YALSA at ALA's 2012 Annual Conference

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Basic Conference Information

ALA Annual Conference will take place June 21-26 in Anaheim, California.

Registration, Travel & Hotel Information

  • Early bird registration for Annual and tickets for preconferences and special events wil open in January.
  • Hotel reservations will open in January. Please note: individuals will not be able to reserve a hotel room until they have registered for the Annual Conference. This is a different procedure from in the past.
  • Want to cut costs? Find someone to share a room on the Roommates page

Child Care

Child care will be available for children between 3 months and 17 years of age. Child care will be provided by ACCENT, a nationally recognized professional childcare company. Care will be provided from Friday, June 22 through Tuesday, June 26, 7:30 am to 6:00 pm daily. Learn more about child care at ALA Annual.

Local Information

Please help us out, southern California residents! Any information you have about Anaheim that would be helpful to visitors can be shared via the links below.

Tips for Stretching your Anaheim Travel Dollars

Getting Around Anaheim

Anaheim Dining Options

Anaheim Things to Do

Selected YALSA Events

Friday Pre-Annual Events

Preconferences

  • Books We’ll Still Talk About 45 Years from Now: Have always wanted to be on a YALSA book selection committee but couldn't bring yourself to dedicating a full year to reading? Participants in this preconference will evaluate dozens of YA books, explore the styles and themes of YA fiction through recent years, and make educated guesses on which titles will have staying power. The goal is to pick the one book that will have staying power and be read 45 years from now in the year 2057! Why 45 years? The Outsiders is still being widely read and it was written in 1967, 45 years ago. A list of books that will be discussed will be sent to participants in advance.
  • Source Code: Digital Youth Participation: This program will discuss the use of digital media to better learn its potential applications in the library and will teach participants how to work with teens on a virtual project.

YALSA 101

3:00-4:00 What is the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)? How can this ALA division help you? Learn more in this mixer-style orientation, where you can get an overview of the division, its activities and what YALSA has to offer you. New members and those considering membership will learn more about the benefits, and established members are welcome to attend this great networking opportunity!


YALSA Events at the Annual Conference

Saturday, June 25


  • Selection Committee Chair Leadership Development Saturday 8AM to 10AM. This is a leadership training session for YALSA's Selection and Award Committee Chairs. All Chairs of selection and award committees, are expected to attend. Directors on YALSA's Board are also expected to attend. Never been a Selection or Award Committee Chair, but thinking about being one? Come to this event to learn the leadership basics. Appointments to these committees will be made in October, so now is the time to learn what they're all about.
  • Not Another Boring Vampire Romance: Going Beyond the Norm in Young Adult Paranormal Literature: Saturday, 8:30-10:00am

Not Another Boring Vampire Romance: Going Beyond the Norm in YA Paranormal Literature: In this librarian moderated panel, authors will discuss the appeal of paranormal and fantasy fiction for young adults. Attendees will hear about how the YA paranormal genre has more to offer than they might think and have a chance to be exposed to a diverse variety of styles and contents within the genre. The author panel will give particular insight in how approaching this best-selling genre from a unique perspective as both a reader and a writer makes it even more relevant and interesting to a more diverse audience of teen readers. The panel will be open to the audience for questions and hands-on participation and contribution from attendees will be encouraged. Authors: Jackson Pearce

  • Membership Meeting & YALSA Groups Work Session Saturday 10AM to noon. The first portion of this session will be YALSA's Annual Membership Meeting. The remainder of the session will be a time when YALSA process committees, taskforces, juries, advisory boards, discussion groups and interest groups can meet and accomplish any unfinished tasks or discuss issues of importance to their group. If you're not currently participating in a member group, but would like to learn more about them, please feel free to attend this session and sit in with a few groups to learn more about what they do. You can also visit the Get Involved section of YALSA's web site to learn about the different YALSA groups.
  • Margaret A. Edwards Luncheon (Ticketed Event - $64) Saturday, 12-1:30 Come join us for lunch and listen to the winner of the 2012 Margaret A. Edwards Award talk about his/her works. The annual award is administered by YALSA and sponsored by School Library Journal magazine.
  • Spectacular Services for At-Risk Teens: Saturday, 1:30-3:30pm

Participants in this program will learn how to identify at-risk youth populations in their communities and how to advocate, plan, design, implement, and evaluate your library’s program for at-risk teens.

  • Being a Social Teen Advocate: Saturday, 4:00-5:30pm

You don’t have a choice. It’s imperative that you use social media to successfully advocate for teen library services. In this session you’ll find out how to use tools like Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Google+ to advocate for teens and for the value of teen library services. This interactive presentation gives attendees the opportunity to brainstorm ways to bring back what they learn to their local library communities. The program will be presented by Linda W. Braun, author of YALSA's forthcoming book on advocacy in teen services.

  • YALSA Happy Hour, 6:00 to 7:00pm location TBD. Come and kick off your conference at this informal networking opportunity! Cash bar. Everyone welcome.


Sunday, June 26

  • YA Author Coffee Klatch (Ticketed Event, $25)Sunday 9:00am -10am Enjoy coffee and meet with over 30 great YA authors! This informal coffee klatch will give you an opportunity to meet authors who have been honored by a YALSA list or award. Librarians will sit at a table and every 3 or 4 minutes, a new author will arrive at your table to talk!
  • Graffiti, Poetry, Dance: How Public Library Art Programs Affect Teens: Sunday, 10:30am-12:00pm,Graffiti, Poetry, Dance: How Public Library Art Programs Affect Teens: Can library programs for teens save the world? Do library arts programs significantly impact civic engagement and community life? Or are arts programs simply a fun way to bring teens into the library?

