Are you engaged in YA research and have ideas about how YALSA can better share yours and others work? Do have some thoughts about how YALSA can better encourage those in the field to conduct their own research on young adults? Have you thought about and come up with some ideas about how YALSA can partner with other organizations and individuals to increase research and knowledge about research in general?

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Did you know that there are two major letters circulating around Congress today that will have a direct impact on libraries? Did you also know that our representatives only have until tomorrow to be informed of these letters and get their signatures on them to support library legislation? This means, we must act now!

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I am a child of the late 70′s and 80′s.  When I was a kid, we believed that by the year 2000, we would be flying around with jet packs, and living on the moon.  However, here we are in what is about to be 2010, and these things have yet to have happened.  You may be wondering “Where is she going with this?”… (more…)

Some days are harder than others.  Everywhere we look, we see rapid change taking place.  Budget cuts are reducing staff and affecting families across the United States.  One has to ask: How do we keep morale up in the workplace when all of this is going on? (more…)

You have five bes tfriends, a boyfriend/girlfriend, your parents, and your little brother/sister…and this is just the must buy for list!  This is such an expensive time of year!  You meant to save a little money from your paycheck, but you thought you had more time…Now it’s ten days until gift giving and you have no gifts!  What do you do if you have little cash or no cash and many to give to?

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You may be thinking, “Summer Reading Club is still months away–we still have plenty of time!” But it will be here before you know it.   And, with the economy as it is and library budgets continuing to predict devastating shortfalls and cuts, how do we conduct a successful Summer Reading Club without or with little money?

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Has your library’s budget been cut? Are you losing or have you lost money for library materials? Trying to find a way to advocate for your library, but don’t have tons of time or resources?

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Today, if you are an ALA member, you received an email from Kristin Murphy about how our legislative bodies are adjourning for district work periods and how they are holding town hall meetings to find out what is important to their constituents. What better time for libraries and librarians to get out there and make their cases known!

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How many of you are a community/library in need?  Raise your hand. How many of you could use 1,200 new young adult books, cds, and videos? Raise your hand.  If you have one or both of your hands raised, you should think about applying for YALSA’s Great Books Giveaway Award.

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