1. ALYAS Business Meeting
(Arizona Library Young Adult
Services)
Facilitators & Committee Co-Chairs:
Stephanie Hill
Claudia Leon
November 16, 2010 @ AzLA Conference

2. Welcome & Introductions
 Introduce Ourselves
 Go around the room
◦ Introduce Yourself
◦ Background with teens/young adults

3. Goal of our Meeting
 Start Up/Pick Up with establishing a
Young Adult (YALSA) committee thru
AzLA:
◦ Our name: Az Young Adult Library
Services (ALYAS)
◦ Locate interested librarians
◦ Recruit & trace expertise
◦ Brainstorm Ideas

4. YALSA Member ?
 Who is a member of YALSA?
◦ Did you go to the symposium in ALB, NM
◦ If so, tell us the story
◦ AzLA Website
 Area for ALYAS on the AzLA website
 Social Networking / Web 2.0 Tools
 Start a Blog and link from AzLA site
◦ YALSA Website:
 http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/yalsa.cf
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5. Brainstorm Ideas
 Programming Ideas
 ALYAS Committee Member Recruitment
 Local & YA Authors
 Sensitive Topics of Teens
◦ Teens & Sex/Teen Moms/Pregnancy
◦ Drugs
◦ Gang Violence
 Partnerships
 Graphic Novels
 Anthony Molar (Keynote Speaker)
◦ Discuss High School Dropout Rate

6. Locate Expertise
 Name your “gift” or “talent” for YA
◦ Claudia Leon – Children’s Librarian (Youth)
 Glendale Public Library
 http://www.glendaleaz.com/Library/
◦ Stephanie Hill – School Librarian ( 6th-12th)
 Santa Cruz County Regional School District #99
LMC
 http://www.sccrsd99library.org
 Pimeria Alta Academy (6th – 12th Grade)
 http://www.pimeriaalta.org
 Alternative School Serving “At Risk” teens
 Nogales, Arizona

7. Contact Page
 Committee Co-Chairs
◦ Stephanie Hill shill@pimeriaalta.org
◦ Claudia Leon cleon@glendaleaz.com
 Business Meeting Attendees
◦ Anbolyn Potter
anbolyn.potter@chandleraz.gov
◦ Mariana Van Meter
mvanmeter@scottsdaleaz.gov
◦ Noelle Melton nmelton@scottsdaleaz.gov

8. Thank you!
 Thank you for attending our business
meeting
 Questions
 Looking for other librarians to help
build our committee
 Interested librarians contact us