YALSA Events

YALSA at ALA's Annual Conference

In 2025, ALA Annual will be held in Philadelphia June 26-30. Learn more and register here! 

Young Adult Services Symposium

While YALSA leadership is exploring the future possibilities for delivering Symposium content, there will be no YALSA Symposium in fall 2025 or fall 2026. The YALSA board and staff will continue discussing details related to future YALSA opportunities with other partners.

We know that many of you look forward to attending an in-person event dedicated to sharing effective practices for teen services and networking with other teen services professionals. If you had anticipated attending the YALSA Symposium this fall, we invite you to consider attending other virtual or in-person ALA youth division-hosted education opportunities that will be coming over the next several months. We will share opportunities as they become available.

We appreciate the time and consideration that will come with delivering an improved opportunity for YALSA members and teen service library workers. We welcome your questions at yalsa@ala.org and if you’re eager to get more involved with YALSA, check out our volunteer opportunities here.