Suffolk County Library Association
Meet up with your fellow teen librarians at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library where we will be going over the basics of 3D printing and Tinkercad with the library’s digital service team. We will also be putting together 3D a printed pumpkin you can take home!
Light breakfast and coffee will be available. 1 hour of professional development.
Join us for our annual YASD Luncheon at The Tap Room in Ronkonkoma! Joining us will be YA author of “Revelle” and most recently “Gilded in Vengeance” Lyssa Mia Smith!
Brunch will be served, there will be gluten, dairy-free and vegan options.
Professional development hours will be given.
$45 per person.
Registration will close on December 2, 2026.
Join us for our first-ever Teen Community Showcase featuring local programmers, librarian presentations, resources to take back to your library, and more!
3 Professional Development hours will be awarded for attending.
Light breakfast will be available.
If you are a teen librarian who is interesting in presenting at our showcase, please contact Amanda at ahayman@hhhlibrary.org
Hangout with your fellow teen librarians at the Elwood Public Library, make fun bag charms and talk about all things summer reading as we get ready for the busiest time of the year!
Annual NCLA & SCLA Joint YASD Meeting
Tuesday, March 24th at 11am via Zoom
Hear from Kelly Jensen of Book Riot about the history of book censorship leading to where we are today and trends right now. She’ll also share tools and data for fighting back for both librarians and teens.
Free for NCLA/SCLA members and $15 for non members.
The YASD 2026 Annual Fran Romer Memorial Book Talk will take place on Thursday, April 16, from 10:00 AM–1:00 PM at the South Huntington Public Library. This year’s theme is Graphic Novels: Teen Tales in Panels.
Join guest speaker Mike Cavallaro, author of the Nico Bravo and Eowulf series, for a discussion of the first title in the Eowulf series, Eowulf: Of Monsters and Middle School. Attendees will have the chance to win raffle prizes, earn CEUs, and enjoy lunch.
When registering, please include your top two discussion group choices. Registration closes on March 31.
Cost: $35 for members, $40 for non-members.
Meet up with your fellow teen librarians as we tour the Brentwood Public Library’s teen space and make some Perler Bead art!
Join Kymberlee Powe to learn how to perform a diversity audit on your library collection. Kym shares what a diversity audit is, why we should audit our collections, why the structure of the publishing industry may make it difficult to cultivate inclusivity, and most importantly, why it’s important to build collections that are diverse AND inclusive.
Kymberlee Powe (she/her) is the Children and Young Adult Consultant with the Connecticut State Library. Kym specializes in youth services and literary equity and has presented at various conferences including, the American Library Association Annual Conference, the Connected Learning Summit, Niche Academy, and she has spoken for multiple School Library Journal/ Library Journal professional development courses. In 2023 Kym was named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker.
Join us on Zoom for Teens are Alright: Providing Staff with Skills to Engage Teen Patrons with Support and Respect on Thursday, May 23rd at 10:00 am!
Teen librarians know three key things about their teens. They are loud, they are messy, and they are AWESOME!
Join Katelyn Hara-Moss Head of Reference Services at Central Islip Public Library and Heather Massa Head of Adult & Teen Services at East Rockaway Public Library to learn how to improve staff responses to teen patrons, communicate effectively with coworkers that are not teen librarians, and address rowdy teens in the library positively.
Because remember, today’s teens are tomorrow’s library voters!
Registration is open! Sign up by clicking here. We hope to see you there!
Ashley Sabatino
Teen Services Program Coordinator
Longwood Public Library
631-924-6400 ext. 292
You are invited to join the YASD Board at there 2023 Annual Luncheon.
New Board Members will be introduced and YASD Teen Librarian Awards will be presented. Guest speaker will be YA Author Ryan La Sala, whose book The Honeys is set to become a major motion picture!
The lunch will be held at Toast in Patchogue (46 East Main Street, Patchogue, NY 11772). Vegan, Vegetarian and Gluten Free options will be available.
The cost to attend is $55 for members and $60 for nonmembers.
Register here and view the attached flyer for more info! Register by November 13 to be entered into a raffle for a $50 giftcard! Last day to register is November 27.
Any questions, please feel free to reach out to Emily Spizzirri at either espizzirri@pmlib.org or 631-654-4700×287