Amplified! Speaking the Language of Management
YALSA President Shannon Peterson and I have been talking about her presidential theme of Amplified: Speaking Up for Teens and Libraries, and we were discussing the effort to build strong ties between...
View ArticleBack to School Week -Day One
September is traditionally back to school time, so get ready because it’s coming soon. With some teens in their senior year of high school many may be thinking about what they will be doing when...
View ArticleYALS Summer 2016 – Workplace Expectations for Today’s Library
The theme of the summer issue of YALS (digital edition available now to members & subscribers via the Members Only section of the YALSA website) is college and career readiness. When thinking about...
View ArticleCommunity Engagement, Workforce Development, and the Oboe
This post was originally published as a monthly reflection by Future Ready with the Library cohort member Hannah Buckland. From last February through this February, I participated in the Native...
View Article2019 Teen Summer Intern Program: Tips and Tricks to Make your Internship...
For the second year in a row, the Walkersville Branch Library, a small rural suburb located just North of Washington, D.C., hosted their annual Summer Lunch Program. With free lunch served daily for an...
View Article2019 Summer Learning Resources Grant: When Summer Learning Deviates From the...
In the past six months I’ve learned a lot about collaborating, co-teaching and co-leading, recruiting, planning, marketing, career and job readiness, and most importantly, teenagers. The YALSA Summer...
View Article2019 Teen Summer Intern Program: Ford Memorial Library
At the Ford Memorial Library we are striving to provide tech education and resources to teens and young people in our rural area. With the recent expansion of our building we have been able to...
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