Events & Pd

So what started out as one post became a series where I discussed my thoughts about measuring program success. It began with my assertion that trying to determine book circulation was not a good measure. Then yesterday I discussed how program attendance wasn’t even necessarily the best measure. But library administrators want to know that [...]

Join us for a live webcast featuring the five finalists for the 2015 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award. Register now to learn a bit about these terrific titles; hear from the authors about their research and writing processes; and glean some insight into what goes into making the best nonfiction titles accessible and engaging to today’s teens. Don’t miss out on this exclusive event, which is scheduled just a week before the winner is announced at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Chicago. Archive is now available!

You look around your program and there are only a handful of teens here, which makes you feel like your program is a failure. But that’s not necessarily the truth. There may be nothing wrong with your program, but everything wrong with things like when your programming is available or whether or not your teens [...]

I sat in a meeting the other day where we went through a stack of program proposals. Lots of great ideas were shared, good conversation was had. And then this thing happened. How will we know if this program is successful, they asked. And someone replied that we would measure the program success by running [...]

A year after heavy criticism for only featuring white authors on panels, BookCon is teaming with the advocacy group We Need Diverse Books for two gatherings with authors of various backgrounds, including National Book Award winners Alexie and Woodson.

Students lay down en masse at Truman State's Pickler Memorial Library on Friday after police officers were acquitted in the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, and Eric Garner in Staten Island, NY.

Friendly authors, provocative programming, and the thrill of presenting were among the high points at YALSA’s fourth Young Adult Literature Symposium in Austin, TX.

Key conversations and presentations at the SLJ Leadership Summit, this past October, centered on school media specialists’ changing roles, how to use tech to meet 21st-century learning goals, and the importance of reaching all readers and learners.

At the California Library Association's Annual (CLA) Conference, iREAD's Summer Reading Program was the focus, including next summer's theme: Read to the Rhythm. Librarians shared creatives tips and ideas for Read to the Rhythm in every age group.