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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black">News from ALA's Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)</span><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Readers’ Advisory at Your Finger Tips<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">YALSA has launched an updated version of its free Teen Book Finder app that now includes all titles that appeared on YALSA’s 2013 lists of recommended reading and/or
that were honored by YALSA’s YA literature awards. Access it via at <span style="color:#1F497D">
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yalsas-teen-book-finder/id527674308?mt=8">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yalsas-teen-book-finder/id527674308?mt=8</a></span><b>.
</b>The app’s features include: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The ability to search for books by author, title, award or list year, genre, and award or booklist name<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A Find It! button, that shows users the library nearest them that has the title in their collection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A Favorites button, to create an individualized reading list<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">And more!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dates to remember:<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">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><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sept. 22-28, 2013: Banned Books Week<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">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><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nov. 2, 2013, International Games Day<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feb. 5, 2014: Digital Learning Day<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mar. 9 - 15, 2014: Teen Tech Week, "DIY @ your library"<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Apr. 17, 2014: Teen Literature Day (part of National Library Week)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">More special dates at:
<a href="http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Questions?<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Beth Yoke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Young Adult Library Services Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">1.800.545.2433 x4391<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:byoke@ala.org" target="_blank">byoke@ala.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">* 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:black">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:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/youthsvcs/oregon.srp.certificate.aspx"><span style="color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="204" height="69" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE8F9D.7457C670" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01CE4751.8A8D6B50"></span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#1F497D">Summer Reading 2013 at
<a href="http://libdir.osl.state.or.us/">Oregon libraries</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#1F497D">Find a
<a href="http://www.summerfoodoregon.org/">summer food site</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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