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To ensure that fellows in the master’s degree programs return to their home countries with full academic credentials, the sponsor will award up to 6 renewable International Fellowships annually.

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The sponsor provides $1,000 and a citation of merit to an individual or institution for a single seminal work, or body of work, taking place within five years preceding the award, that shows outstanding achievement in communication in continuing education in library and information technology.

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Support is provided to help librarians attend ALA's Annual Conference. Applicants must be members of the sponsor organization. The winners will be reimbursed up to $1,000 each.

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The sponsor awards a $1,500 grant to provide librarians new to the serials field with the opportunity to broaden their perspective and to encourage professional development in ALA Conference and participation in Serials Section activities.

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Support is provided for librarians, with at least eight years professional experience in direct service to children, to read and study at the Baldwin Library of the George Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida, Gainesville. The award provides a stipend of $4,000.

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The NewsBank/Readex/GODORT/ALA Catharine J. Reynolds Award provides funding for research in the field of documents librarianship, or in a related area that would benefit the individual's performance as a documents librarian or make a contribution to the field.

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The sponsor provides an award of $1000 for collection development to YALSA members who represent a public library and who work directly with young adults ages 12 to 18.

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This grant of $500 is to provide seed money for small scale projects which will encourage research that responds to the YALSA Research Agenda.

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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.

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This award honors a YALSA member for developing an outstanding reading or literature program for young adults.

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An award of $1,500 is given to a library, consortium, group of librarians, or support organization for innovative planning for, applications of, or development of patron training programs about information technology in a library setting.

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The sponsor awards a 24K gold-framed citation and $1,000 to a library school faculty member or to an individual for distinguished service to education for librarianship.

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The sponsor provides an award presented annually in recognition of an individual's distinguished contributions to serials librarianship. The award consists of a citation and a cash award of $1,500.

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The LexisNexis/GODORT/ALA "Documents to the People" Award is a tribute to an individual, library, institution, or other non-commercial group that has most effectively encouraged the use of government documents in support of library service.

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An annual award consisting of $1,000 and a citation of achievement is given to an individual or group for outstanding contribution toward promoting equality in the library profession.

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An annual award consisting of $2,500 and a citation is presented to a library organization that exhibited meritorious achievement in carrying out a library financial development project to secure new funding resources for a public or academic library entity.

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An award of $1,000 and a citation is given to a librarian for an outstanding contribution to the stimulation and guidance of reading by children and young people.

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The sponsor provides an award for a notable contribution to intellectual freedom that demonstrates remarkable personal courage in resisting censorship.

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An award of $1,000 and a citation is given to the most innovative and effective intellectual freedom project covering a state or region.

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A $1,500 prize and a citation are awarded to a librarian, with not more than ten years of professional experience, to recognize the contribution to those areas of librarianship included in library collections and technical services by a librarian who has shown outstanding promise for continuing contribution and leadership.

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A $1,000 prize is awarded to a librarian for distinguished service to the profession of librarianship.

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This award is given biannually.

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An award of $1,000 and a citation are provided to a librarian, library board, library group or an individual who has exhibited unusual courage for the benefit of library programs or services.

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The sponsor provides support to recognize either a school or public library which demonstrates excellence in library programming by providing programs which have community impact and respond to community needs. The award is $2,000 and a citation of achievement.

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The W. David Rozkuszka Scholarship provides financial assistance to an individual who is currently working with government documents in a library and is trying to complete a masters degree in library science.

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An award of $3,500 is given to a library organization whose application demonstrates greatest merit for a program of staff development designed to further the goals and objectives of the library organization.

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A $3,000 grant provides financial assistance for public libraries to develop summer reading programs for children. The grant also recognizes ALSC members for outstanding program development.

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The sponsor provides support for awards to attend the ALA's Annual Conference to be held in Chicago, Illinois, July 9-15, 2009. Four librarians working directly with children in elementary, middle schools or public libraries will each receive $600.

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The sponsor honors an individual member of the Association for Library Service to Children who has made significant contributions to, and an impact on, library services to children and/or ALSC. The recipient receives $1,000 and an engraved pin.

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Each year the YALSA office receives approximately 1200 newly published books, videos, CD's and audiocassettes, materials that have been targeted primarily towards young adults. The YALSA Board of Directors believes many libraries that serve young adults would benefit by receiving this collection of materials.

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The sponsor annually provides to organizations review copies of approximately 300 books by African American authors and illustrators that were received in the process of choosing the Coretta Scott King Award.

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The James Bennett Childs Award is a tribute to an individual who has made a lifetime and significant contribution to the field of documents librarianship.

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The Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award recognizes documents librarians who may not be known at the national level but who have made significant contributions to the field of state, international, local, or federal documents.

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The sponsor provides support for a $1,500 award given to recognize the contributions by and outstanding leadership of an individual to the field of acquisitions librarianship.

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The Margaret Mann Citation is awarded by the sponsor's Cataloging and Classification Section for outstanding professional achievement in cataloging or classification either through publication of significant professional literature, participation in professional cataloging associations, or valuable contributions to practice in individual libraries.

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This award honors the author or authors of the year's outstanding monograph, article or original paper in the field of acquisitions, collection development, and related areas of resources development in libraries.

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A prize is awarded annually to recognize a librarian or library who demonstrates exemplary entrepreneurship by providing an innovative product(s) or service, designed to meet the needs of the library world through the skillful and practical application of information technology.

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An award is given to a professional preservation specialist who has been active in the field of preservation and/or conservation for library and/or archival materials. The award consists of a cash prize of $1,500 and a citation.