YALSA has two new volunteer opportunities that I am looking for members to appoint to.
- Taskforce for 2019 Teen Summit: This taskforce will be responsible for planning and implementing a 1-day teen summit in Washington DC in conjunction with ALA Annual. The summit will bring together 50 teens from the greater Washington DC area to learn their vision of how libraries can evolve to better support their needs and interests. More information can be found here: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/sites/ala.org.yalsa/files/content/Endowments_AN18.pdf Potential tasks for the include:
- Identify Washington DC area partners who can help get teen participation
- Select a summit facilitator who can build the agenda for the day and oversee its
implementation - Select small group facilitators and speakers
- Identify an individual(s) to write the report
- Select the teen participants and handle transportation logistics
- Carry out the event
- Send thanks to teens and partners
- Write and distribute the report
- Implement evaluation measures
- Workgroup to Provide Resources and Tools for Evaluating Materials and Intellectual Freedom in Light of #MeToo: This workgroup will gather resources to help library staff serving teens evaluate materials and balance intellectual freedom. The group will also determine gaps in the information available and create tools to support members in this area. For more information on the discussion that led to the formation of this work group, see Board Item 34 from Annual 2018: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/sites/ala.org.yalsa/files/content/MeToo_AN18.pdf
If you have interest in serving on either of these groups please contact me at crystle.martin@gmail.com
Respectfully,
Crystle Martin
YALSA President
