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<div><font face="Arial">For those who may be interested, <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
<font size="3">YALSA</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font size="3"> is offering the following professional development opportunities in May. Please feel free to participate!
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<div><font face="Arial">Sincerely,</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">Rayburne</font> J. Turner</font></div>
<div><font face="arial"><font face="arial">SCLA</font> President</font></div>
<div><font face="arial"><font face="arial"><a href="http://www.scla.org/">www.scla.org</a></font>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Don Wood [dwood@ala.org]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> alacro-l@ala.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alacro-l] Professional Development Opportunities in May<br>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">YALSA</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> is pleased to offer the following professional development opportunities in May. If you have questions about YALSA’s professional development, please contact Eve Gaus, YALSA’s program
officer for continuing education, at egaus@ala.org or 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5293.</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">YALSA</span> Summer Online Course Registration</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Registration is now open for YALSA’s summer online courses at
<a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/onlinecourses" target="_blank">www.ala.org/yalsa/onlinecourses</a>!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In Beyond Booklists: Serving Diverse Today’s Diverse Teens, instructor Jennifer Velasquez will guide participants in serving today’s diverse generation, including ways to design, implement and evaluate more
in-depth services and programs for today’s diverse teen population and recent teen immigrants. Participants will also gain skills in addressing issues such as language barriers, cultural differences, and institutional support.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In Power Up with Print, instructor Jamie Watson will show participants how to boost the library’s circulation through the development of teen-centered programs, material evaluation and selection, booktalks
and more, as well as discuss the latest trends in YA lit. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Courses cost $135 for YALSA members, $175 for ALA members, and $195 for nonmembers and will take place July 12 to August 9.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">May 5, First Wednesdays with YALSA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">YALSA’s</span> First Wednesdays continue with an online chat this month at 8 p.m. Eastern, this time on encouraging reading by using Web 2.0 tools, hosted by Wendy Stephens. We
will be using a private room in Meebo at </span><a href="http://www.meebo.com/room/yalsamay5chat/" target="_blank">http://www.meebo.com/room/yalsamay5chat/</a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> for the chat; the password to log in is available to YALSA members
at this ALA Connect post, http://connect.ala.org/node/100835. See you next Wednesday!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">May 17, VIPs: Why You Need Them for Advocacy Webinar</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Join Karen Keys for YALSA’s webinar discussion on VIPs: Why You Need Them for Advocacy. Karen will explore how librarians and library workers can help grow their library program by improving communication and
developing professional relationships with local town councilors, school board members, Chamber of Commerce members, etc. These folks are the movers and shakers in your community and it’s important that you reach out to them regularly and educate them about
the critical role libraries play in helping your community thrive. Cultivating relationships to help your library meet its mission is critically important in the current economic climate, so join YALSA for this important discussion! This webinar will take
place Thursday, May 20, at 2 p.m. Eastern. Registration costs $39 for individual YALSA members, $49 for all other individuals. A group rate of $195 is available by contacting Eve Gaus at egaus@ala.org or 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5293. Learn more and register at
www.ala.org/yalsa/webinars.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Save the Date! June 17 Webinar on YA Classics</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sarah Debraski will lead this webinar on classic YA literature and how to highlight it at your library on Thursday, June 17 at 2 p.m. Eastern. Registration costs $39 for individual YALSA members, $49 for all
other individuals. A group rate of $195 is available by contacting Eve Gaus at egaus@ala.org or 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5293. Learn more and register at www.ala.org/yalsa/webinars.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mentoring Program Applications Open</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">YALSA’s</span> new mentoring program will pair an experienced librarian (more than 6 years’ experience) with a new librarian (fewer than 6 years’ experience) or graduate student
in a library science program. YALSA believes that we all have important skills and knowledge that we can share with one another and so this program encourages protégés to share their skills and know-how with their mentor. YALSA will accept applications through
June 30. Learn more and apply at www.ala.org/yalsa/mentoring.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">Stephanie (Stevie) Kuenn</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">Communications Specialist</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d"><a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa" target="_blank">Young Adult Library Services Association</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d"><a href="mailto:skuenn@ala.org">skuenn@ala.org</a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">v: 312.280.2128</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">f: 312.280-5276</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Check out YALSA's new book, <i>Cool Teen Programs for under $100,
</i>edited by Jenine Lillian</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2757</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">Stephanie (Stevie) Kuenn</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">Communications Specialist</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d"><a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa" target="_blank">Young Adult Library Services Association</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d"><a href="mailto:skuenn@ala.org">skuenn@ala.org</a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">v: 312.280.2128</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">f: 312.280-5276</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">--</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Check out YALSA's new book, <i>Cool Teen Programs for under $100,
</i>edited by Jenine Lillian</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2757</p>
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