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<h2 id="media-mentorship">Media mentorship</h2>
In 2015, the ALSC Board accepted a <a href="/facts/White_paper/ntdvp1Kx">white paper</a> 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a>

<h2 id="awards-grants-and-scholarships">Awards, grants, and scholarships</h2>
<h3>Book and media awards</h3>
ALSC announces the awards listed below every January at a Monday morning press conference that takes place during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a>

<ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Newbery_Medal/v6KNWvj3">Newbery Medal</a> was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller <a href="/facts/John_Newbery/xsPeTH9o">John Newbery</a>. It is awarded annually to the author to American literature for children.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a></li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Caldecott_Medal/DvnGEdvg">Caldecott Medal</a> was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator <a href="/facts/Randolph_Caldecott/JV1teDnU">Randolph Caldecott</a>. It is awarded annually to the artist of an American picture book for children.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a></li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Mildred_L._Batchelder_Award/bRNoqVqw">Batchelder Award</a> was named in honor of twentieth-century American librarian <a href="/facts/Mildred_L._Batchelder_Award/bRNoqVqw">Mildred L. Batchelder</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a> 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".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a></li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Belpre_Medal/x7zoEcTS">Belpré Medal</a> was named in honor of twentieth-century Puerto Rican librarian <a href="/facts/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9/LLt2DABu">Pura Belpré</a>. 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a></li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Medal_for_Excellence_in_Children%27s_Video/DJ0mVs79">Carnegie Medal</a> was named in honor of nineteenth-century American philanthropist <a href="/facts/Andrew_Carnegie/rUwABKWN">Andrew Carnegie</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a> It honors the producer of video production for children.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a></li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Children%27s_Literature_Lecture_Award/MAP9JpDE">Children's Literature Lecture Award</a> (formerly called the "May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Award from 1970–2020), was originally named in honor of twentieth-century American educator <a href="/facts/May_Hill_Arbuthnot/snwYGms7">May Hill Arbuthnot</a>. 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a></li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Geisel_Award/lwexgT5c">Geisel Award</a> was named in honor of twentieth-century American author <a href="/facts/Dr._Seuss/y4E95SML">Theodor Seuss Geisel</a>. 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a></li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Odyssey_Award/25mRoTa8">Odyssey Award</a> was named in honor of the <a href="/facts/Homer/Xw8Ur53U">Homer</a>'s eighth century BC epic <a href="/facts/Odyssey/tVTrA6nu">poem</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a> The Odyssey Award is jointly given and administered by the ALSC and the <a href="/facts/Young_Adult_Library_Services_Association/zInP9bgf">Young Adult Library Services Association</a> (YALSA), another division of the ALA. It is sponsored by <a href="/facts/Booklist/kepkzXC9">Booklist</a> magazine, a publication of the ALA.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a></li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Sibert_Medal/weMU6NIE">Sibert Medal</a> 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Children%27s_Literature_Legacy_Award/ITv7Jrzy">The Children's Literature Legacy Award</a> (previously named the <a href="/facts/Children%27s_Literature_Legacy_Award/ITv7Jrzy">Wilder Medal</a>) was originally named in honor of twentieth-century American author <a href="/facts/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder/9J75JpR2">Laura Ingalls Wilder</a> but the name was changed in 2018.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18">18</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19">19</a> 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20">20</a></li></ul>
<h3>Children's notable lists</h3>
In addition to the above listed awards, ALSC produces three <a href="/facts/ALA_Notable_lists/fpKwWv3G">lists of notable annual media titles</a>:

<ul><li>Notable Children's Books<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21">21</a></li>
<li>Notable Children's Recordings<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22">22</a></li>
<li>Notable Children's Digital Media<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23">23</a></li></ul>
ALSC formerly produced the Notable Children's Videos list<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24">24</a>

<h3>Partnership grants</h3>
<ul><li>Dollar General Literacy Foundation<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25">25</a></li>
<li>Disney</li></ul>
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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26">26</a> The Great Websites for Kids program ended in 2016.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27">27</a>

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul>
<li>Children's literature portal</li><li>Children and Young Adult Literature portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Young_Adult_Library_Services_Association/zInP9bgf">Young Adult Library Services Association</a> (YALSA)</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:5">"Newbery Medal". American Library Association. 2008. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-17. <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">"Caldecott Medal". American Library Association. 2008. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-17. <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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<li id="fn:9">"Belpré Medal". American Library Association. 2008. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-17. <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/belpreabout/index.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/belpreabout/index.cfm</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">"About the Carnegie Medal". American Library Association. 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-17. <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/carnegiemedal/carnegieabout/index.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/carnegiemedal/carnegieabout/index.cfm</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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<li id="fn:12">About the Children's Literature Lecture Award <a href="https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/chll/about" target="_blank">https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/chll/about</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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