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Conference News Click on "Conference News" above for general information about attending an ALA conference, including tips on finding funding for attending the conference. For specific, up to date information about the ALA Conference beyond YALSA's slate of programs and events, please visit the ALA Annual Conference Website.

Registration, Travel and Hotel Information

Consider staying with local Chicago residents who are renting out futons and private bedrooms. They have individual reviews too. Shuttles at ALA Chicago A free shuttle will run from McCormick Place to many of the official ALA hotels.

Roommates Looking for a roommate for the symposium? Leave a message looking for someone in this space. Please include your contact information!

Convention Center Information Location: The ALA Annual Conference will be held in Chicago's McCormick Place convention center at 2301 S. Lake Shore Dr. This is a pretty huge convention center, so be sure you know where your meeting rooms are, or you could waste a lot of time wandering around.

Maps: You can access the web for maps and floor plans of McCormick Place at www.mccormickplace.com (click on Facilities, then Floor Plans).


YALSA Programs & Ticketed Events

Margaret A. Edwards Luncheon

YA Author Coffee Klatch


Michael L. Printz

To add ticketed events to your existing registration, or to register for the Friday pre-conferences without also registering for the main ALA event:(1) By phone: Call ALA at 1-800-974-3084 & ask to add an event to your existing registration; (2) Online: Add an event to your existing registration by going to http://ala13.ala.org/register-now. Use your log in & password to access your existing registration & add events in the “Your Events” section (screen 6). Then simply check out and pay for the events you’ve added.


Proposed Annual Programs

Reaching Marginalized Teens Through Novels in Verse

Core Values

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be able to describe three reasons why novels in verse help reach marginalized teens and struggling or reluctant readers.

• Upon completion, participant will be able to summarize why the rethinking the canon is important for today's teens.

• Upon completion, participant will be able to plan talking points for their administration in support of novels in verse for teens.

Novels in verse are a terrific resource for teachers and librarians as a way of reaching all teens, especially marginalized teens and those who may be struggling or reluctant readers. They also provide a more modern, practical alternative to the classic canon, which may not appeal to many teens or may intimidate them by the sheer number of words per page. Participants will discover ways to pair verse novels with teens based upon their needs, interests, and specific situations, discuss advocacy strategies for rethinking the canon, and gather ideas for engaging poetry activities related to the novels in verse.


Fostering Equity, Empathy, and Belonging from the Library

Core Values

Learning Objectives:

• Begin to build their own culturally responsive awareness.

• Apply ideas for creating programs that promote equity and belongingness in their libraries, and assess their programs for equitable outcomes.

• Practice techniques conversing across differences to utilize in the classroom or public library setting.

Are you fostering equity, empathy and belongingness in your library to ensure all your patrons feel welcome and have opportunities to practice communicating across differences? Join Cassy Lee, School Library Journal’s 2018 Champion of Student Voice and Angel Jewel Tucker, LJ's 2018 Mover and Shaker to learn ways they have moved beyond building diverse collections to developing their library programs through a culturally responsive lens in order to develop empowered, empathetic patrons and students. Come away with inspiration to engage in equity work and ideas to implement in your own library, whether you are at a school or public library.


Read the World: Your Library's Passport to Global Lit

Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access

Learning Objectives:

• Curate a more diverse, global collection.

• Encourage patrons to read books by authors from other countries around the world.

• Enact a library-wide reading initiative to encourage global citizenship.

Read the World will introduce you to a new collection philosophy that builds a more diverse, globally-minded collection. At Dana Hall, we started a school-wide journey around the world by challenging patrons to read one book by an author from each continent. Hear about how this initiative helped to broaden our collection and encourage global citizenship in our students.


Fandoms, cosplay and teens, Oh My! Developing and hosting a comic convention

Transforming: Community Relationships

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participant will begin developing a plan, using ideas on forming partnerships with other organizations, as well as how to use partners to find possible venues for the event.

• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe activities which could be included in their con to meet patron needs.

• Upon completion, participant will be able to identify topics in which their targeted audience has interests.

