Fri, 27 January 2012
In these interviews you'll hear from Shannon Peterson and Mary Hastler the candidates for President-Elect/President. |
Fri, 27 January 2012
In this interview meet the four candidates running for YALSA Board of Directors in 2012:
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Fri, 27 January 2012
In these interviews meet Viki Emery and Steve Matthews both running on the 2012 YALSA slate for Councilor. |
Tue, 20 December 2011
This episode's guest is Erin Knight, Learning Director for the Mozilla Foundation. Erin walks us through all the ins and outs of the new education initiative "Badges for Lifelong Learning", a developing system that will enable users to highlight and gain recognition for specialized learning and achievements outside the the standard classroom or workplace. |
Thu, 15 December 2011
Ted Anderson from YALSA's teen literature blog The Hub returns with an in-depth conversation with Joni Bodart, author of the new non-fiction title They Suck, They Bite, They Eat, They Kill: The Psychological Meaning of Supernatural Monsters in Young Adult Fiction. |
Wed, 7 December 2011
For this episode we are happy to bring back Jesse Karp, author of the new non-fiction book Graphic Novels in Your School Library. |
Tue, 22 November 2011
For this episode we sit down with Megan Honig, editor-in-chief for YALS, YALSA's own quaterly journal. Megan tells us about some of the highlights of the November, 2011 issue as well as the brand new online component that will enhance the content of the print version of YALS. |
Tue, 11 October 2011
This episode's guest is April Layne Pavis. As convener for YALSA's Teen Music Interest Group, April takes us on a whirlwind tour of music and ways to integrate into the programs at your own library. |
Mon, 26 September 2011
Ted Anderson and Sarah Debraski of YALSA's The Hub blog return to the podcast as they challenge each other with another pair of books in their ongoing "Comfort Zone" series. Will Robin McKinley's Beauty press Ted to finally proclaim his love for fairy tale retellings? Will Sarah run away in terror from Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's graphic novel Beasts of Burden? Listen and find out! |
Tue, 16 August 2011
For this episode we talk to Thomas Knowlton, librarian for the New York Public Library and Convener for YALSA's Serving New Adults Interest Group, about new adults: who they are, how to reach them and some of the unique programs they might be looking for. For further information please check out these links mentioned in the episode: YALSA's Serving New Adults Interest Group: bit.ly/newadults-yalsa New York Public Libraries Sci-Fi Summmer Program: bit.ly/scifisummer |

