2. What is Teen Read Week?
Teen Read Week™ is a national adolescent
literacy initiative created by the Young Adult
Library Services Association (YALSA). It
began in 1998 and is held annually during the
third week of October. Its purpose is to
encourage teens to be regular readers and
library users.
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3. Companion to Spring’s
Teen Tech Week
TTW FAQ:
– Teen Tech Week is a national initiative
sponsored by YALSA and is aimed at
teens, their parents, educators and other
concerned adults. The purpose of Teen
Tech Week is to ensure that teens are
competent and ethical users of digital
media, especially the nonprint resources
offered through libraries, such as e-books,
e-readers, databases, audiobooks,
and social media.
• http://teentechweek.ning.com/
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Celebrate
with the
“Libraries are
for Making”
theme during
YALSA’s
Teen Tech
Week March
8-14, 2015.
4. What is YALSA?
– A division of the American Library
Association (ALA) founded in 1930,
YALSA has a membership of librarians
responsible for evaluating and selecting
books and nonprint materials for young
adults (age 12 to 18) and for promoting
and strengthening library services for
young adult readers. YALSA publishes
the journal Young Adult Library
Services. Click here to connect to the
YALSA homepage.
• Entry Young Adult Library Services
Association (YALSA) in Online Dictionary for
Library and Information Science
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5. What is the theme for TRW?
The main theme
– “Read For The Fun Of It”
A sub-theme that changes each
year
– Each year, YALSA offers a
new sub-theme to serve as a
basis for developing programs
in schools, public libraries,
and bookstores. The 2014
sub-theme is Turn Dreams
into Reality @ your library,
which encourages teens to
read for the fun of it.
• What is Teen Read Week?
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7. TRW on
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http://www.pinterest.com/yalsa/teen-read-week-
2014/
8. Why is it important to
celebrate?
There are many reasons!
– Teens have so many options for
entertainment that it’s important to
remind them of the simple pleasures
of falling into a good book and
spend some time just reading for
the pure pleasure of it; it’s free,
fun, and can be done anywhere.
Research has shown that teens with
strong reading skills have better
test scores in school and are more
likely to succeed in the workforce.
• Teen Read Week Is October 16 – 22
Posted by Teen Librarian
Friday, September 23, 2011
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9. Is there a “Read Week” for
younger children?
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http://www.bookweekonline.com
11. An Annual Award for the Best Book as
Kentucky’s
own literacy
promotion
Chosen by the Students of Kentucky
– The Kentucky Bluegrass Award is a
student choice program. The KBA
promotes and encourages Kentucky
students in kindergarten through
grade 12 to read a variety of quality
literature. All Kentucky public and
private schools, as well as public
libraries, are welcome to participate
in the program.
• Kentucky Bluegrass Awards
• http://kba.nku.edu/
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The 2014 Master
Lists are now
available. You can
find them on the
Master List page
12. Is this just a public library
thing?
Educator Innovator seems to think so!
– Teen Read Week™, the national adolescent
literacy initiative created by the Young Adult
Library Services Association (YALSA), an Educator
Innovator partner, is an annual celebration of
reading for fun that features a different sub-theme
every year. This year’s theme, Turn
Dreams into Reality, will be celebrated October
12-18, 2014.
– Librarians know that teachers are busy and, as
trained professionals, they are happy to help
develop and implement lessons. And since there
are more public libraries in the United States than
McDonald restaurants, it is easy to get in contact
with your local library for assistance.
• Celebrate Literacy with
Teen Read Week™
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The Young
Adult Library
Services
Association
(YALSA) is a
national
association of
librarians,
library workers
and advocates
whose mission
is to expand
and strengthen
library services
for teens, aged
12-18.
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• Teen Read Week is nearly upon us!
The AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on
School-Public Library Collaboration (SPLC Committee
for short) presents [a] Top Ten list of ways you can
promote Teen Read Week.
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14. School/Public Library Cooperation
The AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional
Committee on School/Public Library
Cooperation
– aims to identify, develop, promote,
and disseminate information on
effective cooperative or collaborative
projects that link schools and public
libraries. Our focus is cooperative,
collaborative or partnership programs
between elementary, middle or high
schools and local public libraries.
– Examples of School/public library
cooperative programs
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