Through her experiences with BrazCon Teen Comic Convention, the presenter will share ideas, tips and tricks that can be used by attendees to develop their own comic convention. Learn how library-cons can build relationships between patrons and their community, as well as being exciting, engaging, and educational. Librarians will learn how to create an event for hundreds or even thousands of participants as we discuss funding, community partnerships and ways to focus a con for a target audience.


SJ Engage: From Learning to Action

Transforming: Community Relationships

Learning Objectives:

• Incorporate civic engagement into current young adult programming and services.

• Respond to teens’ interests and needs through deeper learning.

• Apply networking skills to build respectful and reciprocal relationships with community organizations and nonprofits to enhance the quality of library services.

Are you looking to create a Civic Engagement program for teens? SJ Engage, the San Jose Public Library's civic engagement program, has successfully worked with under-served schools and districts to engage over 300 youth. Find out how we did it and how to to implement a similar program in your community! Attendees will leave the session with knowledge of how to create their own civic engagement program, networking tips, and resources to get you started, including the SJ Engage toolkit.


Youth Services Boot Camp 101: Tips, Tricks, and Lessons Learned

Transforming: Library Workforce

Learning Objectives:

• Able to identify 3 best practices for creation of a Youth Services Boot Camp.

• Able to design a Youth Services Boot Camp at their library tailored to their library’s needs.

• Able to implement a Youth Services Boot Camp at their library.

Looking to re-invigorate your youth staff? Want to ensure all staff have basic knowledge of developmental milestones, emotional intelligence, and best practices for working with kids and teens? Youth Services Boot Camp is the answer!


Get Stuff Done: Increase Productivity with Agile Sprints in Teen Services

Transforming: Library Workforce

Learning Objectives:

• Describe what agile sprints are and teach it to others

• Implement agile sprints within the participants team

• Apply declutter methods to workspace

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by all the tasks that you have to do and all the things that are cluttering your workspace? Become more productive by tapping into project management and declutter trends to stay on task and get organized. Popular in Silicon Valley, Agile Sprints are an efficient way to manage multiple projects and keep informed about what everyone on your team is working on. Leave this workshop with an understanding of Agile Sprints and decluttering methods and tips and tricks you can implement immediately in your professional life.


Full STREAM Ahead!

Transforming: Services

Learning Objectives:

• Able to identify at least 3 best practices for a successful kits system

• Able to design a kits system framework for their library.

• Able to recognize and incorporate 3 components of a successful kit/program-in-a-box for kids, tweens, and teens.

How do you maximize limited budgets to offer innovative programming? Kits! Learn how to budget, create and track programs-in-a-box (aka kits) tailored to the needs of your community. Staff access to kits allows libraries to share resources so every library in a system can implement cutting edge STEM programs, quality storytimes, and inspired art activities without breaking the bank. You will leave this session brimming with ideas and eager to implement a kits system at your library.


Transforming Teen Summer Reading Club Programs: Encouraging Teen Involvement and Inclusion by Thinking Broad, Accessible, and Flexible

Transforming: Services

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe strategies to involve teens in the planning process and implementation of a Teen Summer Program for themselves and their peers.

• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe how to design a summer reading program that is structured, but still broad, accessible, and flexible, allowing for more teen participation.

• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe how to incorporate prizes, programming, and special events into a Teen Summer Reading Club program and how to promote it to teens.

Looking to transform your Teen Summer Reading Club Program and increase teen participation? Learn strategies and tips from a Young Adult Librarian, who successfully increased participation in her library's Teen Summer Reading Club from 64 teens in 2016 to 242 teens in 2019! The program will highlight how her library's Teen Summer Reading Club evolved over the last four summers, what ideas worked and didn't work, and ways to approach teen involvement, promotion, prizes, and events and programming. By creating a broad, accessible, and flexible summer program for teens, libraries will be able to include more teens and increase participation.


