Creating and providing professional development opportunities and materials for library staff members working with young adult populations.
2021 YASF Tournament of Books Book Submission
Though the 2020 Tournament of Books has just concluded, it's time to begin selecting titles for next year's tournament! Remember that sequels/companion books are not eligible, as well as non-fiction. Fiction and graphic novels are welcome.
The #WeWereHere Project aims to create a repository of teen voices in the historic time of 2020. If you are a teen, we want to hear from you how this unprecedented year of great social upheaval and pandemic has affected you. If you are a librarian, you can learn how to help and join your library to the project here. If you are just an interested person, please spread this project, use the hashtag, and amplify youth voices locally. Now is the time to hear and more importantly listen to young people.
News
- Laurel Johnson is the Recipient of the Young Adult Librarian of the Year Award
- October 1, 2020
- Laurel Johnson, Young Adult Services Supervisor at Skokie Public Library, is the 2020 recipient of the Illinois Library Association’s Young Adult Librarian of the Year Award. The award, presented by ILA and the Young Adult Services Forum, recog…
- YASF Meeting Minutes: 8.13.20
- August 21, 2020
- https://yasfnews.wordpress.com/2020/08/14/august-13-2020/
- Let the Tournament of Books Commence!
- August 13, 2020
- By Board Member At-Large Martha Sullivan Nominations for this year’s Tournament of Books is underway, and we’ve already seen a bunch of great nominations! We wanted to take a moment to highlight some of these great titles, so that we can …
Events
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Nov
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Young Adult Services Forum Board Meeting
Thursday, Nov 12, 2020 10:00am–12:00pm
Zoom Meeting
Forum Leadership
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Joe Marcantonio, Manager
Teen Place Manager at Schaumburg Township District Library
Term ends 10/31/2020 -
Veronica De Fazio, Board liaison
Head of Youth Services at Plainfield Public Library District
Term ends 06/30/2021 -
Kylie L Peters, Member
Middle School Services Librarian at Geneva Public Library District
Term ends 10/31/2020 -
Martha Buehler-Sullivan, Member
Geneva Public Library District
Term ends 10/31/2021 -
Quinn Stitt, Member
Readers Advisory/Teen Librarian II at Berwyn Public Library
Term ends 10/31/2021 -
Tracey Vittorio, Member
Teen Services Libarian at Plainfield Public Library District
Term ends 10/31/2021 -
Izabel Gronski, Manager-Elect
Oak Lawn Public Library
Term ends 10/31/2020 -
Lisa AF Barefield, Past Manager
Head of Teen Services at Wheaton Public Library
Term ends 10/31/2020 -
Cyndi Robinson, Staff liaison
Deputy Director at Illinois Library Association
Term ends 06/30/2025
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