YALSA's Webinars
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Join YALSA for its webinars! Keep up-to-date on developments in the field with these interactive learning sessions, presented by an expert YALSA trainer. Webinars are 60 minutes in length and include time for a question and answer period. Webinars take place at 2 p.m. Eastern. Questions? Contact Eve Gaus at egaus@ala.org or 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5293. All webinars provide one contact hour. Certificates of participation are available upon request. YALSA webinars are certified for one Library Education Unit in the state of Indiana.
Webinars cost $39 for individual YALSA members, $29 for students and $49 for all other individuals. Make YALSA webinars a learning event for your whole department with our group rate of $195! YALSA’s group rate applies to group of people that will watch the webinar together in one location. Registration is available through the ALA Online Learning Center for both individual and group registrations. If you do not want to register online, please fill out this form (PDF) and then fax or mail it in.
YALSA does not distribute contact information to webinar sponsors. In addition, YALSA's webinars are lead by professional experts, selected by YALSA, and are not employees of paid sponsors.
Interested in future YALSA webinars? Check out our calendar. Interested in a past YALSA webinar? Read descriptions and buy recordings at the Webinars-on-Demand page. (And remember, all YALSA members get free access to YALSA's webinars two months after they're originally recorded in the Members' Only section.)
Learn about YALSA's other continuing education opportunities.
Interested in sponsoring a YALSA webinar? Find out more in our media kit (PDF).
Upcoming Webinars
All YALSA webinars take place at 2 p.m. Eastern. Webinars are 60 minutes in length.
Feb. 16: Serving LGBTQ Teens
LGBTQ teens experience marginalization on a daily basis. Navigating the transition from childhood to adulthood can be challenging enough, but for teens that identify as LGBTQ, adolescence can be an especially difficult time. For many LGBTQ teens the library is a critical resource to help them explore their questions in a safe environment.
Join Megan Honig for a look into inside library services to LGBTQ teens. Megan will explore who LGBTQ teens are and will discuss the broad range of experiences among LGBTQ teens. She’ll discuss what needs LGBTQ teens bring to the library and how the library can meet those needs through collection development, programming and advocacy. Megan will also address how to manage staff and patron concerns. Participants will learn to identify the common information needs of LGBTQ teens and how to develop strategies for supporting LGBTQ teens’ safety and well-being in library spaces.
This webinar will address 3 areas of the YALSA Competencies:
- Knowledge of client group
- Knowledge of materials
- Services
This webinar will be presented by Megan Honig. Megan is a librarian and freelance writer living in Philadelphia, PA. She is the author of the book Urban Grit: A Guide to Street Lit and the editor of Young Adult Library Services. Her passions in the library world include teen-centered collection development; street lit; serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning teens; and thinking about librarianship within a framework of social justice.
Register today! Registration costs $29 for students, $39 for individual YALSA members, $49 for all other individuals, and $195 for group registrations. YALSA’s group rate applies to a group of people that will watch the webinar together in one location.
March 15: Finding a Place on the Shelf: YALSA Book Awards and the Middle School Library
Find out more about YALSA's March webinar, Finding a Place on the Shelf: YALSA Book Awards and the Middle School Library.
Webinars-on-Demand
Members can see archived webinars for free, two months after they take place, in YALSA's members' only section. All others can purchase access to recent YALSA webinars for $19. YALSA webinars will be available two months after they take place.
Free Webinars
Interested in YALSA’s webinars? Check out one of our free webinars-on-demand
- Don’t Get Lost in Translation: Connect with Your Teens through Summer Reading (sponsored by Dollar General)
- Programming for Teen Read Week