Skills for When They're "On the Outs"-- a Restorative Justice Approach to Juvenile Detention Center Library Services

Transforming: Services

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be able to provide youth with ways to directly engage with a detention facility library

• Upon completion, participants will be able to provide skill-building and resume building opportunities for youth

• Upon completion, participants will be able to offer opportunities for restorative justice and restitution for youth

Learn ways to partner with Juvenile Detention Centers to provide teens with skill-building experiences, job readiness, and restitution opportunities to help reduce recidivism after they're released. Library services go way beyond books, and partnering to provide a restorative justice approach can help make effecting changes in the lives of incarcerated teens. Detention Centers are over-represented with youth of color, and leaving detention with real skills helps reduce the long-standing opportunity gap between youth of color and white youth.


Polyphony Lit - 0% Phony, 100% Lit – An International Literary Platform for Teens

Transforming: Services

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participant will be able to understand features of a robust teen online global community.

• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe the elements of a mutually beneficial writer-editor relationship.

• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe skills emerging teens writers and readers can acquire by participating with a literary magazine/online literary community.

For those serving literary teens, the nonprofit organization Polyphony Lit offers a transformational global online community for teens. Over the past 15 years, this student-run international literary magazine Polyphony Lit has received over 15,000 submissions from high school students in 68 countries and all 50 states. Our student editorial board, comprised of 200+ teens from all over the world, provides editorial feedback to every submission we receive. Hear from students about what they have learned about writing, editing, and blogging. Hear from Directors about nurturing the creative voice of young digital natives through close, careful, and compassionate attention.


Reaching Teens: Less is More

Transforming: Services

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participant will be able to formulate a plan to determine the most pressing needs of teen customers.

• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe three benefits of a focused teen program strategy.

• Upon completion, participant will be able to list five ways to harness and hone the expertise of staff serving teens.

Do you struggle with trying to be all things to all teens? This session will provide you with strategies to focus your program resources on reaching teens effectively. Hear how one library system learned that less is more in teen services by targeting a limited number of teen needs, focusing programs on those needs, and harnessing the expertise of staff.


Community Action: Teen Civic Engagement in Libraries.

Transforming: Services

Learning Objectives:

• Identify teens who are passionate about civic engagement.

• Support local teens with community resources and connections.

• Empower staff to help teens transform their passions into action.

Teens are changing the world and our communities. Listen to local teens share how they are engaging in civic leadership as they transform into our future voters.


Best Practices to Support Interest-Driven Digital Media Library Programs

Transforming: Services

Learning Objectives:

• At end of the session, attendee will be able to identify 5 possible types of resources that can be used to strategically develop program improvement.

• At end of the session, attendee will be able to select a specific resource for further investigation to develop an action plan for program improvement.

How can you improve, invigorate and transform your youth-focused library programs for maximum impact on your community? The Digital Learning Challenge led by the Susan Crown Exchange gathered eight best-in-class organizations to uncover a range of best practices that truly transform lives. Administrators, board members, managers and program staff all have fundamental roles to play in any organization that sets their sights on improving outcomes for their youth. Learn how your library can take the next steps to develop robust informal learning opportunities that keep teens coming back to the library.


I'm Telling! Personal narrative and storytelling

Transforming: Teaching & Learning

Learning Objectives:

• take one thought or memory and craft a true tale to share.

• understand and use specific roles found in our stories [hero, villain, bystander, victim, witness, power holder] to craft and modify their tales.

• take the material learned in the session back to their work place and facilitate storytelling workshops, drop ins and hang outs.

Everyone has a story to tell. Social media platforms provide a curated story. This is harder to do when we are face to face. This presentation will bring out the Teller in every attendee. Each attendee can take the material back to the Library and facilitate storytelling workshops, drop ins and hang outs. We will tell stories right away and learn how to take one thought or experience and craft a true tale to share with the group or one on one.


Level UP: Board Games and Design Theory for Teens

Transforming: Teaching & Learning

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the basics of Design Theory

• Understand the basics of game design

• Implement a Level UP program in their library

Design theory, board games, card games and climate change and teens still had fun? Yep! Learn about how you can do Level UP Game Design Programming in your library!


Cite Your Stuff! An MLA and APA guide for high school and college students!

