[OYAN] FREE online training videos for teen services (longest video is only 8 minutes!)

[Katie Anderson]

Hi!  I just learned about a good, free professional development resource from ALA's Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA).  They have created and will continue to create video-clip trainings on library services to teens and related topics. Currently, the longest video is just under 8 minutes long so you can more easily fit videos into your busy schedule. They call this online training resource YALSA Academy<http://www.youtube.com/yalsa1957>.

I just viewed a couple of the videos. Based on my limited experience, I think the:

*         Animations are pretty good,

*         Computerized text-to-speech is choppy at time, and

*         Information is very good!


Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us<mailto:katie.anderson at state.or.us>, 503-378-2528

From: Eve Gaus [mailto:egaus at ala.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 8:31 AM
Subject: YALSA Academy Launches today!

Hi, Youth Consultants,
Want to let you know about a brand new project that YALSA is launching today, the YALSA Academy. The Academy, is a free online educational video initiative available at www.youtube.com/yalsa1957<http://www.youtube.com/yalsa1957>. The channel offers free training videos on popular professional development topics for school and YA services librarians, as well as other staff who work with teens. Videos include such topics as:

  *   providing customer service to teens
  *   connecting teens and ereaders
  *   conducting a mock Printz program
  *   ideas for building a YA collection.

YALSA members and nonmembers are eligible to submit a video. The intended audiences of the videos are young adult librarians, school librarians, library support staff, teachers, administrators, technology staff working with teens and educators and any literacy-focused professional who works directly with teens and tweens.
Those interested in posting a short instructional video should consult the guidelines, read the frequently asked questions and watch the introductory video on the YALSA Academy website, www.ala.org/yalsa/academy<http://www.ala.org/yalsa/academy>

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions about the Academy!
Best wishes,
Eve

Eve Gaus
Program Officer for Continuing Education
Young Adult Library Services Association
50 E. Huron St. Chicago, IL 60611
1.800.545.2433 x5293
fax: 312.280.5276
egaus at ala.org<mailto:egaus at ala.org>

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