilder-medal-name-change|title=ALA, ALSC respond to Wilder Medal name change|last=MMORALES|date=2018-06-25|work=News and Press Center|access-date=2018-10-04|language=en}} It honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.

In addition to the above listed awards, ALSC produces three lists of notable annual media titles:

• Notable Children's Books{{cite web|url = http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb|title = Notable Children's Books|date = 30 November 1999|publisher = Association for Library Service to Children|access-date = 2013-03-11}}
• Notable Children's Recordings{{cite web|url = http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncr|title = Notable Children's Recordings|date = 30 November 1999|publisher = Association for Library Service to Children|access-date = 2013-03-11}}
• Notable Children's Digital Media{{Cite web |title=Notable Children's Digital Media |url=https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncdm |website=American Library Association}}

ALSC formerly produced the Notable Children's Videos list{{cite web |url = http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncv|title = Notable Children's Videos|date = 30 November 1999|publisher = Association for Library Service to Children|access-date = 2013-03-11}}

• Dollar General Literacy Foundation{{cite web |url= http://www.ala.org/alsc/aboutalsc/external-relationships/grntpartnerships|title = Grants and Corporate Partnerships|date = 14 August 2017}}
• Disney

ALSC also ran Great Websites for Kids, a compilation of exemplary websites geared to children from birth to age 14. Suggested sites were evaluated by the Great Websites for Kids Committee using established selection criteria.{{Cite web|title = Site of the Week {{!}} Great Websites for Kids|url = http://gws.ala.org|website = gws.ala.org|access-date = 2015-11-03}} The Great Websites for Kids program ended in 2016.{{Cite web|title=Great Websites for Kids has been retired. {{!}} Great Websites for Kids|url=http://gws.ala.org/|access-date=2021-10-24|website=gws.ala.org}}

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