{"id":3830,"date":"2012-03-02T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=3830"},"modified":"2012-03-01T23:07:30","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T04:07:30","slug":"fight-the-winter-doldrums-and-get-creative-today-the-alscyalsa-video-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/fight-the-winter-doldrums-and-get-creative-today-the-alscyalsa-video-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight the winter doldrums and get creative today!  The ALSC\/YALSA video contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>March comes in like a lion, so get your pride on by entering the first ever ALSC\/YALSA video contest. \u00a0Simply show us what\u2019s happening at your library with tweens\/young teens and technology in a short video. \u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><em> <\/em>Show us what tweens\/young teens + technology looks like at YOUR library and you might win a $100 Amazon gift card. This contest is part of the first ever ALSC and YALSA Joint Presidents\u2019 Program to be held at ALA Anaheim.The program will focus on tweens and young teens and exploring their use of technology. What is the life of a tween or young teen like in this digital age? What are the particular challenges and opportunities they face online? What should libraries be doing? \u00a0Library futurist Stephen Abram and renowned researcher Michelle Poris will be the featured speakers at this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/confevents\/alscannual\/presprog\" target=\"_blank\">special event<\/a>. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Selected<\/span> videos will be shown at the ALSC and YALSA Joint Presidents\u2019 Program to provide frontline reporting on the digital lives of tweens and young teens. \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">All<\/span> video entrants will be eligible to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Videos should be 2-3 minutes in length and created for a librarian audience.<\/li>\n<li>Videos should showcase programming, interviews, insights, etc. relating to tweens, young teens, technology, and libraries. \u00a0(Note&#8211;you are responsible for securing appropriate consent for public distribution of your video).<\/li>\n<li>Post it on YouTube with the tag \u201cyouthprezprogram12\u201d\u009d.<\/li>\n<li>Email co-chairs Tessa Michaelson Schmidt and Sarah Couri at <span style=\"color: #000099\"><a href=\"mailto:tweenlibraryvideos@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">tweenlibraryvideos@gmail.com<\/a><\/span> with the YouTube link and your contact information.<\/li>\n<li>Deadline for submissions: Monday, April 30, 2012 at midnight.<\/li>\n<li>Questions? \u00a0Contact the Joint Presidents\u2019 Program co-chairs at <span style=\"color: #000099\"><a href=\"mailto:tweenlibraryvideos@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">tweenlibraryvideos@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>****************************************************<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Our guest blogger today is <em><\/em><\/em><em><em>Tessa Michaelson Schmidt.\u00a0 Tessa is the\u00a0Youth and Special Needs Library Consultant at the Wisconsin State Library and is the co-chair of the Joint Presidents\u2019 Program at ALA at Anaheim.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you\u2019d like to write a guest post for the ALSC Blog, please contact Mary Voors, ALSC Blog manager, at <a href=\"mailto:alscblog@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">alscblog@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March comes in like a lion, so get your pride on by entering the first ever ALSC\/YALSA video contest. \u00a0Simply show us what\u2019s happening at your library with tweens\/young teens and technology in a short video. \u00a0 Show us what tweens\/young teens + technology looks like at YOUR library and you might win a $100 Amazon gift card. 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