The Youth Services Section of the New York Library Association announces its 2009 Spring Conference on Friday, April 3, 2009, at The Inn on the Lake in Canandaigua, NY. The keynote speaker will be author Linda Sue Park, whose novel, A Single Shard, was the winner of the 2002 Newbery Award. "A Kaleidoscope of Ideas" is the theme of this day-long conference, which will include a choice of twelve workshops for librarians specializing in services for children and teens. Topics will include early literacy, using technology with teens, programming on a budget, library web pages for youth, developing collections and programs for gamers, and designing hands-on graphic novel workshops for teens. Edgar-Award winning author of Never Trust a Dead Man, Vivian Vande Velde, will provide the luncheon speech.
Registration includes a continental breakfast and luncheon. Early bird rates apply until February 28, 2009. Reduced registration fees will be offered for library school students and New York Library Association members in the Youth Services and School Library Media Sections. The Youth Services Section is pleased to be partnering with the 4th Annual Grater Rochester Teen Book Festival which will be held in Rochester on Saturday, April 4. This free event for teens will allow youth services specialists the fortuitous opportunity to hear some outstanding young adult authors the day after the YSS Spring Conference.
Gather with friends and colleagues in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region of New York State to examine the constantly changing field of youth services. For further information, please contact Conference Chair Liz O'Toole at lotoole@pls-net.org . 
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