Youth Services Professional Collection: Websites
Here are just a few websites for your reference:
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New York State
- Summer Reading at New York Libraries
New York State Division of Library Development Summer Reading Website with Information, Material and Resources
American Library Association
- Association for Library Services for Children
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is the world's largest organization dedicated to the support and enhancement of library service to children.
- Young Adult Library Services Association
YALSA's mission is to support library staff in alleviating the challenges teens face, and in putting all teens ‒ especially those with the greatest needs ‒ on the path to successful and fulfilling lives.
Other
- Children's Book Sequels
If you know the series name, the author, the titles or the character, enter it into the search boxes. Or use the A-Z links.
- Early Word
A librarian’s toolbox: readers advisories, best seller lists, galley chats, author chats, publisher contacts, links to major book awards, and more. Co-Founder and Editor Nora Rawlinson was editor of Library Journal and editor-in-chief of Publishers Weekly for 12 years. Before that, she was head of Materials Selection for Baltimore County Public Library. Nora speaks often at publishing and library conferences. - Center for Children's Books
The Center for Children’s Books at the School of Information Sciences is a research center with additional interests in education and service. Our mission is to facilitate the creation and dissemination of exemplary and progressive research and scholarship related to youth-focused resources, literature, and librarianship. - Storytime Underground
Public Libraries are one of the only places in the country committed to providing free, comprehensive early childhood education activities to families of all ethnicities, sexual orientations, immigrant statuses, socioeconomic statuses…public libraries serve EVERYBODY. Across the country and the world, an army of youth services librarians is providing safe, welcoming spaces for parents to gain skills that will help their children succeed. That army is also growing lifelong readers and lovers of libraries, often in communities that are severely disadvantaged.
Other
- Jen J's Booksheets
Jennifer Jazwinski (Jen J.) is the Assistant Manager in the all ages Popular Materials Department at the Palatine Public Library District in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. She loves children’s and young adult literature and organizing data into spreadsheets. She is a member of ALA and YALSA. She is not affiliated with Booklist, the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, the Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, or School Library Journal. - JBrary
Hi! We're Dana and Lindsey, two children's librarians ready to take on storytime. Jbrary is a library of storytime resources for those of us working with children. Join us for songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and more! Jbrary started as a class project for one of our MLIS courses, and has since grown into a blog and YouTube channel we use to participate in the virtual youth services world. This blog represents our personal views and not those of our employers. - United States Board on Books for Young People
The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) serves as the U.S. national section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), which was founded to promote international understanding and good will through books for children and adolescents. - International Board on Books for Young People
BRINGING BOOKS AND CHILDREN TOGETHER The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is a non-profit organization which represents an international network of people from all over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together. - Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction
A Science Fiction Library resource
