Taskforces Galore!!!

Wanna get involved in YALSA right now? YALSA needs your help! We’re looking for expert programmers, Teen Read Week gurus, Teen Tech Week geniuses, Road Trip afficionados, Common Core Standards experts and more! Based on Board decisions at the 2013 Midwinter Conference, I’ll be making appointments to the following Super! Awesome! Taskforces! All you have [...]

Teen Read Week 2012 Reflection

Teen Read Week is a good time for young adult librarians to reflect and reinforce why they have chosen to serve teens in libraries, school or public. Many of us who have committed our careers to the field can point to a person or persons in our youth that made a significant impression upon us. [...]

TRW ’12: Making Time for Fun

“If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more you do, the more you can do… and don’t you forget it!” - Lucille Ball One of the biggest excuses/reasons I hear from my teens is that they just don’t have time to read! These teens are too busy practicing, traveling [...]