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taxonomy vs. folksonomy
Lorraine here, with a quick thought from the YALSA blogger meetup. Some serious work on tagging and categorization is taking place at the YALSA blog and much of it is clearly needed – having standardized tags and categories make stuff findable (I assume that I need not elaborate further, o library-blog readers…) However, Beth Gallaway [...]
YALSA Board I, a snippet
Lorraine here again, back from the convention center, where I acted like a kid in a candy store around the free books… despite my vow to abstain this time – oh well! I finally broke away to observe the YALSA Board Meeting for a little while – good stuff. First of all, is it customary [...]
Celebrate young adult literature’s rise with Teen Read Week™ 2008
Learn more about Books with Bite @ your library, October 12 – 18 Thanks in part to events like Teen Read Week, an annual initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), teen books now enjoy unprecedented critical success and popularity. Since its inception in 1998, [...]
Got Tweens? Serving Younger Teens and Tweens
Hi, everyone! I’m Anne Heidemann, Children’s, Tween & Teen Services Department Head at the Canton Public Library in Canton, Michigan. I’m a member of YALSA’s Outreach to Young Adults with Special Needs Committee, and an outgoing member of ALSC’s Membership Committee. I’m also a member of PLA and LLAMA. Today I attended a YALSA preconference, [...]
Day One – Registration, Exhibit Hall, YALSA Gaming Expo
After a long and weary drive followed by perhaps too little sleep, I got up this morning for the ALA Midwinter Meeting. Registration was smooth – got to the Will Call window, signed in, and away in about 30 minutes. Spent a little longer working out precisely what I’m going to be doing when for [...]
