YALS Annual Conference
September 23, 2020
12:30 - 5:00 PM
Virtual -- $15
12:30 - 1:00 Networking / Guided Discussion
How was the summer? What do you have planned for the Fall?
1:00 - 1:45 Keynote: Jen Petro-Roy
1:45 - 2:00 Q&A with Jen Petro-Roy
Jen Petro-Roy is a librarian turned author. She has written a number of Middle Grade novels including Good Enough which was on the 2021 Isinglass short list. Jen is also an eating disorder recovery advocate. She lives in Massachusetts with her family.
2:00-2:10 Break
2:10-2:15 Business Meeting
Program Buzz
2:15 - 2:25 Molly Pevna, Youth Services, Nesmith Library, Windham NH- Teen Murder Mystery
2:25 - 2:35 Lara Berry, Director, Langdon Library, NH- Found Poetry
2:35 - 2:45 Jessy Griffith, Teen Services, Kenton County Public Library, Kentucky- adapting Art Club to Art Club at Home
2:45 - 2:55 Stacey Desrosiers, Teen Services, Goffstown Public Library, NH- Teen Cuisine
2:55 - 3:00 Flume & Isinglass Update
3:00 - 3:10 Break
3:10 - 3:15 YALS Strategic Planning Update
3:15 - 3:30 Erin Daly- Diversity Audits and Goals
Erin Daly is the Youth Services Coordinator at the Chicopee Public Library in Chicopee, MA. She recently completed a year long study of the Project READY curriculum and is continuing to work on diversifying the youth collections at her library.
3:30 - 4:00 Tirzah Price- 2021 Great YA Fiction Book Talks
Tirzah Price is the author of the Jane Austen Murder Mysteries, published by HarperTeen. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and is a senior contributing editor at Book Riot.
4:00 - 4:45 Libraries and Racial Unity with Racial Unity Team
Ken Mendis is a Founding Member and the current Chair of Racial Unity Team, a non-profit organization based in Stratham and Exeter, NH.
4:45 - 5:00 Wrap Up/Networking
What from today’s conference has you excited? What questions do you have for YALS?
