YASS always puts on amazing programs at the annual conference, and this year is no different.
This year, YASS is cosponsoring a Preconference featuring librarians from around the state. Social Justice and Children’s Rights in the Library is an afternoon Preconference session that will be held from 2 -5 PM on Wednesday, May 30. Go more in-depth about what it means to advocate for social justice in libraries and whether libraries should push “both sides” if one side is inherently harmful.
The conversation continues in Whose Voices Count? How Awareness of Harmful Stereotypes is Changing Collection Development. Librarians will chime in, including Carol Phillips, who has served on the Batchelder Committee for selecting the best translated literature from around the world. Exercise your voice on how to be the best advocate you can be for the children in the library. Thursday, May 31 9:00-9:50 AM
Is your library ready to offer “adulting” classes? Librarians from Cherry Hill Public Library are teaching their teens “real-world readiness,” from email etiquette to sewing and more. Lack of real world skills can put teens behind when they go off to college, or unsure of how to do something as simple as write a check or address an envelope. Come find out how to host a series of real world readiness programs at your library! Friday, June 1 9:00-9:50 AM
This, of course, is only a small taste of what the Young Adult Services Section is offering, along with the Children’s Services Section and other NJLA committees. Check out the full schedule of YASS sponsered programs here. Hope to see you at the Garden State Book Awards luncheon, featuring keynote speaker Marc Tyler Nobleman.
-- Stacey Shapiro and the 2018 NJLA Conference Committee