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It Came from the Library! This Teen Read Week™ (Oct. 14-20), YALSA dares you to read for the fun of it! Teen Read Week is a time to celebrate reading for fun and encourage teens to take advantage of reading in all its forms —books and magazines, e-books, audiobooks and more — and become regular library users.

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Welcome to the Teen Read Week website!

Posted by YALSA on April 4, 2012 at 3:30pm 0 Comments

Hello, and welcome to the 2012 Teen Read Week website! We've made a few changes and improvements from previous years, and we hope you like what you see and that you can find what you need to plan a great event in 2012!

What's Different This Year?

We're powering the Teen Read Week website through Ning to offer a more complete experience for registrants.

  • To register, click "Registration" at the top of the page, and it'll take you through the sign up form. You'll be able to connect directly with other registrants and we can even include some of your content on the website.…
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About Teen Read Week

Teen Read Week is an initiative of the  Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Teen Read Week started in 1998.Libraries across the world celebrate Teen Read Week with a variety of special events and programs aimed at encouraging teens to read for pleasure and to visit their libraries for free reading materials.

Why is it important to celebrate? For a lot of reasons! Teens have so many options for entertainment, so it's important to remind them to spend time reading for pleasure: it's free, fun, and can be done anywhere! Research shows that teens who read for fun have better test scores and are more likely to succeed in the workforce. Also, it’s a great chance to let your school or your public library communities know how important teen services are! Let teens know the possibilities that exist within your doors, and within the covers of books.

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From YALSABlog: ALA Annual: Where to Eat, Part 3

ALA Annual: Where to Eat, Part 3

Have you registered for ALA Annual? YALSA members can take advantage of Division Member advance rates – $230 for the entire conference by June 14th. Once you’ve registered, plan out your conference activities with the ALA Conference Scheduler. Take a look at YALSA’s events at ALA Annual for ideas on how to fill your schedule!…

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Haven't you always wanted to visit Chicago? Then submit a program proposal for the 2013 ALA Annual Conference, June 27 - July 2 in Chi-town! YALSA's accepting proposals through May 31st at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/annualproposal13. We'll keep the deep dish pizza warm until you get here!

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From YALSABlog: YALSA Blog Tweets of the Week – May 18, 2012

YALSA Blog Tweets of the Week – May 18, 2012

Do you have a favorite Tweet from the past week? If so add it in the comments for this post. Or, if you read a Twitter post between May 18 and May 24 that you think is a must for the next Tweets of the Week send a direct or @ message to lbraun2000 on [...]

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From YALSABlog: Don’t Forget Alex!

Don’t Forget Alex!

There’s a profusion of pollen and awards in the air. It must be springtime. ‘Tis the season that YALSA rolls out the award announcements for the Printz, the Morris, the Edwards, the Odyssey, and more; the Spring issue of YALS is devoted to awards, the winners, and the speeches. But even so, in the flurry [...]

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From YALSABlog: YALSA App of the Week: DoInk

YALSA App of the Week: DoInk

Title: DoInk Cost: $4.99 Platform: iPad running iOS 3.2 or later Many teens, and probably quite a few librarians, will find DoInk an app that they could spend hours with. Why? Because it makes it possible to, through a fairly simple process, create animations on an iPad. The basics: Create “drawing sequences” in DoInk on [...]

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From YALSABlog: National Library Legislative Day: report from a virtual attendee

National Library Legislative Day: report from a virtual attendee

If you could not attend National Library Legislative Day in person, ALA provided ample opportunity to participate virtually. The ALA Washington Office Twitter feed (@ala_wo) is an informative resource year-round, but their tweet-by-tweet coverage of the day was an excellent way to track the action.…

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Teen Read Week, Picture It!

The Burlington Public Library in Burlington, Massachusetts has planned some exciting Teen Read Week events. This is what we’ve shared with our teens: Help us celebrate Teen Read Week from October 16-22. This year’s theme is: Picture It @ Your Library! Teen Read Week Book Talk, Monday, October 17th from 3:30-4:15pm. Come to the Book [...]

Teen Read Week: Picture It Delicious

Teen Read Week is the preferred week in our library calendar, largely because students refer to it as “cookie week”.  I am not above using shameless bribery to get kids into the library, particularly during the first two months of school, and I am the first to admit that my killer recipe for chocolate chip [...]

Picture A Library Party!

YALSA’s website states that Teen Read Week 2011 will be celebrated at thousands of public and school libraries, classrooms, and bookstores across the country.  As Kool and the Gang might sing…YAHOO! Let’s all celebrate and have a good time! Unfortunately, when adults think about teens and parties, it often involves a mental connection to negative [...]

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