2020 Teens’ Top Ten Announced
The 2020 Teens' Top Ten nominees were announced in late April. If you haven't already,
view the list of the 25 nominees, along with annotations, on the
Teens' Top Ten web page. Encourage teens to read the nominees so they can prepare to vote starting
August 15. If your library offers e-books of any of the titles, this is a great opportunity to have teens learn about and utilize the digital resources your library provides.
Remote Program Ideas
So you've created an Instagram or Facebook account and now you need programming ideas? Check out the Programming HQ for
ideas on how to engage teens though the Instagram poll and question feature in Insta-stories. If you don't have a teen services Instagram account, check out this
post for tips on how to create one. Be sure to also check out this
post to see what other libraries have been doing on Instagram, as well as these
Zoom programming ideas and
digital escape room ideas. Do you have any remote programs that you'd like to
share with your fellow colleagues?
Submit your program to YALSA’s
Teen Programming HQ.
Upcoming YALSA Webinars
Registration:
$29/each webinar or
$59/annual webinar subscription
(subscribers are automatically registered for each webinar approximately two weeks before the webinar takes place).
Learn more about each webinar.
Webinars-on-Demand
If you are looking for additional professional development opportunities, consider YALSA’s list of
webinars-on-demand. Webinar recordings can be purchased for $29 each or become a YALSA webinar subscriber ($59) and gain access to 12 months
of YALSA live webinars and all webinar archives. Learn more.
2020 ALA/YALSA Book and Media Awards Ceremonies
YALSA is working with REFORMA, ALSC, ODLOS and Booklist to develop a virtual event scheduled throughout the day on Sunday, June 28 to celebrate the Printz and Odyssey Awards. The Alex Award will be celebrated after the
June webinar and the Edwards winner will be celebrated as part of the Symposium.
More details will be shared as soon as they are finalized.
New Research Journal Articles
YALSA’s research journal, the Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults (JRLYA) has published Vol. 11 N. 2 featuring the following
articles:
Read the articles on the JRLYA
website.
Libraries Respond: COVID-19 Survey
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Public Library Association (PLA) is coordinating with several
ALA units and other library organizations to
survey the library community to understand the current impacts the crisis is having on their operations, programs, services, and finances. All completed respondents will be automatically entered to win one of ten $30 gift
certificates to the ALA Store.
Complete the survey by May 18 at 11:59pm CST.
Learn more.
Book Awards & Lists Suggestion Forms
Have you read a good book recently? Submit it to be considered a nominee for our 2021 selected book lists or book awards via the following forms:
Book Lists
Book Awards
Blog Post Round-Up
Cathy Lancaster
Youth Services Coordinator
Library of Michigan
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