YALSA's Professional Development Center
Career Development | Learning Opportunities | Recruitment | Teen Services Resources
YALSA's Professional Development Center offers tools to help librarians in their work with teens. Please use the resources listed on this site to find practical tools for your day-to-day work, as well as tools for developing your career. You can also find helpful downloads on YALSA's Handouts page.
Career Development
Job Postings and Resources
Member Awards and Grants
YALSA Presentations (links to PowerPoint presentations)
Learning Opportunities
Conferences and Events
YALSA at the 2011 Midwinter Meeting
YALSA at 2011 Annual Conference
YALSA at State and Regional Conferences
2010 Young Adult Literature Symposium
Previous YALSA Events
Questions about conferences and events should be directed to Nichole Gilbert at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4387.
Continuing Education
YALSA Face-to-Face Institutes
YALSA's Mentoring Program
YALSA Online Courses
YALSA Webinars
YA Speakers' Bureau
YALSA First Wednesdays (monthly e-chats)
Questions about continuing education with YALSA should be directed to Eve Gaus at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5293.
Recruitment
Why YA? Recruiting New Librarians to the Profession
Library Schools and YA Services
Sample YA Librarian's Job Posting
Teen Services Resources
Guidelines
YALSA's Young Adults Deserve the Best: Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth, updated in 2010! Also available in PDF.
Reference Guidelines for Library Services to Teens, Ages 12-18 (PDF) , developed by RUSA and YALSA
YALSA's Youth Participation Guidelines (PDF)
IFLA's Guidelines for Library Services to Young Adults (PDF)
White Papers and Publications
The Value of Young Adult Literature by Michael Cart
White paper approved by the YALSA Board of Directors, January 2008
The Need for Teen Spaces in Public Libraries by Kimberly Bolan
White paper approved by the YALSA Board of Directors, January 2008
The Benefits of Including Dedicated Young Adult Librarians on Staff in the Public Library by YALSA with Audra Caplan
White paper approved by the YALSA Board of Directors, January 2009
The Importance of Young Adult Services in LIS Curricula by Don Latham
White paper approved by the YALSA Board of Directors, January 2009
Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults (quarterly online research journal)
YALSA's Books
Young Adult Library Services (quarterly journal)
Toolkits and Bibliographies
Advocacy Toolkit
Legislative Advocacy Guide (PDF)
Research Bibliographies
Social Networking Toolkit (PDF; updated 2009)
Social Networking: A Guide for Teens (PDF; updated 2009)
Speaking Up for Library Services to Teens: A Guide to Advocacy (PDF)
Teen Reading Guide for Parents and Caregivers (PDF)
Teen Tech Guides
International Research Abstracts: Youth Library Services
Collection Development
YALSA Booklists
YALSA Award Bookmarks (PDF)
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