31 Flavorite Authors for Teens

YALSA and Readergirlz are doing a very cool program throughout the month of October. They are hosting online discussions with YA authors every night. I put info up on the website about 31 Flavorites . They are having some big name authors including Ann Brashares, Chris Crutcher, Meg Cabot and Stephanie Meyer on Halloween! Alyson

Reaching out to teens online

OK-So maybe I've just been in library school too long but I just love to read library articles and stay up on the latest. This article was just shared on the C'YAAL ( Colorado Young Adult Advocates in Libraries) listserv about online marketing to teens.

While the article is dealing with how authors and publishers are trying (and sometimes succeeding quite nicely, thank you very much) in reaching teens online, it makes me think about how we can apply the same kinds of practices. What do you think?

del.icio.us for Teens

I set up the del.icio.us account for teens:
http://del.icio.us/arapahoelibraryteens
Pam B. and Kris are part of the del.icio.us team, so will be entering onto the site. If anyone else would like to add, please contact Alyson for the password. We are mainly going to be using it for Homework and Research and for Books and Reading. By not entering too much games, music, trivia... the tag cloud will really direct kids to good reference sites. Once plenty is entered and bundled we will put the tag cloud up on the teen website.
Alyson