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Teen Web Advisory Committee Description

Date of Establishment: Annual, 1998

Date of Completion: Continuing

Membership: 10, including no more than 2 virtual members, with the YALSA web master and a member of the Intellectual Freedom Committee both serving as liaisons.

Qualifications: 8 must be YALSA members who are able to attend both the Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference of ALA. 20% of the members of this committee may serve as "virtual" members, who do not have to attend the two conferences, but who must be willing and able to communicate regularly throughout the year via e-mail.

Term of Office: 2 years, except for the chair, who serves 3 years.

Function: To select and maintain links to web sites, provide a mechanism for young adults to interest with YALSA, local schools, libraries and each other, and to explore, initiate and/or administer web site awards.

Procedures:

History: A web site for teens was created by YALSA and the Public Information Office in November/December 1997. To create the web site, Michael Cart, President, appointed a task force of 10 who served as "virtual" members, with Linda Braun, the YALSA web master as chair. With the creation and installation of Teen Hoopla the Board dissolved the Teen Hoopla Task Force and created in its place this standing committee to maintain the web site.