meetings

Summer OYAN meeting is July 28th!

Hello everyone!

Our next OYAN member meeting will be on Friday, July 28th!

This meeting will be virtual and run from 11am-1pm. The Zoom link can be found on the OLA website in the events calendar. If you are an OYAN member or CSD member, you should have received another email with the Zoom link info in your email.

I wanted to take this opportunity to address the listserv and invite folks *who serve young adults in Oregon* who may NOT be current members of OYAN to attend this meeting and see what we’re all about! We’re hoping to get feedback from folks about what you want from OYAN moving forward, but we can make any changes if we don’t hear from you!

I hope to see you at our meeting!

—
Caitlin McMahan
OYAN Chair
(She/Her pronouns)

Our first hybrid meeting is tomorrow, 10/7!

[Image description: Various seating options and bookstacks in the foreground, with a staircase leading to an upper floor labeled ‘teen scene’ in the background.] We’ll be touring Salem Public Library’s newly renovated Teen Scene during the Fall 2022 OYAN meeting!

Join us for the hybrid Fall 2022 OYAN meeting, happening tomorrow from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.!

Where: Salem Public Library, 585 Liberty St. SE, Anderson Rooms A&B or on Zoom

Schedule:

10 a.m.-12 p.m.- Fall Workshop Focus: Rebuilding relationships as public libraries and schools work toward reopening and offering in-person options – a discussion with teen librarians, school librarians, and teachers.

On Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83094401855

12-12:30 p.m. – Lunch. Bring your own or pre-order a box lunch for delivery from Little Lois Cafe in Salem

Lunch Ordering Instructions:

  1. Click: MyBagLunch.com
  2. Enter Group Order Number: 38000
  3. Order Your Lunch! – You are required to pay for your lunch
  4. Make sure to order by our cutoff time: 10/7/22 @ 9:45 AM

12:30-1 p.m. – Tour of the renovated Salem Public Library Teen Scene (in person only – we’ll take pictures!)

1-3 p.m. Membership Meeting – all the rest of the business!

On Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81721935622

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Join us for our first hybrid meeting on 10/7!

Join us on October 7 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM for the first hybrid OYAN meeting!

Those attending in-person will meet at Salem Public Library. The Zoom link will be sent out on the listserv prior to the meeting for those attending virtually.

All attendees will get a tour of Salem’s newly remodeled teen scene!

Join us for the fall OYAN meeting!

Photo by Dibakar Roy from Pexels

Join us at the virtual joint OYAN/CSD meeting on Friday, November 19, from 12:00 PM—2:00 PM.

During the first hour, Meredith Farkas will lead a discussion about Slow Librarianship. If you did not see her presentation at the 2021 OLA Conference or want a refresher, please watch her presentation on YouTube prior to the meeting. During the second hour, OYAN will convene the quarterly meeting. I you would like to suggest an agenda items, please send them to oyan at olaweb.org

The link to the zoom meeting will be sent out on the OYAN and Kids-lib listservs at a later date. If you’re not already registered for those lists, you can do so here: https://bit.ly/orlists.

An Open Invitation to the OYAN Fall Workshop & Quarterly Meeting

An open invitation to the Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN) Fall Workshop and Quarterly Membership Meeting …

A Focus on Non-Fiction for Young Adults:
Selection, Suggestions, and How It All Relates to Supporting the Common Core
10 a.m.-12 noon Friday, October 24
US Bank Room at Multnomah County Library’s Central Library
801 SW 10th Ave., Portland

The OYAN Fall Workshop brings a focus on building stronger, more useful non-fiction collections, responding both to the interests of teen readers and the changing needs driven by the adoption of Common Core in the schools. At this FREE workshop, presenters will discuss best practices for assessing non-fiction texts for young adults, highlight excellent non-fiction graphic novels and narrative non-fiction, and discuss the impacts and realities of Common Core adoption. Presenters include:
• Jen Maurer, School Library Consultant, Oregon State Library – The Low-Down on the Common Core and How Non-Fiction Selectors Should Respond
• Ruth Allen, Multnomah County Library – Assessing Non-Fiction Texts for Young Adults
• Sonja Somerville, Salem Public Library – Narrative Non-Fiction Booktalks and Booklist
• Traci Glass, Eugene Public Library – Non-Fiction Graphic Novels Booktalks and Booklist

So we can be sure to have the right number of seats and handouts prepared, please email OYAN Chair Sonja Somerville (ssomerville@cityofsalem.net) if you plan to come!

After a break for lunch (plenty of great options in downtown Portland!), the Fall Workshop will be followed by the OYAN Quarterly Meeting from 1-4 p.m. Stay for …
o Resource sharing—programming and other great ideas
o Discussion: How is your Teen Summer Reading program structured?
o Vote on the annual budget
o Reports and updates