Suffolk and Nassau YASD annual joint meeting

PDF of Registration Form

Join us for our February meeting. Our presenter will be Maura A. Smale, PH.D, Associate Professor, Library Dept Head, Information Literacy and Instruction at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY. Maura will discuss how public librarians can use games to help strengthen the information literacy competencies of middle school and high school students, which will be of value to them in their college or university careers. Attendees will participate in hands on activities and will receive a resource packet. 

YASD January Meeting

The Young Adult Services Division of the Suffolk County Library Association is happy to be kicking off our 2014 program schedule with a visit from a few members of The Horror Writer's Association on Thursday, January 9th, from 9:30-12:00 pm at Sachem Public Library. YA authors Charles Day (Kyle McGerrt Trilogy, Legend of the Pumpkin Thief) and Tonya Hurley (Precious Blood, Ghost Girl Series, Passionaries of The Blessed Trilogy) will discuss the HWA and its many connections to young adult readers and the services it has available for the Young Adult Departments of public libraries in Suffolk County.

YASD's Third Annual Teen Librarian Awards_Nominate a Librarian today!

Thank your colleagues and fellow librarians for their service to teens and recognize their efforts by nominating them for a Teen Librarian Award!   

Each nominee will be recognized and the recipient of each award will be presented with a plaque at the YASD Annual Author Visit Thursday,December 12. 

The nomination form and a description of each award can be found at the links below.

Teen Librarian Award_Descriptions

Teen Librarian Award_Application

YASD Annual Author Visit_Thursday, December 12, 2013

Colleagues, please save the date for our Annual YASD Author Visit on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 1:00pm at The Mansion at Timber Point Country Club. Our guest speaker will be award winning author E. Lockhart (also known as Emily Jenkins). Please see the attached Registration Form for details.

Registration Form

Nassau YASD's December Brunch and Installation of Officers

Please see the attached flyer for Nassau YASD's December Brunch and Installation of Officers. It will be held on Thursday, December 5, 2013 at the Hofstra University Club.

Lit-Fest 2013

Lit-Fest is an annual event presented by Nassau Library System, and co-sponsored by the Long Island School Media Association and Adelphi University, with the cooperation of the Children’s Services Division of Nassau County Library Association.

  

It will be held on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 8:30am-3:30pm and the two guest speakers are Tom and Margaret Peterson Haddix.

See the Lit-Fest website for more information: http://litfest.nassaulibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/LitFestBrochure-FINAL.pdf

RASD's Annual Dinner_Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Please see the attached flyer and join the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) of the Suffolk County Library Association on Wednesday, September 18th at John Harvard's Brewery and Ale House for their Annual Dinner. The guest speaker will be Art Donovan, author of "The Art of Steampunk."

Thursday, June 27, 2013_Networking Night

The YASD’s Executive Board hosted a successful networking night at The Old Street Pub in Smithtown. Colleagues and prospective colleagues had the opportunity to expand their connections and build quality relationships as they listened to each others’ careers, goals, passions, and interests! Thank you to everyone who attended.

See some of the pictures below....

Thursday, June 27, 2013_YASD Networking Night

There are still spots available for the
YASD Networking Night.

Thursday, June 27 @ 6:00-8:00pm 

@ Old Street Pub in Smithtown

$10.00 per person (check made out to NYLA) which includes assorted wraps, salad, appetizers, and unlimited soft drinks.

Let’s kick off the summer with our colleagues and pick up some free giveaways.

See you on Thursday!

Pictures from the Long Island Library Conference

The Long Island Library Conference, sponsored by the Suffolk County Library Association and the Nassau County Library Association was on Thursday, May 2 at the Melville Marriot! Suffolk YASD welcomed author Patricia McCormick as the guest of honor during Session 3 the day of the Conference.

^The YASD spin wheel was a hit! 

^This is the new YASD table banner. Be sure to stop by the table when you see it in the future! 

^Vice President/President Elect Kim Zettwoch presents the 2013 Best Award to Ashley from the West Babylon Public Library. Ashley was nominated for the Bringing Excellence in Service by Teens (BEST) Award by Azuree Agnello.

^YASD Executive Board members with guest speaker Patricia McCormick. (President Sheila Doherty, Author Patrica McCormick, Secretary Kristine Tanzi, Vice President/President Elect Kim Zettwoch, and Member at Large Theresa Owens).