The National Endowment for the Arts published a report on teen reading and reading skills. YALSA has written a rebuttal defining what reading is when it comes to teens. And ALA has their official response as well.
YALSA is offering four online courses this fall: “Booktalks Quick and Simple,” “New Technologies and New Literacies for Teens,” “Reaching Teens with Gaming” and “YALSA Competencies Live.”
“Booktalks Quick and Simple” and “Reaching Teens with Gaming” will run October 1 to October 31; “New Technologies and New Literacies for Teens” and “YALSA Competencies Live” will run October 1 to November 9. Registration opened on August 27, 2007.
“Booktalks Quick and Simple” participants will learn what a booktalk is and how to booktalk with teens. Sessions will focus on how to create hooks for books, share the talks with teens and experiment with a variety of booktalking techniques. Nancy Keane will teach this course.
Participants in “New Technologies and New Literacies for Teens” will have the opportunity to talk with others about teen use of technology and how that use improves literacy skills. They will also have the chance to create a framework for a program or service at their library that supports teen technology-based print literacy. Linda Braun will teach this course.
The main focus of “Reaching Teens with Gaming” is to educate non-gamers about what video games are, to eliminate stereotypes and fears about video games and to introduce librarians to a medium that engages the free time of more than 80 percent of their teen clientele. Beth Gallaway will teach this course.
“YALSA Competencies Live,” an introduction to YALSA’s Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth, program will show participants how all of the aspects of good service to young adults work together, as well as how to plan for growing teen services in school or public libraries. Amy Alessio will teach this course.
Course registration is available online until September 17 at www.ala.org/yalsa. The cost for each four-week course, the equivalent of a one-day face-to-face workshop, is $135 for YALSA members, $175 for ALA members and $195 for non-members. The cost for each six-week course, the equivalent of a one-and-one-half-day face-to-face workshop, is $149 for YALSA members, $195 for ALA members and $215 for non-members. More tips on taking online courses can be found on the YALSA Web site at: http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/onlinecourses/info.htm.
For 50 years, YALSA has been the world leader in selecting books, videos, and audiobooks for teens. For more information about these awards or for additional lists of recommended reading, go to www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists.
For more information about YALSA, please contact us via e-mail, yalsa AT ala.org; or by phone at 1-800-545-2433 ext. 4390.
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From YALSA:
The last day to register for Teen Read Week is Monday, Sept. 17th - in just one week! Don’t wait any longer. Register today. It’s free and easy to do. Simply visit YALSA’s Teen Read Week webpage at www.ala.org/teenread and click on Register Now.
Officially registering helps YALSA in many ways, such as securing funding for important projects like the 2007 World Book - ALA Goal Award. TRW registration figures played an important part in YALSA’s successful application for this $10,000 grant to improve teen library services in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
All YALSA members who register will receive a free paperback book, courtesy of Teen Read Week Promotional Partner Scholastic. More than one person can register per Library system.
Other opportunities you’ll find at the Teen Read Week webpage include:
- Information about how your Library could win a visit with author Tiffany Trent, courtesy of YALSA and Mirrorstone Books, by submitting your Teen Read Week activity as a contender for this year’s best Teen Read Week program.
- Booklists, our Teen Read Week wiki and other resources to help your Library celebrate.
- The first 50 regular members to join YALSA via the TRW page will receive the Chronicles for Young Readers gift set by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman courtesy Mirrorstone Books; they will also receive nine Michael L. Printz Award–winning titles courtesy of Penguin Books for Young Readers.
I know many of you will be actively celebrating Teen Read Week in a variety of creative, dynamic ways, so why wait? Register today!
TRW is October 14 -20, 2007. The theme is LOL @ Your Library (Laugh Out Loud). Need programming ideas? Visit the TRW: Wiki! [inserted by Adrienne]
Paula
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Are You a Friend of YALSA?
www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/givetoyalsa/give.htmPaula Brehm-Heeger
YALSA President, 2007-2008
A Division of the American Library Association
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To receive your complementary Making Memories Family Activity Calendar (limit of 200), please contact Linda Mays in the ALSC office at 800-545-2433 x1398 or at lmays AT ala.org.
There are events scheduled all around Oklahoma. A great partnership opportunity!
FYI…
…take a moment to consider applying for money to go to the 2008 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, California! Download an application for a Penguin Young Readers Group Award and see just how easy it is to apply. Managers and Professors: please take the time to spread the word about this opportunity!
These awards, made possible by an annual gift from the Penguin Young Readers Group, are administered by a committee of ALSC. They enable up to four children’s librarians to attend the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, June 26-July 2, 2008. Four librarians working directly with children in an elementary, middle school, or public library setting will each receive $600.
Requirements for application are:
ALSC membership (applicant must be a member by the application deadline)
One to ten years experience as a children’s librarian
No previous attendance at an annual ALA Conference
The deadline for applications is Monday, December 3, 2007. For more information and to download an application, for the Penguin Young Readers Group Award, visit:Penguin Award Flyer (pdf)
Sincerely,
Alison O’Reilly
Penguin Young Readers Group Award Committee, Chair
Alison O’Reilly
512-462-1452
alison.oreilly AT ci.austin.tx.us