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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#365F91">Hello! The following February update from ALA’s Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is particularly informative so I thought I’d forward it
for those of you who are not YALSA members. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#365F91">Enjoy,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#365F91">Katie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#365F91">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#365F91">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#365F91">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#365F91"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528</span><span style="color:#365F91"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Beth Yoke [mailto:byoke@ala.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 08, 2011 8:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Beth Yoke<br>
<b>Subject:</b> February update from YALSA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">It’s Almost Teen Tech Week!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Teen Tech Week will be celebrated March 6-12 with the theme “Mix & Mash @ your library.” Teen Tech Week is an opportunity for
libraries to throw open their virtual and physical doors and highlight to their community all the great nonprint resources that are available to teens and their families. Visit
<a href="http://www.ala.org/teentechweek">www.ala.org/teentechweek</a> to register (it’s free) and to access ideas on how to celebrate the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Free Reading Resources to Download<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Free downloadable bookmarks, spine labels and book plates are available for libraries so they can feature YALSA’s 2011 book and media award winners, including titles that won
one of YALSA’s six literary awards or were named to one of YALSA’s recommended lists. Visit
<span style="color:black"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/YALSAbest11">http://tinyurl.com/YALSAbest11</a> to access the materials.
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Great CE & Networking at ALA’s Annual Conference<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Join YALSA and ALA in New Orleans June 24 – 28, 2011 for our annual conference! Advance registration opened Jan. 3<sup>rd</sup>. For a list of selected YALSA events, please
visit <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/YALSAannual11">http://www.tinyurl.com/YALSAannual11</a>. For complete information about the conference, or to register, visit
<a href="http://www.ala.org/annual">www.ala.org/annual</a>. We hope to see you in the Big Easy!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Serve on an Award Committee or YALSA’s Board<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">YALSA’s Nominating Committee is seeking nominees for the 2012 slate for the following positions: President-Elect, Board Member
At-Large, Division Councilor, 2014 Edwards Award Committee, 2014 Nonfiction Award Committee and 2014 Printz Award Committee. Individuals are welcome to self-nominate or nominate others via this online form:
<a href="http://yalsa.ala.org/forms/candidacy.php">http://yalsa.ala.org/forms/candidacy.php</a>. To learn more about these elected positions, visit the Governance section of YALSA’s web site or contact the Nominating Committee Chair, Linda Braun, at
<a href="mailto:lbraun@leonline.com">lbraun@leonline.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CE from Your Desktop: YALSA Webinars<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">YALSA is offering webinars on the third Thursday of each month at 2PM, eastern. Webinar topics focus on issues relating
to teen services and are available to individuals at $39 ($49 for nonmembers) or groups at $195. Webinars are archived in YALSA’s For Members Only section of the web site two months after they are presented. For details visit:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/24ecal8">http://tinyurl.com/24ecal8</a> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Beth Yoke, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Young Adult Library Services Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">50 E. Huron St. Chicago, IL 60611<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">1.800.545.2433 x4391<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">fax: 312.280.5276<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Get guidelines & tools for teen library services at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/YALSAguides">http://tinyurl.com/YALSAguides</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:byoke@ala.org">byoke@ala.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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