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Online (free!) conference for YA/Teen Librarians
By Donna DiMichele | July 29, 2016
School Library Journal is offering SLJteenLIVE! on August 10. This virtual conference is an online conference highlighting the upcoming YA books and important issues impacting YA/teen materials and programming. Presenters include authors and innovative librarians in an engaging conversational format, including live Q&A with the audience.
- Author panels will focus on important teen issues and trends including, mental health in YA literature, genre-bending SFF, compelling nonfiction, and horrors & thrillers.
- Teen service panels will focus on servicing the underserved, college and career readiness, working with Instagram and Snapchat, designing on the cheap and more!
- Explore the virtual exhibit hall, download materials, enter contests, hear directly from publishers about their newest books as well as live chat with staff, authors and peers!
Learn more about the conference schedule, speakers and the virtual exhibit hall through the conference web page.
Registration includes access to the conference archive.
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