Transforming: Teaching & Learning

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be able to understand how to help high school and college students easily MLA and APA cite using their own hands and not use citation generators.

• Upon completion, participants will be able to understand developing MLA and APA rules for social media and international government documents and how to have students cite difficult documents.

• Upon completion, participants will be able to know where to find valuable resources and experts for different types of documents to cite in MLA and APA format.

In a world of citation uncertainty and citation generators, come learn how to help high school and college students MLA and APA cite everything from international court documents to social media to a presentation. Teaching kids how to cite by hand is easier and more accurate than any citation generator. Teach them to cite right!


The Fashion Project: Engaging Teens through Creative Programming

Transforming: Teaching & Learning

Learning Objectives:

• Develop innovative program ideas that spark community interest.

• Engage teen patrons in a meaningful activity.

• Establish your library as a place to build technical skills and develop passions .

Get inspired to be bold and creative with teen programming that teens actually want!


Retro Detectives: Gamify History for Teens through Breakout Boxes

Transforming: Teaching & Learning

Learning Objectives:

• Identify how breakout boxes create fun and innovative programming that provides educational opportunities outside traditional education contexts.

• Understand how and why to integrate primary source material into youth programming.

• Leave with a clear idea of how they can find the resources to develop breakout box activities with primary sources for teens in a library setting.

Retro Detectives is a fun and engaging program that replicates the thrill and mystery of today’s trendiest escape rooms minus the physicality and space commitment involved. With hands-on activities, we’ll demonstrate how breakout box activities can integrate historical material from your library to help teens access primary sources in both pedagogical and exciting ways, in both formal and informal outreach settings. We’ll explain the process of designing Retro Detectives from genesis to implementation and evaluation alongside successes and challenges of the project in its first year, and we’ll share how a similar activity can be replicated at your institution.


Are the Kids Okay? How Librarians Can Use Literature to Help Kids Navigate Socioemotional Stress

Transforming: Teaching & Learning

Learning Objectives:

• utilize online resources to develop collections that demonstrate intersectionality - namely diversity of race, religion, gender/sexuality and ability - in their portrayal of their mental illness

• conduct a needs assessment of their community and implement targeted programming that can allow students to explore issues that can impact mental health and wellness

• work with authors both in person and through social media to engage students' interest

A librarian and a panel of authors discuss innovative programming to engage students in discussion of critical issues


Girl Focused, Boy Friendly: Strategies and Activities to Help Young Women Develop STEM Skills

Transforming: Teaching & Learning

Learning Objectives:

• Confidently facilitate hands-on STEM activities from STAR Net’s STEM Activity Clearinghouse for tween and teen audiences.

• Integrate ready-to-use resources and gender equity strategies from the Emmy award-winning SciGirls television show and outreach program into library programming.

• Explore how to launch coding clubs using Girls Who Code resources.

Interested in making your library programs more equitable, where all patrons can “see themselves” in your STEM activities? Join the Space Science Institute, SciGirls, and Girls Who Code as we explore the importance of gender equitable programs where girls can develop positive STEM identities. Be part of the change in closing the gender gap by offering empowering programs that strengthen girls’ interest and confidence in STEM. You will learn strategies that use the latest research in engaging girls in science learning, participate in hands-on STEM activities geared for ages 12-18, and can launch a Coding Club with Girls Who Code!

YALSA Governance at Conference

YALSA's Board of Directors has three meetings at the ALA conference. Board meetings are open meetings and any individual who is registered for the conference may sit in on the meetings. Also, look for Board members at YALSA's booth (#941), Happy Hour and other social events, where attendees are welcome to chat with board members in those settings. The first 10 minutes of each meeting are set aside for visitors and board members to use as an 'open forum' where anyone can share information, ask questions, etc. The meeting schedule is as follows:

• Board of Directors Meeting I,

• Board of Directors Meeting II,

• Board of Directors Meeting III,

Please note: the Executive Committee I meeting

The Board agenda and documents are finalized two weeks prior to the conference and posted online. Anyone interested in viewing the agenda for the Board meeting, as well as the documents that accompany the agenda items, may view or download them from the Governance section of the YALSA web site. To learn about past Board meetings and actions, visit the Governance page on YALSA's web site to read the minutes from past meetings. If you have questions about governance matters or want to share an idea, comment or question, please feel free to contact YALSA's President or Executive Director.

