2. Young Adult Library
Services Association
YALSA is a division of the American Library
Association (ALA).
YALSA has a Twitter account that many
librarians may want to consider following.
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3. Ten Reasons to Follow
YALSA
1. The Monday Poll! Each Monday a poll is
taken for various topics from favorite
friendship to best use of a made-up
language. Barking spiders, my friend,
barking spiders!
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YALSA
2. Ideas for Teen Tech Week! These ideas
are useful for children’s librarians, school
librarians, young adult librarians, and public
librarians. Check it out for your library’s
programming.
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YALSA
3. Links to blog posts! Blog posts are written
by staff writers as well as guest writers. Your
post could be chosen!
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YALSA
4. Links to The Hub! The Hub is a section of
the YALSA blog that varies in topics. Check
it out!
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YALSA
5. App of the Week! With so many new
apps coming out daily, this post highlighting
the best of the best is great.
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YALSA
6. Retweets from other organizations!
Sometimes it’s hard to follow so many
organizations. The retweets from YALSA give
insight into relevant organizations and
information.
American Library New York Public Library
Association (ALA) (NYPL)
Afterschool Alliance American Association of
ALA Tech Source School Librarians (AASL)
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YALSA
7. Interviews with award nominees! These
posts give information about authors as well
as new books on the market.
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YALSA
8. Tweets of the week! Tweets of the week
give a recap of tweets throughout the week
from organizations and authors.
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YALSA
9. Book Reviews! Fans of YA lit will love book
reviews of new releases as well as a look
back at older titles.
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YALSA
10. It’s fun! YALSA offers a lot of fun topics
for the enjoyment of those working in YA as
well as those just interested in this area of
librarianship.
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13. Thank you for your attention! Any
questions?
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