What is Association for Library Service to Children?
The '''Association for Library Service to Children''' ('''ALSC''') is one part of the [[American Library Association]]. It is the world's largest organization working on library service to children. The ALSC has more than 4,000 members.<ref>{{Cite web|title = About ALSC {{!}} Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) |date= 30 November 1999|url= http://www.ala.org/alsc/aboutalsc}}</ref> == Awards, Grants, & Scholarships == ===Book and Media Awards=== ALSC announces the awards listed below every January at a Monday morning [[press conference]] during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting.<ref>{{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}}</ref> * '''The [[Newbery Medal]]''' was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller [[John Newbery]]. It is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.<ref>{{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}}</ref> * '''The [[Caldecott Medal]]''' was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator [[Randolph Caldecott]]. It is awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American [[picture book]] for children.<ref>{{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/d