Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

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2023 Teens' Top Ten Top 25 List

Meet our 2023 Participating Authors

Introducing our 2023 Symposium participating authors. We are beyond excited to have for this year's Symposium!

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YA Symposium

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YALSA Board Meetings

Every third Monday of the month at 2:30 PM CST - Everyone welcome.

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Meeting ID: 829 4793 7403 Passcode: 843163

Dates:

Jul 17, Aug 21, Sep 18, Oct 16, Nov 20, Dec 18, Jan 15, Feb 19, Mar 18, Apr 15, May 20, Jun 17

YALSA Board Meetings

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Hands-On AI Literacy Programs for Youth and Teens

November 30, 2023, 1:00-2:00 pm CDT

Division Member Price: Free

Ready to learn something new? Sign up for our November Webinar to learn more about an AI Literacy Program for both youth and teens! In this YALSA webinar, Hee Rin Lee and Kahyun Choi will present an open-source AI literacy program that they developed through a grant from IMLS. The program provides youth with core knowledge about AI and its social consequences.

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Train-the-Trainer Update

Transforming Teen Services: A Train the Trainer Approach was proposed to address challenges and needs through professional training for library staff across all 50 states and the five U.S. territories in best practices in library programming for/with teens.

Be sure to check out the web page to learn more about the project's history, evaluations, trainers, and applications!

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December Member of the Month

Meet YALSA's December Member of the Month: David Saia

Member of the Month

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Jason Reynolds: MAE Luncheon Speaker

Jason Reynolds is the recipient of the 2023 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring his significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens for “When I was the Greatest,” “The Boy in the Black Suit,” “All American Boys,” “Ghost” and “Long Way Down.” Jason will be speaking on Sunday, November 12th 2023 at the Symposium conference in St. Louis, Missouri. Don't miss out on this opportunity!

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