Making the list: behind the scenes of the best books for young adults committee: a retrospective

In the opinions of some librarians, this awareness sets the stage for the Printz Award, Beyond this, the BBYA committee and its lists both set and raise professional standards, promote professional recognition, enhance professional development, provide local and national connections for teens, provide readers' advisory and collection development assistance so that outstanding reading connections with teens can be made, and encourage links with authors and publishers. With the diminishing numbers of independent children's bookstores and the accompanying decline of hand selling, publishers who endeavour to select projects of a high editorial standard deeply appreciate the extraordinary time commitment and devotion to reading countless numbers of books that takes place in the various youth-related committees of the ALA, Through the committees' work, publishers receive the encouragement that is essential to publish the best books for youth.