Creating and providing professional development opportunities and materials for library staff members working with young adult populations.
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
- 2021 Tournament of Books
- January 19, 2021
- Welcome to the 2021 Tournament of Books! Thirty-two of the finest young adult novels published in 2020 have been selected to battle it out in this years tournament, judged by Illinois librarians! Visit So like YA know... for updates.
- YASF Meeting Minutes: 11.12.20
- January 14, 2021
- https://yasfnews.wordpress.com/2020/11/19/november-12-2020-meeting/
- 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…
Events
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Feb
11
2021
Young Adult Services Forum Professional Development
Thursday, Feb 11, 2021 10:00am–12:00pm
Zoom Meeting
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Apr
8
2021
Young Adult Services Forum Open Board Meeting
Thursday, Apr 8, 2021 10:00am–12:00pm
Zoom Meeting
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May
13
2021
Young Adult Services Forum Professional Development
Thursday, May 13, 2021 10:00am–12:00pm
Zoom Meeting
Forum Leadership
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Izabel Gronski, Manager
Oak Lawn Public Library
Term ends 10/31/2021 -
Mary Jo Matousek, Board liaison
President Elect at Association of Illinois School Library Educators
Term ends 06/30/2021 -
Heather Colby, Member
Homer Township Public Library District
Term ends 10/31/2022 -
Martha Buehler-Sullivan, Member
Brookfield Public Library
Term ends 10/31/2022 -
Nicole Marcuccilli Mills, Member
Glenview Public Library
Term ends 10/31/2022 -
Quinn Stitt, Member
Readers Advisory/Teen Librarian II at Berwyn Public Library
Term ends 10/31/2021 -
Kylie L Peters, Manager-Elect
Middle School Services Librarian at Geneva Public Library District
Term ends 10/31/2021 -
Joe Marcantonio, Past Manager
Teen Place Manager at Schaumburg Township District Library
Term ends 10/31/2021 -
Cyndi Robinson, Staff liaison
Deputy Director at Illinois Library Association
Term ends 06/30/2025
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