USBBY
  • About
    • USBBY
    • Patrons, Sponsors, and Partnerships
    • Twinning Partners
    • IBBY
  • Get Involved
    • Join / Renew Your Membership
    • Donate
    • Matching Challenge
    • Shop to Support USBBY
    • Volunteer with a Committee
    • Become a State Ambassador
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Regional Conference
    • Co-Sponsored Sessions
  • Projects & Publications
    • Bridges Newsletter
    • Bridges to Understanding Book Series
    • International Children's Book Day
    • Jella Lepman Autobiography
  • Awards & Lists
    • Bridge to Understanding Award
    • IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Award
    • Alida Cutts Lifetime Membership Award
    • Outstanding International Books List
    • Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities List

VOLUNTEER 
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We welcome your participation in USBBY!

If you are interested in serving on a committee,
please submit the Committee 
Volunteer Form. 

USBBY committees

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Two-year appointment. Selects annual list of the best books from other countries published or distributed in the USA during the previous year. Attendance is required at the selection meeting in December. 
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Two-year appointment. This award is given annually to a program that promotes international understanding among children through books. Solicit nominations, select winner, publicize the award.
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Convenes in even years to select the Dorothy Briley Memorial Lecturer, a person from outside the United States who presents a lecture at the biennial IBBY Regional Conference.
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Two-year appointment. This prestigious award is presented to an author and illustrator of international stature at each biennial IBBY World Congress. Nominate U.S. candidates, prepare dossiers, choose books for biennial IBBY Honor List.
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Two-year appointment. Nominate U.S. candidates for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, given annually by the Swedish government to an author, illustrator, storyteller, or promoter of children’s books.
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Two-year appointment. Recommend a project to be nominated for the award, given biennially to groups or institutions that have made a lasting contribution to reading programs for children and young people.
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Two- or three-year appointment. Select U.S. books for biennial IBBY list and traveling exhibit.
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This committee serves for a two-year term starting in the even year preceding the conference.
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This committee works with the Regional Conference Program Planning Committee for a two-year term.
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Two-year appointment. Membership recruitment and retention.
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One–year appointment. Prepare slate of nominees for annual election to the Board of USBBY.
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Monitors, manages, and coordinates USBBY publications.
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Two-year appointment. Charged with increasing visibility of USBBY and publicizing USBBY projects.
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Two-year appointment. Review submitted applications and recommend projects for Board approval.
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​Current Committee Appointments
The United States Board on Books for Young People

The U.S. National Section of International Board on Books for Young People
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Building Bridges Through Children's and Young Adult Books
Contact Us

​USBBY Secretariat
​Center for Teaching through Children´s Books
National Louis University
1000 Capitol Drive
Wheeling, IL  60090  
​USA


V. Ellis Vance, Executive Director Executive.Director@usbby.org

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  • About
    • USBBY
    • Patrons, Sponsors, and Partnerships
    • Twinning Partners
    • IBBY
  • Get Involved
    • Join / Renew Your Membership
    • Donate
    • Matching Challenge
    • Shop to Support USBBY
    • Volunteer with a Committee
    • Become a State Ambassador
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Regional Conference
    • Co-Sponsored Sessions
  • Projects & Publications
    • Bridges Newsletter
    • Bridges to Understanding Book Series
    • International Children's Book Day
    • Jella Lepman Autobiography
  • Awards & Lists
    • Bridge to Understanding Award
    • IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Award
    • Alida Cutts Lifetime Membership Award
    • Outstanding International Books List
    • Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities List