Sagebrush Award for outstanding program

Here's an opportunity to show off your YA program and get $1,000 grant for the upcoming ALA conference:

"Apply now for the 2007 Sagebrush Corporation Award For A Young Adult
Reading Or Literature Program!

Are you a member of YALSA? Have you developed an outstanding reading and/or literature program that brought books and young adults together to foster a life-long love of reading? Come on, don’t be so shy! You know you have and you should get credit for it! The Sagebrush Corporation Award seeks to do just that! Every year, a grant from the Sagebrush Corporation provides $1000 to support the winner’s attendance at an upcoming ALA Annual Conference. So why not give it a try? You can get more information on the Award and the application form at:

http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/awardsandgrants/sagebrush.pdf

The deadline for the Sagebrush Award is December 1, 2007."

Library 2.0

Though it's not specifically about services for teens, an article in this month's Library Journal called "Library 2.0" is an excellent overview of the subject. The article talks about how libraries need to become more user-centered and treat the customer as a collaborator (for example, allowing users to comment on items in the library catalog, or to participate in blogs and wikis).

Social Networking on YALSA Blog

If you've always meant to learn more about social networking sites, YALSA's blog is presenting ""31 Positive Uses of Social Networking" this month, in response to DOPA (the legislation that would outlaw these Web sites in schools and libraries). So far, bloggers have discussed sites like Flickr, Digg, and del.icio.us.