TEEN READ WEEK

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TEEN READ WEEK BEYOND

• Teen Reading Programming throughout the Year

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Who is YALSA?

• YALSA is the acronym for the
• Young Adult Library Services Association
• Parent organization is the American Library
  Association (ALA)
• 5,700 members
• Mission advocate, promote and strengthen and
  support

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September Banned Books Week

• Celebrates the freedom to read and
• the 1st Amendment
• Highlights the benefits of access to information
• Draws attention to the harms of censorship
• www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/index.cfm

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October Teen Read Week

• Encourages all teens to read for the fun of it
• Celebrated the 3rd week in October
• Registration is free registrants receive
  special promotions
• www.ala.org/teenread

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Read Beyond Reality _at_ your library

• Create displays
• Host a film festival
• Have an election
• Create videos
• Pictures with a Sci-Fi or Fantasy character
• The Jedi Council of Literature

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Read Beyond Reality _at_ your library

• Collaboration
• Booklists
• Club meetings
• Gaming
• Video production

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October - January WrestleMania Reading Challenge

• The challenge read an item a week (Teen Read
  Week - 2nd week of January)
• Teens can win prizes
• Libraries can win prizes
• Teens in grades 6-12 are eligible
• Librarians must register to participate

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January Teen Book Media Awards

• Announcement of winners at Midwinter
• Prepare for the awards announcement
• Displays
• Announcement countdown
• Hold a mock Printz election

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I geek Mock Printz!

• Partnership Collaboration
• Choosing a date
• Reading List for 2010 Mock Printz

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2010 Mock Printz Reading List
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2010 Mock Printz Reading List
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2010 Mock Printz Reading List
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2010 Mock Printz Reading List
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2010 Mock Printz Reading List
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2010 Mock Printz Reading List
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2010 Mock Printz Reading List
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2010 Mock Printz Reading List
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2010 Mock Printz Reading List
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2010 Mock Printz Reading List
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February March Celebrate!

• Celebrate the award winners
• Update your collection and services
• Spread the word

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March Teen Tech Week

• Goal competent and
• ethical users of technology
• Encourages use of nonprint resources
• Recognizes librarians experience with
  information technology

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April

• Teen Literature Day
• TRW WrestleMania Reading Challenge registration
  opens
• Promote YA literature in your community
• Author events
• Read-a-thons
• Letters to the editor
• Online book reviews
• Participate in Operation Teen Book Drop

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May - September Teens Top Ten

• Teens choice award
• Nominations posted online
• Encourage your teens to read and vote for their
  favorites
• Use the list for collection development
• Summer reading
• Share the list
• Feature the titles
• www.ala.org/teenstopten

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Websites for More Information

• www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists
• http//tinyurl.com/teenlitday
• www.ala.org/teenstopten
• www.ala.org/teenread
• http//tinyurl.com/wrestlemaniarc

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Programming Resources from YALSA

• Cool Teen Programs Under 100
• Excellence in Library Services to Young Adults
• M.A.E. Award for Best Lit Program for Teens,
  http//tinyurl.com/MAEaward
• Program Idea Wiki at http//tinyurl.com/YAprograms
  
• YA-YAAC, a listserv for library workers to share
  programming ideas, http//tinyurl.com/YAYAAC
• Young Adult Library Services

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• YALSA
• 50 E. Huron St.
• Chicago, IL 60611
• 1.800.545.2433 x4390
• yalsa_at_ala.org
• www.ala.org/yalsa (web site)
• http//yalsa.ala.org/blog/ (blog)
• http//wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php (wiki)

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Questions or Comments?
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