The Young Adult Services Division of SCLA
Our next meeting will be on June 12, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at The Smithtown Library- Main Building. Beginning at 10 a.m., we will be discussing this year's Summer Reading Club theme, Metamorphosis @ Your Library. At 11a.m. we will have a special author presentation by Sarah Beth Durst, author of Into the Wild and Out of the Wild.
The lastest issue of Teen Talk is now available. Send your library news and happenings to Tracy Van Dyne to be included in the next issue of Teen Talk.
The Fourth Annual Fran Romer Memorial Teen Services Workshop was held on March 27, 2008 with much success. Find out more about the Fran Romer Workshop, including speaker presentations, themed bibliographies, workshop handouts and pictures are now available.
Do you know a teen that has made a significant contribution to your library? Honor the teen by nominating him/her for the 2008 B.E.S.T. Award.The deadline for applications is April 4.
Registration for the Fourth Annual Fran Romer Memorial Teen Services Workshop on March 27 is now underway. We are also accepting applications for the 2008 B.E.S.T. Award.
Take a look at the pictures from the Joint Suffolk-Nassau YASD and SCLS Meeting Fun and Games at the Library and Eric Luper author visit.
YASD is proud to host the Fourth Annual Fran Romer Memorial Teen Services Workshop on Thursday, March 27, 2008 at the Harborfields Public Library. Join us for a day of discussion, networking, and learning with public and school media librarians serving teens. Registration is now underway- Registration Form
They have the YAttitude! Members of this YA division meet monthly to exchange ideas, information and expertise on how to get and keep the attention of their special public.
Our next meeting, Fun and Games in the Library, will be on February 7 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at SCLS. It will be a joint SCLS and Suffolk/Nassau YASD meeting. Take a look at our flyer and agenda.
And the winners are... The 2008 Printz Award winner is The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean. Honor books are Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox, One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke, Repossessed by A. M. Jenkins, and Your Own, Sylvia by Stephanie Hemphill. For a complete list of ALA winners, view the YALSA blog or YALSA website.
YASD is pleased to announce our 2008 officers: President- Candace Reeder, Northport-East Northport Public Library; Vice President/President Elect- Tracy Van Dyne, Connetquot Public Library; Secretary- Jennifer Chivvis, The Smithtown Library; Treasurer- Margie Hartough, Half Hollow Hills Community Library. We look forward to another successful year of YASD activities!
As 2007 comes to a close, take a look at our Year in Review (PPT). Save the date for our next YASD meeting on Thursday, January 10, 2008 at North Shore Public Library from 10-11:30 a.m. We will be discussing Teens and Technology.