ALISE / ABC-CLIO Award for Research Excellence in Young Adult Services

Sponsored by ABC-CLIO

The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), ABC-CLIO and the ALISE Youth Services Special Interest Group (SIG) proudly announce the call for research papers addressing library and information science issues for young adults. ALISE/ABC-CLIO Award for Research Excellence in Young Adult Services provides $1,500 and a one year subscription to a database from the ABC-CLIO’s SOLUTIONS research platform to recognize an outstanding paper reporting on research in library services to young adults.

Papers are invited on topics related to young adult services in public libraries including, but not limited to:

• Information seeking behavior of young adults

• Resources developed for youth, especially digital

• Technology innovation

• Service and program evaluation

• Policy research

• The relationship between libraries and other organizations

• Collection development

• History of library services to young adults