The Massachusetts Library Association’s Youth Services Section Presents
Getting Boys to Read
with Jack Gantoson
March 4, 2005

Children’s Author, Massachusetts Book Award Winner, Printz Award Winner, Newbery Honor Book Award

Click Here for the Program Flyer - Register by January 28, 2005.

Books & Links - Topics to Expand Your Mind - Volume 1 is here!

MLA Standards for Public Library Service to Children in Massachusetts

MLA Standards for Public Library Service to Young Adults in Massachusetts

MLA Youth Services Section Executive Board

Please note, the MLA Standards for Public Library Service to Young Adults in Massachusetts was scanned in from hardcopy and optically recognized. There are some artifacts of that process in the pdf file. An improved version will be coming shortly.

MSLMA and YSS/MLA Joint Statements

     School/Public Library Services to Children
     A Common Purpose with Similarities and Differences
    (Adopted April 1994)
 
          Joint Statement on Collection Development in Schools and Public Libraries
          (Adopted February 1995)

YSS Bylaws 

YSS 2004 Conference Highlights

Below are summaries of the YSS Conference Programs:

Economical Program for Teens and Tweens

Home schooling and the Public Library

Who Me Censored?: A conversation with Robie Harris and Lois Lowry

Use Summer Reading to Save the World Summary

Graphic Novels

Jordan Miller Program

YSS Annual Meeting Agenda

MLA YSS Highlights

Section Charge:

Youth Servies

The object of this organization shall be to promote library service to youth; to promote the profession of youth librarianship; to further the awareness of youth within the profession as well as the community at large, and to aid in implementing MLA state standards for Massachusetts Library Services for Children and Young Adults.

Section Chair:

Meeting Schedule:

Check out the MLA calendar of events for the next Youth Servies Section meeting