I came into #alsc26 with a very short list of things that I wanted to accomplish:
Author: Amrita D'Arco
Manga from the Mouth of Teens at #alsc26
I have a confession to make: I don’t read manga. I know! As a teen librarian, this seems like a major faux pas. I do my best to read as much as I can, but there’s never enough time. (A problem that we can all relate to!) And as a result, manga has slipped lower and lower on my priority list as I try to keep up with the latest in The Grandest Games trilogy or Sabaa Tahir’s newest book. And this gap in knowledge makes growing and maintaining my manga collection overwhelming at times. When I saw Manga from the Mouth of Teens on the schedule, it was an immediate yes to attending. In this panel, presenter Alicia Abdul shared quotes directly from teens about what they enjoy reading, broke down suggestions by genre for new titles to order, and gave helpful tips for collection maintenance. Overall, when it…
Don’t Forget About Tweens!
Teen Services Development Day at #alsc26 had an amazing slate of breakout sessions, and choosing which ones to attend was a tough decision to make! I started the morning off by attending Don’t Leave Tweens Stuck in Between, led by Dania Souid, which focused on collection development and programming for tweens. Throughout my career, I have always worked with teens in grades 7-12, and I wanted to learn more about the tweens and how I can work to help serve that population at my library.
A Conversation with Delali Adjoa, author of The Free Verse Society
Greetings from my first time attending #alsc26! When I found out that ALSC was hosting a one-day event dedicated to teen services, I knew that this year I needed to attend. As a teen services librarian, I know firsthand that there is something so unique about working with teens, and I was so excited to spend Thursday meeting fellow library staff who share in this feeling while learning about how we can best support teen services in the library space.