YALSA Online at Conference

• The official hashtag for the conference is #ala2020. When tweeting about YALSA at the conference, be sure to add @yalsa as well • The YALSAblog will cover some events at the conference.


YALSA in the Exhibits

• YALSA will have a member booth in the Exhibit Hall. It will be inside the ALA Membership Pavilion.


YALSA Office Area & Staff On-Site

• ALA provides an office area to all units where members can go to get badge ribbons, fliers, etc. Location TBD.

• Staff are typically not in the office area, but are assisting with the various member programs and meetings.


Social Media & the ALA Annual Conference

• The official hashtag for the conference is #ala2020. If you want to call any content to YALSA's attention, then be sure to Tweet @yalsa

• Here's a handy list of tips for Tweeting in a conference setting (scroll down towards the end of the blog post)


Chicago Information

Hello, Chicagoans! Please feel free to add information here that may be of interest to visitors.


Chicago Dining Options

Affordable dining places within a one mile of the Mc Cormick Place:

$ - Cheap eats

$$ - Moderately priced


Starbucks (0.1 mi) $

Near South Side - Coffee

2301 S Lake Shore Dr

312 – 791 – 7252


McDonald's (0.2 mi) $

Near South Side - Burgers, Fast Food, American

450 E 23rd Dr

312 – 328 - 0682


Pizzeria Brandi (0.6 mi) $

Near South Side - Pizza, Italian, American

67 E. Cermak Rd

312 – 794 - 5900


Chef Luciano/Gourmet Chicken (0.7 mi) $$

Near South Side - Italian, American

49 E Cermak Rd

312- 326 - 0062


White Castle (0.7 mi) $

South Loop - Burgers, Fast Food

2140 S Wabash Ave

312 – 949 - 0717


Harold's Chicken Shack (0.7 mi) $

South Loop - American

2111 S Wabash Ave

312 – 326 - 5575


La Cantina Grill (0.7 mi) $

South Loop - Mexican, Tex-Mex, Pub Food

1911 S Michigan Ave

312 – 842 - 1911


Cafe Society (0.7mi) $

South Loop - American, International, Vegetarian

1801 S Indiana Ave

312 – 842 - 4210


Reggies (0.8 mi) $$

South Loop - American, Burgers, Pub Food, Live Music

2105 South State Street

312 – 949 – 0121


Kroll's South Loop (0.8 mi) $

South Loop – Burgers, American, Fast Food, Bar

1736 S Michigan Ave

312 – 235 - 1400


Corner Bakery Cafe (0.8mi) $

South Loop - Bakery, Sandwiches/Subs, Coffee

1400 S Lake Shore Dr

312 – 588 - 1040


Opart Thai House (0.8 mi) $

South Loop - Thai

1906 S State St

312 – 567 – 9898

Chicago Things to Do

Exploring Chicago Neighborhoods


Tips for Making the Most of Conference Once You're Home

• Write up a summary of what you learned at the conference and share it with your supervisor. Offer to present a session or workshop on a particular topic to your co-workers.

• Organize any materials that you collected at the conference. Share the information with co-workers, as appropriate.

• Make a list of the new things you learned at the conference and write down one strategy for each idea that outlines how you’ll incorporate what you learned in your daily work.

• Follow up with any vendors of interest who offered special discounts at the conference.

• Follow up with any new contacts you made at the conference by sending a brief email and/or labeling and filing any business cards you collected.

• Visit http://presentations.ala.org to view and/or download any materials you may have missed from some of the programs at the conference.

• Distribute any books, ARCs, or other materials you collected at the conference to your Teen Advisory or Book Discussion groups.

• Send thank you notes to anyone who helped support your travel to the conference.
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