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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Rockwell","serif"">The following is information from ALA’s Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) newsletter:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Rockwell","serif"">DIY @ your library<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Teen Tech Week™ will be here before you know it! Get ideas and resources to help you plan great events in order to raise awareness in your community about the great digital
resources and services you offer teens and their families: <a href="http://www.ala.org/teentechweek">
www.ala.org/teentechweek</a>. TTW is scheduled for March 9 – 15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Rockwell","serif"">Win $5,000 for your Library via the WrestleMania Reading Challenge<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">YALSA is joining with WWE and We Give Books to launch a totally new and improved WrestleMania Reading Challenge for 2014. Libraries that plan activities around the Challenge can be eligible
for $5,000 grants! Get the details at <a href="http://www.ala.org/wrestlemania">
www.ala.org/wrestlemania</a>. Kids, tweens and teens can visit <a href="http://wwereadingsuperstar.com/">
http://wwereadingsuperstar.com/</a> now through March 7 to read with their favorite Reading Tag Team Partner and enter to win a trip to WrestleMania XXX in New Orleans.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Rockwell","serif"">What’s the Future of Library Services for and with Teens?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Find out in this new report from YALSA! Visit
<a href="http://www.ala.org/yaforum/project-report"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">www.ala.org/yaforum/project-report</span></a> to download the free report and executive summary. Please share these documents widely with library colleagues, partners, and other
stakeholders. Want to learn more about how you can make some of the changes called for in the report? Mark your calendars for Mondays in March, when YALSA will hold open, online discussions via Google Hangouts.
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<h1><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Rockwell","serif"">Announcing the Best YA Literature of 2013!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Last week YALSA announced the winners of our book and media awards: Alex, Edwards, Morris, Nonfiction, Odyssey and Printz. We’ve also posted our final lists of recommended
reading. They can be found at <a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists</span></a>. We hope these resources will be helpful to you as you build library collections and plan readers’ advisory activities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more YALSA events and information, visit
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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</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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