Please join us for our first YASD Meeting of 2010! Our topics will be: Teen Advisory Boards and New Icebreaker Games to play with your TAB and for use in other programs. The meeting will be on Thursday, January 14 at 10:00am (coffee at 9:30am) at Patchogue-Medford Public Library. Please see flyer (PDF) with more details.

YASD will meet for an end of the year wrap-up on Thursday, December 10 at Commack Public Library from 10 - 11:30 a.m. View flyer (PDF) for further details.

Please join us in welcoming the 2010 YASD Board:
President: Brian Schwartz (Patchogue-Medford Public Library)
Vice President/President Elect: Joanne Albano (Commack Public Library)
Secretary: Jenn Fowler (West Islip Public Library)
Treasurer: Jan Miller (Longwood Public Library)

Join YASD for its monthly meeting on Thursday, November 12th at North Shore Public Library. The topic is Social Networking.  Please see attached flyer (PDF)for more details.

Join YASD and guest speaker Sarah Burningham, author of Boyology and How to Raise Your Parents, at our annual luncheon meeting at Butterfields in Hauppauge on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 11 A.M. This year's topic is YA Lit!: Reaching Real Teens. See attached flyer (PDF)for more details.

Join us for our next YASD Meeting on Thursday, September 10 at Huntington Public Library from 10-11:30a.m. Share craft ideas and projects during our "Craft Swap." Download the flyer (PDF) for further details.

Good luck with your summer reading clubs and programs! We will see you on September 10 for our next YASD meeting at Huntington Library.

Join us for our next YASD meeting on Thursday, June 11 at West Islip Public Library from 10-11:30 a.m. Download flyer (PDF)for further details.

View pictures and recently updated information about the Fran Romer Workshop, Long Island Library Conference and B.E.S.T. Award.

The Long Island Library Conference is on Thursday, May 7 at the Crest Hollow Country Club. Join YASD for an informative and dynamic presentation featuring Jack Martin, Assistant Director for Young Adult Programs at NYPL. He will be speaking about the topic By Teens, for Teens: Out of the Box Programming at 2:25 to 3:30 Program Session III. See you there!

YASD is now accepting nominations for the 2009 B.E.S.T Award, which honors excellence in Teen Volunteers. View the 2009 B.E.S.T. Award announcement (PDF) and application (PDF). Entries are due to Brain Schwartz at Patchogue-Medford Library no later than Monday, April 6th, 2009.

Registration for the 5th Annual Fran Romer Memorial Teen Services Workshop is now underway. View the Registation Form (PDF) for important workshop information. Return the Registration Form and payment to Stephanie Kyle at Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library by April 17, 2009.

YASD is proud to be a co-sponsor of the 2009 Battle of the Books. Visit the website for important announcements, competition dates, rules and regulations and more.

Join us for our next YASD meeting on Thursday, March 12 at Half Hollow Hills Community Library from 10-11:30 a.m. View flyer (PDF)for further details.

Save the date for the 5th Annual Fran Romer Memorial Teen Services Workshop on Thursday, April 23 at Northport Public Library from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Registration information will be posted online shortly.

Check out YASD's new Facebook page. You can find information about upcoming meetings, pictures, and more.

The Joint Suffolk-Nassau YA Meeting, featuring author Maureen Johnson, will be on Thursday, February 5, 2009 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Massapequa Public Library- Bar Harbour Building. View the flyer (PDF)for important event and registration information.

The YASD meeting has been rescheduled to January 22, 2009 at Connetquot Public Library from 10-11:30 a.m. View the flyer (PDF)for important meeting details.

Our next meeting will be on January 15, 2009 at Connetquot Public Library from 10-11:30 a.m. View the flyer (PDF)for important meeting details.

Save the date for our Joint Suffolk-Nassau YA Meeting on Thursday, February 5, 2009 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Massapequa Public Library- Bar Harbour Building. Maureen Johnson will be the guest speaker.