YALSA's Professional Tools

Find professional tools to help schools, teen librarians, and library workers excel in providing library services for teens.

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Teen Growth | Interactions with Teens | Learning Environments | Learning Experiences | Youth Engagement | Community Engagement | Cultural Competency | Equity of Access | Assessment | Continuous Learning | Additional Resources

The resources on this page are organized by YALSA's Teen Services Competencies for Library Staff. YALSA's Handouts page and may have additional resources of interest.

I. Teen Growth & Development

  • (video)

II. Interactions with Teens

  • (pdf)
  • (.pdf)
  • (.pdf)

III. Learning Environments

  • (video)

IV. Learning Experiences

V. Youth Engagement & Leadership

VI. Community & Family Engagement

  • -- free resources to support community engagement
  • (.pdf)
  • Community Asset Map -- & (.PPTX)
  • Library Asset Map & (.pptx)
  • tool (from youth.gov)
  • posts on the YALSAblog
  • , featuring the community engagement theme

VII. Cultural Competency & Responsiveness

  • (pdf)
  • , which features a cultural competency theme

VIII. Equity of Access

  • (from ASCLA)
  • (from 91´«Ã½)
  • (includes information to help you create a library privacy policy)
  • (from )
  • (report from Pew)

IX. Outcomes & Assessment

X. Continuous Learning

  • (video)
  • (free videos on practical teen services issues)

Additional Resources

Overarching Resources

Recruitment

Why YA? Recruiting New Librarians to the Profession

Library Schools and YA Services

Sample YA Librarian's Job Posting

Job Shadowing Toolkit (.doc)

91´«Ã½ Council Resolutions

91´«Ã½ Resolution: School Libraries and Librarians are Critical to Educational Success (PDF)

91´«Ã½ Resolution on Ensuring Summer Reading Programs for all Children and Teens (PDF)

Reports

Toolkits and Bibliographies

Environmental Toolkit

Legislative Advocacy Guide (PDF)

Research Tools

Social Networking Toolkit (PDF; updated 2011)

Social Networking: A Guide for Teens (PDF; updated 2011)

Teen Reading Guide for Parents and Caregivers (PDF)

Teens' Top Ten Toolkit (PDF)

YALSA Road Trip (PDF)

Web Sites