YSS Events

 

2009 Spring Conference

 

Spring Conference details are here.

 

The Youth Services Section of the New York Library Association announces its 2009 Spring Conference on Friday, April 3, 2009, at The Inn on the Lake in Canandaigua, NY.  The keynote speaker will be author Linda Sue Park, whose novel, A Single Shard, was the winner of the 2002 Newbery Award.  "A Kaleidoscope of Ideas" is the theme of this day-long conference, which will include a choice of twelve workshops for librarians specializing in services for children and teens.  Topics will include early literacy, using technology with teens, programming on a budget, library web pages for youth, developing collections and programs for gamers, and designing hands-on graphic novel workshops for teens.  Edgar-Award winning author of Never Trust a Dead Man, Vivian Vande Velde, will provide the luncheon speech.

 

 

Spring 2008

Spring Conference details are here.

 

The 2008 Youth Services Spring Conference is scheduled for Friday, April 11, and will be held on Long Island. Keynote speakers will be Monica Wellington and Alex Flinn. View the Save The Date flyer.

 

 

 

Spring/Fall 2007

The 2007 Youth Services Spring Conference is scheduled for
Friday, April 20, 2007 and Saturday, April 21, 2007.
The conference will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in White Plains,NY.
Featured speakers will include authors, Daniel and Jill Pinkwater, Libba Bray
and newspaper columnist Jerry Zezima.
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NYLA Annual Conference: Libraries: Learning for Life

October 17-20, 2007

Buffalo, NY

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Spring/Fall 2006

YSS Spring Conference - March 31 & April 1, 2006
Snapshots: Focus on Youth Librarianship
Radisson Hotel - Corning, NY
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NYLA Annual Conference - November 1-4, 2006
Saraqtoga Springs, New York

        2005

YSS Spring Conference - April 1-2, 2005
Youth Librarianship...Bringing the Pieces Together

Bolton Landing, Lake George, NY
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NYLA Annual Conference- October 26-29, 2005
Libraries: The Cornernstone of the Empire State
Buffalo, New York
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2004

YSS Spring Conference - April 23, 2004
Beyond Boundaries: Imagine, Discover, Explore, Connect

Lake Placid, New York
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NYLA Annual Conference- October 20 - 23, 2004
Connect to Your Community, Your Colleagues, Your Career
Rochester, New York
Details TBA - Late Spring 2004

        2003

YSS Spring Conference - April 4, 2003
Growing Great Librarians
Hauppauge, New York
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NYLA Annual Conference - November 5-8, 2003

Your Job, Your Career, Your Profession @ the Library

Saratoga Springs, New York
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