Registration now open for YALSA's fall online courses! YALSA will offer three courses in October: AIMing at Tweens: Advising, Involving, Motivating, taught by Teri Lesesne; Graphic Novels and Teen Readers: The Basics and Beyond, taught by Francisca Goldsmith; and Reaching Teens with Gaming, taught by Beth Gallaway. Learn more and register today! Classes begin Oct. 5.
Encourage teens to voice their choice for their favorite books in the Teens' Top Ten! Voting is open now through Sept. 18. Teens' Top Ten winners will be announced in a webcast featuring WWE Superstars and Divas during Teen Read Week.
Register for Teen Read Week through Sept. 18! Visit the 2009 website to register, find resources and activity ideas, use the publicity tools and more. Read Beyond Reality @ your library, Oct. 18-24!
Bundled registration for ALA's 2010 Midwinter Meeting (Boston, Jan. 15-19_ and Annual Conference (Washington, D.C., June 24-29) is now open! Bundled registration saves YALSA members 20 percent over advanced registration fees for each conference individually. Starting Oct. 1, you can add registration for YALSA's Midwinter Institute, "Libraries 3.0: Teen Edition" and YALSA's Midwinter Social Event, "Games, Gadgets & Gurus."
YALSA wants your opinion! Help us choose topics for future continuing education offerings, and you could win a FREE online course. Just fill out our short survey.
YALSA seeks symposium proposals! Propose a preconference, program, or paper presentation for the 2010 Young Adult Literature Symposium. Guidelines, applications and other details are available on the symposium homepage. Proposals are due to the YALSA office by Oct. 1, 2009. Applicants will be notified of their status by Jan. 15.
Apply for a 2010 Young Adult Literature Symposium Stipend! YALSA will award two stipends, worth up to $1,000, for travel and registration costs at the 2010 Young Adult Literature Symposium in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 5-7, 2010. Applications are due Jan. 4.
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