YALSA News

See the 21 finalists for the 2010 WrestleMania Reading Challenge.

YALSA's first webinar will take place March 31 at 2 p.m. Eastern! Host Linda Braun will lead the session on Getting Involved in YALSA. Find out more and how to register (this first session is free!) on our Webinars page.

Read the latest competencies from YALSA! Find guidance in the newly updated Young Adults Deserve the Best: Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth.

Learn more about YALSA's new two-way mentoring program.

Registration now open for ALA's Annual Conference in Washington, DC, June 24-29! Advanced registration ends May 14. See what YALSA has planned at Annual.

Register for YALSA'S preconferences (PDF)! You do not need to register for Annual to attend either preconference. Join us at our full-day preconference, It's Perfectly Normal: Dealing with "Sensitive" Topics in Teen Services, or our half-day preconference, Promoting Teen Reading with Web 2.0 Tools, on June 25. Details at the YALSA Wiki. If you have already registered and would like to add a preconference or special event, you have two options: (1) By phone: Call ALA Registration at 1-800-974-3084 and ask to add a workshop to your existing registration.; (2) Online: Add an event to your existing registration by clicking on this link. Use your log in and password to access your existing Annual registration and add events in the “Your Events” section (screen 6). Then simply check out and pay for the events you’ve added.

Save the date! YALSA's YA Literature Symposium is Nov. 5-7. See the preliminary program, find out how to book housing, take a look at registration rates, and more at the symposium website.

Submit a great idea that supports YALSA's strategic plan (PDF) by entering the Great Ideas contest (Word doc). Submissions due May 1, 2010.