Comments on: YALSA Awards and Lists http://teenlibrarylit.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/yalsa-awards-and-lists/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:07:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Linda http://teenlibrarylit.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/yalsa-awards-and-lists/#comment-8 Linda Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:20:55 +0000 http://teenlibrarylit.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-8 I will definitely agree with you that awards can be a business more than an honor. To some degree YALSA is trying to catch up with ALSC on the awards front. I'm not sure that's a good idea. It might actually dilute the actual value of the most important of the awards. Now, here's what I've always wondered about the teen top 10 list. Is it a list made by traditional teen library users as opposed to teens who might be less traditional and perhaps have different reading interests? If so, does that matter in any way? I will definitely agree with you that awards can be a business more than an honor. To some degree YALSA is trying to catch up with ALSC on the awards front. I’m not sure that’s a good idea. It might actually dilute the actual value of the most important of the awards.

Now, here’s what I’ve always wondered about the teen top 10 list. Is it a list made by traditional teen library users as opposed to teens who might be less traditional and perhaps have different reading interests? If so, does that matter in any way?

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