Young Adult Library Services Association
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The Young Adult Library Services Association is a division of the American Library Association dedicated to supporting and promoting library services and literature for teens.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Young Adult Library Services Association canonical | 16 |
| YALSA awards and selection lists | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13518187 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Young Adult Library Services Association Context triple: [Michael L. Printz Honor, sponsor, Young Adult Library Services Association]
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A.
Association for Library Service to Children
The Association for Library Service to Children is a professional organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing library services, resources, and literacy programs for children.
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B.
Young Adult Library Services
Young Adult Library Services is a professional journal focused on library services, resources, and advocacy for teens and young adults.
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C.
American Association of School Librarians
The American Association of School Librarians is a professional organization that supports and advocates for school librarians and effective school library programs across the United States.
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D.
Public Library Association
The Public Library Association is a professional organization in the United States that supports and advocates for public libraries and their staff through leadership, education, and resources.
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E.
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a leading professional organization in the United States that promotes libraries and librarianship, sets standards for library education, and accredits library and information science programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Young Adult Library Services Association Target entity description: The Young Adult Library Services Association is a division of the American Library Association dedicated to supporting and promoting library services and literature for teens.
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A.
Association for Library Service to Children
The Association for Library Service to Children is a professional organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing library services, resources, and literacy programs for children.
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B.
Young Adult Library Services
Young Adult Library Services is a professional journal focused on library services, resources, and advocacy for teens and young adults.
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C.
American Association of School Librarians
The American Association of School Librarians is a professional organization that supports and advocates for school librarians and effective school library programs across the United States.
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D.
Public Library Association
The Public Library Association is a professional organization in the United States that supports and advocates for public libraries and their staff through leadership, education, and resources.
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E.
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a leading professional organization in the United States that promotes libraries and librarianship, sets standards for library education, and accredits library and information science programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
library association division
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nonprofit organization ⓘ professional organization ⓘ |
| activity |
advocacy for teen services in libraries
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organization of conferences and programs related to teen services ⓘ professional development for teen services librarians ⓘ promotion of reading among teens ⓘ publication of guidelines and best practices for teen services ⓘ |
| affiliation | American Library Association ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field |
librarianship
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youth services librarianship ⓘ |
| focus |
library services for teens
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teen services in libraries ⓘ young adult literature ⓘ |
| goal |
to improve library services for young adults
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to increase access to teen literature in libraries ⓘ to support librarians working with teens ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mission |
to advocate for teen library users
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to promote literature for teens ⓘ to support library services for teens ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | nonprofit ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | American Library Association ⓘ |
| sector | libraries ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
United States libraries
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public libraries ⓘ school libraries ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
librarians serving teens
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teens ⓘ young adults ⓘ |
| topic |
collection development for young adults
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information literacy for teens ⓘ teen programming in libraries ⓘ teen reading ⓘ youth engagement in libraries ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Young Adult Library Services Association Description of subject: The Young Adult Library Services Association is a division of the American Library Association dedicated to supporting and promoting library services and literature for teens.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Young Adult Library Services Association
subject linked to:
ALA
subject linked to:
Michael L. Printz