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<div align="center"><font color="000000" size="5">News from ALA's Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Rockwell","serif"">Download these Ready to Use Recommended Reading Pamphlets & Bookmarks</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#505050"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">YALSA's Reads 4 Teens recommended reading for teen patrons digital download is now available for purchase through the<span style="color:#505050">
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:navy">ALA Store</span></a>. </span>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 <span style="color:#505050"><a href="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-" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:navy">YALSA's
2013 lists of recommended reading</span></a> </span>or were honored by a<span style="color:#505050">
<a href="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-" target="_blank">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:navy">2013 YALSA book award</span></a>. </span>
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
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">only $29</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, with ALA/YALSA members receiving a 10% discount.</span></p>
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<h1><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Rockwell","serif"">Free Advocacy Toolkit – updated!</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#505050"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight:normal">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<span style="color:#505050">
<a href="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-" target="_blank">
<span style="color:navy">2013 Advocacy Toolkit</span></a> </span>(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<span style="color:#505050">
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<h1><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Rockwell","serif"">Help YALSA Select Award Winning Books</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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 </span><a href="http://connectpro87048468.na5.acrobat.com/p65385874/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">webinar</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> to learn more about what it’s
like to serve on an award committee, and then access the </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/aboutyalsa/yalsahandbook#form" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Committee Volunteer Form</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
if you want to put your name forward for consideration. Please direct questions to YALSA’s President-Elect, Christopher Shoemaker at
<a href="mailto:cinf0master@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">cinf0master@gmail.com</span></a>.
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<h1><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Rockwell","serif"">Dates to remember:<br>
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<li><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Aug. 15 – Sept. 15, voting opens for the Teens’ Top Ten,
<a href="http://www.ala.org/teens-top-ten" target="_blank">www.ala.org/teens-top-ten</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sept. 22-28, 2013: Banned Books Week<br>
</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oct. 13 – 19, Teen Read Week™, “Seek the Unknown @ your library,”
<a href="http://www.ala.org/teenread" target="_blank">www.ala.org/teenread</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Nov. 2, 2013, International Games Day<br>
</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Feb. 5, 2014: Digital Learning Day<br>
</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mar. 9 – 15, 2014: Teen Tech Wee<font face="Arial" size="3">k, "</font></span><font face="Arial" size="3">DIY @ your library"</font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">Apr. 17, 2014: Teen Literature Day (part of National Library Week)</font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">More special dates at: </font><a href="http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks</a>
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<h1><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Rockwell","serif"">Questions?</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="3">Beth Yoke</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="3">1.800.545.2433 x4391</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="3"><a href="mailto:byoke@ala.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">byoke@ala.org</span></a></font></p>
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<div align="center">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services</div>
<div align="center">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *</div>
<div align="center">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301</div>
<div align="center"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528</div>
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