Information and collections: Getting on the email lists that give you more

Many of you are probably already on the email lists sponsored by ALA and YALSA and a host of other library organizations. For those of us (myself included), here are instructions for joining a few of the YALSA email lists. I'll put a link at the bottom of the post that gives all the email lists available from YALSA, as well as some of their sponsored websites full of other information.

Joining YALSA-BK

Purpose: This open list for book discussion invites subscribers to discuss specific titles, as well as other issues concerning young adult reading and young adult literature. Subscribers will also learn what has been nominated for Best Books for Young Adults, Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults and Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and be able to discuss those books. Young adults, especially those who belong to book discussion groups, are also welcome to subscribe and to discuss books they are reading.

Uses:

• Discuss books for young adults
• Discuss titles nominated for the YALSA lists
• Discuss issues concerning young adult reading
• Discuss issue concerning young adult literature

To subscribe:

1. Go to http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-bk
2. Select 'Subscribe' on the left hand side
3. Enter your email address and hit the gray button

To unsubscribe:

1. Go to http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-bk
2. Select unsubscribe on the left hand side.
3. Enter your email address and hit the gray 'Unsubscribe' button

OR

Send an email to: yalsa-bk-unsubscribe@ala.org, leave the subject line and message blank.

You can find the rest of the email lists at the YALSA electronic resources website.

Be well,

Jake

Some things we're starting

Hello YART folk!

Since this is supposed to be a blog that you'll want to come to for the newest and greatest, we are going to start a few things. There will be three different kinds of posts on this blog: The librarian interviews that we have already started; tips and information on building a strong teen collection and marketing that collection to patrons and students, including book reviews by guest librarians and school teachers and best practices for marketing and displaying; and thirdly, a real time experiment where a school librarian and a public librarian will actively plan and execute programming and other coordinating ideas and then share the results with you who are reading.

We hope that these three different areas of the blog will give you some ideas for your libraries and schools, as well as get a conversation started between teacher librarians and public librarians across the state on how to work together to impact young adults.

You'll be able to tell what the different posts look like because the subject will reflect what section if falls into followed by the topic. We look forward to getting you great information and helping ALL librarians working with teens do better for these very special patrons.

Jake