[OYAN] Recommended YA lit, free advocacy toolkit, and volunteer to be on a book award committee

[Katie Anderson]

News from ALA's Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

Download these Ready to Use Recommended Reading Pamphlets & Bookmarks
YALSA's Reads 4 Teens recommended reading for teen patrons digital download is now available for purchase through the ALA Store<http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=10646&utm_source=YALSA+Members&utm_campaign=37fbaa69ec-YALSA_December_2012_E_News3_9_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9b370be8bb-37fbaa69ec->.  Reads 4 Teens is a collection of the best in the latest teen literature and includes 32 customizable pamphlets and 10 bookmarks, each featuring a different theme or genre. All titles featured in this resource appeared on YALSA's 2013 lists of recommended reading<http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook?utm_source=YALSA+Members&utm_campaign=37fbaa69ec-YALSA_December_2012_E_News3_9_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9b370be8bb-37fbaa69ec-> or were honored by a 2013 YALSA book award<http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards?utm_source=YALSA+Members&utm_campaign=37fbaa69ec-YALSA_December_2012_E_News3_9_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9b370be8bb-37fbaa69ec->. All 42 resources included in this digital download can easily be printed in unlimited quantities in both color and black/white on 8.5” x 11” paper and cost only $29, with ALA/YALSA members receiving a 10% discount.

Free  Advocacy Toolkit – updated!
Investing in teen services isn’t just good for teens; it’s good for libraries and for communities. It is up to those of us who care deeply about those services and who understand their importance to make the case—with our administrators, with colleagues, with library boards of trustees, and with our communities. The 2013 Advocacy Toolkit<http://www.ala.org/yalsa/sites/ala.org.yalsa/files/content/Advocacy%20Toolkit.pdf?utm_source=YALSA+Members&utm_campaign=37fbaa69ec-YALSA_December_2012_E_News3_9_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9b370be8bb-37fbaa69ec-> (PDF) will provide some practical tips, messages, facts, and strategies to help you speak up—without adding too much to your already full plate. Visit YALSA's Advocacy and Activism web page<http://www.ala.org/yalsa/advocacy?utm_source=YALSA+Members&utm_campaign=37fbaa69ec-YALSA_December_2012_E_News3_9_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9b370be8bb-37fbaa69ec-> for more information.


Help YALSA Select Award Winning Books
Now through Oct. 1st YALSA is collecting volunteer forms for individuals who want to serve on book award and selection committees that work from 2/1/14 through 1/31/15.  Check out the free webinar<http://connectpro87048468.na5.acrobat.com/p65385874/> to learn more about what it’s like to serve on an award committee, and then access the Committee Volunteer Form<http://www.ala.org/yalsa/aboutyalsa/yalsahandbook#form> if you want to put your name forward for consideration.  Please direct questions to YALSA’s President-Elect, Christopher Shoemaker at cinf0master at gmail.com<mailto:cinf0master at gmail.com>.

Dates to remember:

  *   Aug. 15 – Sept. 15, voting opens for the Teens’ Top Ten, www.ala.org/teens-top-ten<http://www.ala.org/teens-top-ten>
  *   Sept. 22-28, 2013: Banned Books Week
  *   Oct. 13 – 19, Teen Read Week™, “Seek the Unknown @ your library,” www.ala.org/teenread<http://www.ala.org/teenread>
  *   Nov. 2, 2013, International Games Day
  *   Feb. 5, 2014: Digital Learning Day
  *   Mar. 9 – 15, 2014: Teen Tech Week, "DIY @ your library"
  *   Apr. 17, 2014: Teen Literature Day (part of National Library Week)
  *   More special dates at: http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks

Questions?
Beth Yoke
Executive Director
Young Adult Library Services Association
1.800.545.2433 x4391
byoke at ala.org<mailto:byoke at ala.org>


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

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