[OYAN] Reimagining Teen Read Week™ and Teen Tech Week™: Further Announcements in early 2019, following ALA MW

[ALA Chapter Councilor]

As you may be aware, in March 2017, a discussion between YALSA’s board
members resulted in a proposal (board document #32
<http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2017/06/14/board-doc-32-teen-tech-week-and-teen-read-week/>)
at Annual 2017 to re-envision TTW and TRW to create a larger
advocacy/awareness campaign to promote the importance of year-round teen
services. A follow-up conversation also took place and resulted in the most
recent board document
<http://www.ala.org/yalsa/sites/ala.org.yalsa/files/content/Board%20Doc_Reenvisioning%20TRW-TTW.pdf>,
which put forth the task to create a taskforce to come up with possible
recommendations for the advocacy/awareness campaign.

As a result, TRW and TTW will be going through some changes and there will
be no theme for TRW or TTW starting next year. Library staff are encouraged
and welcome to continue to celebrate TRW in October and TTW in March or
during a time that is convenient for their teens & library, under the
general themes of “Read for the Fun of It” and “Get Connected,”
respectively. In November, the TTW ning site was deactivated and all
resources were relocated to the YALSA website
<http://www.ala.org/yalsa/about-teen-tech-week> and wiki
<https://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Teen_Tech_Week>. Eventually, the TRW
ning site resources will also be relocated to the wiki. Please look out for
the announcement in early 2019.

To learn more, please read the latest re-envisioning TTW and TRW board
document,
<http://www.ala.org/yalsa/sites/ala.org.yalsa/files/content/Board%20Doc_Reenvisioning%20TRW-TTW.pdf>
along
with board document #32
<http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2017/06/14/board-doc-32-teen-tech-week-and-teen-read-week/>
from
last year. If you would like to be kept in the loop about the
re-envisioning process, please sign up here
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LQTF75R>.

-- 
Danielle Jones
*Oregon Library Association ALA Chapter Councilor*
*Teen and youth librarian at Multnomah County Library*
*My pronouns are she, her, hers*
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