This grounded-theory research looks at how teens' feelings of connection and engagement shifted after attending library art programs, why civic engagement is a good thing, and how you can sell civic engagement at your library without coming across as a didactic dork.

  • The 2012 Alex Awards: Sunday, 10:30am-12:00pm, The 2012 Alex Award winners—what they are and how to sell them to young adults—are highlighted in this panel presentation. Winning authors (to be announced later) will speak about their book and the award. The Alex Award is given to the top 10 books that appeal to young adults, and is administered by YALSA and sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust.
  • Best Fiction for Young Adults Teen Session: 1:30 - 3:30 - Come hear local Anaheim teens talk about their favorite picks for the 2013 BFYA list.
  • Speed Networking for YA Librarians, 1:30 to 3:30.

Are you the only teen services librarian at your library? Tired of being lonely and want a simple way to connect with your peers? Attend this informal event to meet colleagues from around the country and exchange practical ideas and information to help you bolster your teen services program.

  • Passive Programming that’s Anything But: Reaching Young Adults Subversively: Sunday, 4:00-5:30pm

Participants in this program will learn why passive programming is an important aspect of YA service and how to inexpensively implement and maintain these programs.

Monday, June 27

  • ALSC/YALSA Joint Presidents' Program Monday 8:00 - 10:00am. The focus of this program will be on Middle Schoolers. The speakers will be Michelle Poris from AskSmartyPants.com and Stephen Abram. Further description here.
  • Teen Advisory Boards—Keeping Teens Interested: Monday, 10:30am-12:00pm

Participants in this program will learn what keeps Teen Advisory Board members active participants, how to organize Teen Advisory Board meetings, and tips on how to increase the use of Teen Advisory Board members.

  • A Year of Programs for 10 to 14 Year Olds: Monday, 1:30-3:30pm

This program will focus on bridging the gap between children and teen support in libraries through ready-made programming outlines and support materials. Presented by Tiffany Pahman, Teen Services Librarian with Oshawa Libraries, Ontario.

  • The 4 Ps: Library Marketing for Young Adults: Monday, 4:00-5:30pm

Participants in this program will learn the 4 Ps of marketing (product, placement, pricing, and promotion) and how to develop possible marketing plans for their library.

  • Odyssey Award Presentation and Program, 4:00-5:30pm. Celebrate the spoken word at the 2012 Odyssey Award Presentation featuring clips from the 2012 winners. This free program concludes with a reception sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association. The Odyssey Award is presented annually to the best audiobook production for youth. It is co-administered by YALSA and ALSC and is sponsored by Booklist magazine.
  • 2012 Michael L. Printz Award Program and Reception ($34)

ALA Events of Interest

Friday June 24

  • <b>Emerging Leaders Poster Session, 3:00 to 4:00PM

Come see the finished projects from the 2011 - 2012 Emerging Leaders.

  • Booklist Books for Youth Forum, 8:00 to 10:00PM

Saturday June 25

  • Job Placement & Career Counseling Center, 9AM to 5PM

Hosted by ALA's Office for Human Resource Development & Recruitment (HRDR). Details about an orientation and how to participate are available at the HRDR web site.

Sunday June 26

  • ALA Council/Executive Board/Membership Information Meeting from 9-10AM

This meeting is a chance for ALA leaders to hear concerns and issues from any conference attendee who has something to share.

  • Job Placement & Career Counseling Center, 9AM to 5PM

Hosted by ALA's Office for Human Resource Development & Recruitment (HRDR). Details about an orientation and how to participate are available at the HRDR web site.

Monday June 27

Youth Council Caucus, 7AM to 8:30AM. This meeting is open to all registered conference attendees. Come and meet the ALA Councilors who are members of AASL, ALSC and YALSA and learn about how youth issues are brought forward in ALA Council.

YALSA in the Exhibit Hall

The ALA Annual Conference is the world's largest library conference, with over 900 exhibitors. YALSA will have a booth in the ALA Member Pavilion on the exhibit floor. At the booth you can get your questions about YALSA answered and pick up some free YALSA swag, including member ribbons for your conference badge.

  • If you are a YALSA member and would like to volunteer to staff the YALSA booth, please visit: contact Ritchie Momon, Chairperson of the Division & Membership Promotion Committee.

YALSA Governance at Conference

YALSA's Board of Directors has three meetings at the ALA Annual Conference. Board meetings are open meetings and any individual who is registered for the conference may sit in on the meetings. The meeting schedule is as follows:

  • Board of Directors Meeting I, Saturday, 2:30 - 5:30, location TBD
  • Board of Directors Meeting II, Sunday, 4:00 - 5:30, location TBD
  • Board of Directors Meeting III, Monday, 1:30 - 3:30, location TBD

The Board agenda and documents are posted online two weeks prior to the conference. 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. Click on the link called "YALSA Board Agendas, Documents, and Minutes." 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 anything related to the Board of Directors, please feel free to contact YALSA'sPresident, or Beth Yoke. To stay up to date on the latest governance and Board issues, check out YALSA's blog. The President will post regular updates during and after the Annual Conference.

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