Do you know teen bloggers who would be interested in blogging for YALSA? Do you know teens who like to write about books, music, movies, etc. and would be a perfect candidate for a position as a YALSA blogger? Are you a teen that would like to write for the YALSA blog? If so, now is your chance.
At their meeting on Monday, January 14, the YALSA Board of Directors voted to include teens in the YALSA cadre of bloggers.
What do this mean? Well, first a teen that is interested in blogging for YALSA needs to fill out and submit a teen blogger application. The application will be reviewed and teen applicants will be notified of the decision.
Once a teen blogger is accepted, a blogging account will be setup for that teen and information on how to use YALSA’s blogging software will be provided.
This is a really exciting opportunity for teen writers. If you have any questions about being a teen blogger - or helping a teen in your community become a blogger - contact Linda Braun, the YALSA Blog Manager, at lbraun@leonline.com
January 16th, 2008
Anastasia Goodstein has an excellent post today over at Ypulse.com on yesterday’s news from MySpace. Of course we all want teens to be safe online, but she points out the opportunity MySpace missed. Check it out!
January 15th, 2008
I just read in a previous issue of Library Journal about a public library in New Zealand that has its own recording studio. Cool! The studio, called Beatbooth, was built with a budget of about $3,000 and opened in May. Users can record their productions and burn finished tracks to CD. They charge about $3.50 per hour (US) to use it. What a way to take unused space and make it into something that meet’s users’ needs! The other cool thing - it’s a partnership with a nonprofit music organization, the library, and a music store.
December 19th, 2007
I saw this in VOYA … Askthejudge is a new website for and about teens and the law, offering everything that teens need to know about the juvenile court system and the laws that affect youth. The creator of the site is a retired judge and Assistant Attorney General of the state of Arizona. Cool!
December 11th, 2007
Anastasia Goodstein wrote an article that your teen girls should read, about keeping private information private. You can find it at http://beinggirl.com/en_US/pages/articledetail.jsp?ContentId=ART11951.
December 4th, 2007
