{"id":655,"date":"2016-01-28T04:47:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T03:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/literacy-reading\/?p=655"},"modified":"2016-01-28T04:47:16","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T03:47:16","slug":"ya-services-symposium-call-for-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/literacy-reading\/2016\/01\/28\/ya-services-symposium-call-for-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"YA Services Symposium Call for Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>YALSA is looking for papers for its 2016 YA Services Symposium about empowering teens through libraries.\u00a0 The event will be held Nov. 4-6\u00a0in Pittsburgh, PA.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event will gather together school and public library staff, educators, researchers, young adult authors and other teen advocates to discuss the role of libraries in empowering teens within the library and beyond. \u00a0The event will pursue answers to such questions as: \u00a0How can libraries leverage teen talent and expertise within the library and out in the community? \u00a0What are best practices in designing youth participation opportunities for and with teens, including teens that are not regular library users? \u00a0How can libraries best connect with community agencies to provide youth-driven services and programs that meet teen needs and solve community problems? \u00a0In what ways can empowering teens through libraries address such issues as equity and inclusion?\u00a0 What knowledge and skills do library staff need in order to actively engage teens of all backgrounds in youth-driven services and programs?\u00a0 What existing resources can libraries leverage in order to engage and empower teens of all backgrounds? Program and paper proposals are being accepted now through Feb. 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0via:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Program proposal form:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.csulb.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=_ngqplgsykSteNWOXfjt_R-2IxoVLdMIYyVBAC1M7xfQzl5b2D4VvpCrviuVwssQw0jpYS0__Ck.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.emailmeform.com%2fbuilder%2fform%2f9DvAb0SW1Fraw\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.emailmeform.com\/builder\/form\/9DvAb0SW1Fraw<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Paper proposal form:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.csulb.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=_ngqplgsykSteNWOXfjt_R-2IxoVLdMIYyVBAC1M7xfQzl5b2D4VvpCrviuVwssQw0jpYS0__Ck.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.emailmeform.com%2fbuilder%2fform%2fh35qKDYad1xeX4O94kw\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.emailmeform.com\/builder\/form\/h35qKDYad1xeX4O94kw<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Symposium is held annually and draws between 500 &#8211; 600 attendees.\u00a0 Registration opens in April, and travel grants for first timers to attend are open now through\u00a0June 1st.\u00a0 Learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.csulb.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=_ngqplgsykSteNWOXfjt_R-2IxoVLdMIYyVBAC1M7xfQzl5b2D4VvpCrviuVwssQw0jpYS0__Ck.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ala.org%2fyalsa%2fyasymposium\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ala.org\/yalsa\/yasymposium<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YALSA is looking for papers for its 2016 YA Services Symposium about empowering teens through libraries.\u00a0 The event will be held Nov. 4-6\u00a0in Pittsburgh, PA.\u00a0 The event will gather together school and public library staff, educators, researchers, young adult authors and other teen advocates to discuss the role of libraries in empowering teens within the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/literacy-reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/literacy-reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/literacy-reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/literacy-reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/literacy-reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/literacy-reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":656,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/literacy-reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions\/656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/literacy-reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/literacy-reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/literacy-reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}