The preliminary schedule for the 2015 YA Services Symposium has been announced! This year, we’ve expanded our focus to cover the entire spectrum of topics related to providing services to young adults… and boy, do we have an exceptional list of programs for you!
First, there will be three half-day preconferences. One preconference session, “Hip Hop Dance and Scratch: Facilitating Connected Learning in Libraries,” will focus on resources and best practices for implementing interest-driven coding workshops, with some hands on experience. More information to come about the other preconferences.
Program topics:
- Customize to connect – small libraries build participatory learning environments for teens
- Diverse Teen Fiction: Getting Beyond The Labels
- Full STEAM Ahead: Lessons Learned From a Library Coding Camp
- If You Build It, They Will Come: Establishing Teen Services in Public Libraries
- Lessons from Learning Spaces: Challenges and Opportunities for Maker Programming in Libraries
- Maker Space Programming without the Space (or How Hollywood Came to Indiana and Brought a Community Together)
- Moving On Up: Introducing Middle Schoolers to the YA Collection
- New Adulthood: Literature & Services for NA Patrons
- Teaching Urban Teens Valuable Skills: A Teen Job Fair
- Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Connecting School and Public Libraries to Enhance Teen Services
- Teen Services without Borders
- Acting and Beyond: Helping Teens and Libraries Establish Connections through Theatre
- Using Digital Literacy Trends with Teens
- Elevating Teen Volunteers to Loftier Roles
- Teens As Parents: Library and Early Literacy Connections
- Starting From Scratch: My 18-Month Quest to Fill the Library with Teens, Convert my Colleagues, and Keep My Sanity
Paper Presentations
- Skin Deep: Hispanic and African American Experiences in Young Adult Literature
- Teaching digital, media and information literacies to foster youth at a university curriculum materials library
- Writing within Community: How Mentoring Works in Online Fan Fiction
See the extended program descriptions and updates at http://www.ala.org/yalsa/yasymposium/programs.
The symposium will take place November 6–8, 2015 in Portland, Oregon at the Hilton with a theme of: Bringing it All Together: Connecting Libraries, Teens & Communities. Early Bird registration starts April 1, 2015.
There’s also a stipend available for two YALSA members. Each stipend offers up to $1,000. Applications are due by June 15. To apply, view details at: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/yasymposium/stipend.
Want to help advocate? Grab a flyer. Help us promote; tell your colleagues!
Join YALSA as we explore how to connect teens to their community and beyond!
–Jane Gov for YA Services Symposium Marketing and Planning Task Force
