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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Posted on behalf of ALA’s Young Adult Library Services Association….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b> YALSA’s 2013 Teen Read Week™ site goes live, free to join, resources and grants available</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"> YALSA launched its Teen Read Week 2013 website
<a href="http://www.ala.org/teenread" target="_blank">www.ala.org/teenread</a>. This year, Teen Read Week takes place Oct. 13- 19 with a theme that encourages teens to ‘Seek the Unknown @ the library’ by reading for the fun of it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">Teen Read Week (TRW) is a time to celebrate reading for fun while encouraging teens to take advantage of reading in all its forms — books, magazines, e-books, audiobooks and more. It
is also a great opportunity to encourage teens to become regular library users.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">And with the website now live, visitors can now sign up to become members for free and access a variety of resources that will help them encourage teens to celebrate reading. These include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Planning tools: Activity and planning ideas, publicity tools, checklists;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
2013 theme logo: Members can download a low-res version of the Seek the Unknown logo;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Grants: Qualified libraries can apply for the 2013 Dollar General Literacy Foundation grant that offers 10 libraries $1,000 each to help with TRW activities;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Showcase: Share your TRW events and ideas while also adding your library to the Google map;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Products: Find official TRW themed products such as posters, bookmarks, the Teen Read Week manual and more at the
<a href="http://www.alastore.ala.org/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=271" target="_blank">
ALA Store</a>;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Forums: Talk to others and share ideas, plans and resources for Teen Read Week.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">Visitors are highly recommended to sign up and become members of the site because it’s the best way to utilize all the resources made available for Teen Read Week.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Educators aren’t the only ones who can utilize the website. Publishers and other corporate groups can become sponsors to help YALSA and Teen Read Week. Past sponsors include Penguin
Books for Young Readers and ALA Graphics. For more information on how to become a sponsor, please contact YALSA’s media sales representative, Bill Spilman, at
<a href="mailto:bill@innovativemediasolutions.com" target="_blank">bill@innovativemediasolutions.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">Teen Read Week™ is a national adolescent literacy initiative created by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). It began in 1998 and is held annually during the third week
of October. Its purpose is to encourage teens to be regular readers and library users.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">YALSA is a division of the American Library Association. For more than 50 years, it has been the world leader in selecting books, videos and audiobooks for teens.<o:p></o:p></p>
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For more than 50 years, YALSA has worked to build the capacity of libraries and librarians to engage, serve and empower teens. For more information about YALSA or to access national guidelines and other resources go to
<a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa" target="_blank">www.ala.org/yalsa</a>, or contact the YALSA office by phone,
<a href="tel:%28800%29%20545-2433%2C%C2%A0ext.%204390" target="_blank">(800) 545-2433, ext. 4390</a>, or email, <a href="mailto:yalsa@ala.org" target="_blank">yalsa@ala.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Jaclyn Finneke, Communications Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Young Adult Library Services Association<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">50 E. Huron St. Chicago, IL 60611<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="tel:1.800.545.2433%20x2128" target="_blank">1.800.545.2433 x2128</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">fax:
<a href="tel:312.280.5276" target="_blank">312.280.5276</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="mailto:jfinneke@ala.org" target="_blank">jfinneke@ala.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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