[LM_NET] Gen: 10 Things To Do After the ALA Conference

[Beth Yoke <byoke@ALA.ORG>]

10 Things to Do Now that You're Home from the ALA Conference: 
1. If you want to serve on one of YALSA’s Selection Committees, like Great Graphic 
Novels or the Alex Awards, you need to be appointed by Paula Brehm-Heeger, YALSA's 
President-Elect.  To be considered for appointment, fill out YALSA’s Committee 
Volunteer Form online at: www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/joinus/committeevolunteer.htm.  
Process Committee appointments aren’t made until the spring. Be sure to indicate 
which committee you’re really interested in-saying “anywhere” isn’t always helpful.
2. If you’d like to participate in one of YALSA’s Discussion or Interest Groups, 
contact the convener and let him or her know.  Contact information is available 
here: www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/aboutyalsab/discussion.htm. 
3. Follow up with any colleagues you met at the conference.
4. Share something you learned at the conference with coworkers or colleagues. 
5. For purposes of documenting your professional development, mark which programs 
you attended in the conference program and save it for future reference.
6. Follow up with any questions about YALSA that may have come up during the 
conference with the YALSA Office at yalsa@ala.org or 1.800.545.2433 x4390.
7. Look for your summer issue of Young Adult Library Services (YALS) in the mail. 
8. Start planning your Teen Read Week celebration (October 15-21).  For more 
information and/or to register, go to www.ala.org/teenread.
9. Check out YALSA’s blog at http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php for a synopsis and 
musings on any programs you may have missed.  
10. Visit YALSA’s web site at www.ala.org/yalsa for handouts from some of YALSA’s 
programs at the conference.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the YALSA Office at 
yalsa@ala.org or 1.800.545.2433 x4390.  We're looking forward to seeing you in 
Seattle for ALA's Midwinter Meeting, Jan. 19-24, 2007!  YALSA will have special 
events to kick off our 50th anniversary and launch Teen Tech Week (Mar. 4-10, 
2007).  On Friday Jan. 19th we'll also be hosting an institute about reaching wired 
teens, and since last year's Gaming Night was so popular, we'll be offering it 
again. 
-Beth

Beth Yoke 
Executive Director 
Young Adult Library Services Association, 
fastest growing division of the American Library Association
50 E. Huron St. 
Chicago, IL 60611 
1 (800) 545-2433 x4391
byoke@ala.org 
www.ala.org/yalsa
Check out our '06 award winning books at
www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists

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