YALS

a section of the New Hampshire Library Association

When Does YALS next meet?

Meetings

Our next YALS board meeting will be Thursday, May 27 at 10 am. This will once again be a virtual meeting, via GoToMeeting. The meeting will be from 10 to Noon. The meeting link will be sent out via the YALS listserv. This meeting is open to all who are interested. Here is the Agenda.

Teen Book Award Ambassadors

Flume Book Award· Isinglass Book Award

During this round of applications for Teen Ambassadors for the NH Teen Book Awards Committee we are looking for 4 teens currently in grades 6 and 7 (so they’ll be in grades 7 and 8 during their term). Applications are due May 17th. The term these ambassadors will hold will run June 2021 through March 2022 and they will be…
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YALS Teen Summer Reading Idea Share

Meetings· Program Ideas

Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 10:00 AM Teen Summer Reading planning is always a challenge, and with so many unknowns in 2021, we could all use a little help! Let’s join forces and talk about what we have planned so far, and where we could use some advice. Please bring ideas (in any stage of planning) to share with the…
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Follow-up to Get Lit: What’s New in YA Literature

Conferences

Thank you to all who joined us for Get Lit: What’s New in YA Literature. For those who couldn’t attend, we are working on getting recordings posted as soon as possible. RECORDINGS AND SESSION MATERIALS:Session recordings, additional publisher book buzz, and related materials can be located on this page as they become available: http://yals.nhlibrarians.org/conferences/getlit2020/ POST-CONFERENCE SURVEY:If you attended the event,…
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YALS Teen Librarian Training Session

Meetings· Professional Development

Join YALS for a virtual teen librarian training session on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 from 1:00-3:00 PM. Below is a schedule of events: 1:00-1:45 Diversity Audits for Teen Collections Katharine Gatcomb, Sara Rottger, and Andrew Houldsworth from the Portsmouth Public Library will discuss their ongoing diversity audit of the teen fiction collection. Topics covered will include the purpose and importance…
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