Happy Fall!

Here is what I worked on in September:

Accomplishments

  • After board discussion, called for board to vote to approve location for the 2016 YA Services Symposium
    • The 2016 YA Services Symposium will be held in Pittsburgh, PA
  • Filled various strategic committee vacancies
  • Led second monthly chat with the YALSA Board, where we discussed YALSA’s Brand and Reputation
  • After board discussion, called for board to vote on Rachel McDonald’s board vacancy
    • The board vacancy will be left open until next YALSA election in Spring 2016
  • Met with colleagues at Wattpad, National Writing Project, Connected Learning Alliance, and DeviantArt to discuss possible design challenge partnership in conjunction with Teen Tech Week 2016’s theme: Create It @ Your Library
  • Completed bundled registration for ALA Midwinter and ALA Annual 2016
  • RSVP’d to attend ALA Information Policy workshop at ALA Midwinter

Works in Progress

Stats & Data

  • Friends of YALSA raised $0 in August 2015
  • Membership: 5,088 (down -0.8% over this time last year)

Last, but certainly not least –

THANK YOU

  • All of our members for all that you do to support teens and teen library services in your communities, every day!

Until next time!

Respectfully submitted,

Candice Mack, YALSA President

About Candice Mack

Candice A. (Wingyee) Mack is honored to be YALSA's Immediate Past President, as well as the Senior Librarian of systemwide Teen Services for the Los Angeles Public Library. She is also a 2012 ALA Emerging Leader and a 2006 ALA Spectrum Scholar. Passions for connected learning (like DJing), social justice, child & adolescent development and an unusual coincidence led her to pursue teen services librarianship. On Twitter, she can be found @tinylibrarian.

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