Baya’s President, Jack Baur and School Libray Liason, Jessica Lee; discuss their awesome Comix Club, a joint collaboration between Berkeley Public Library and Willard Middle School. The article, the first in a series, includes discussion questions for Persepolis, Smile and American Born Chinese. Check it out: http://www.graphicnovelreporter.com/content/talking-comics-graphic-novel-discussion-questions-feature-stories.
Hi Folks! Remember that our first meeting for the year is at the Richmond Public Library next Tuesday, January 24th. The library is at 325 Civic Center Plaza in Richmond.
The meeting topic will be program sharing, with an emphasis on programs around the upcoming release of the Hunger Games movie! We’re gonna try to brainstorm some killer Hunger Games events to stage at our libraries, as well as just generally talk about the great things we all do. PLEASE BRING FLYERS FOR YOUR SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP!
Also, to prep us all for Hunger Games madness, we have a little project to start us off that we’d like your help with. Please go to Facebook, friend BAYA and respond to my post asking about Hunger Games read-alikes. We want to amass a list of read-alikes to serve as the basis for a set of online readers advisory tools we’ll be developing over the course of the year. More info at the meeting!
The BAYA Facebook link is https://www.facebook.com/groups/223915239380/.
See you on Tuesday, and may the odds be ever in your favor,
Jack Baur
Teen Services Librarian, Berkeley Public Library
President, BAYA: The Bay Area Young Adult Librarians
Please join me in welcoming the new Leadership Team for BAYA! They are:
Thanks to everyone for their commitment, and we look forward to seeing what you bring this coming year!
On October 25th, 2011, BAYA presented “Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?! Building and Maintaining Graphic Novel Collections in Your Library.” This half-day workshop featured a presentation featured a lecture packed with advice about organization and collection development for graphic novel collections, a short film about manga, and a creator panel. We were thrilled to have the creators Jason Shiga, Derek McCulloch, Tyler Ortman, and Mark Siegel join us to discuss their work with us, and share with everyone in attendance their love of — and belief in the possibilities of — comic books!
For those who missed this spectacular event, we wanted to share some of the goodies that were presented that day:
Annotated Bibliography - A painstakingly curated list of 60-someodd books that deserve a place in your teen graphic novel collections!
Guide to Online Resources - An enormously useful list of places to go to find news and reviews from the world of comic books, with helpful hints for building your collection!
Teens Talk About Manga - A short film assembled by BAYA and comprised of interviews with our teen patrons, as they tell us why they love manga so much!
Thanks again to everyone who came and made this event such a success!
Click the link to download the flyer! BAYAComics2011.doc
Tuesday October 25th, 9am to Noon
San Leandro Public Library
300 Estudillo Ave. San Leandro, CA 94577
(a 5 minute walk from San Leandro BART)
$25 Advance Registration
$35 at the Door
BAYA: Bay Area Young Adult Librarians presents a unique opportunity for librarians working in any environment to learn the ins and outs of the world of comics from the perspective of libraries, users, and industry professionals. Everyone who works with graphic novels in their library – or wants to learn more about these wildly popular materials – will have something to gain at this half-day workshop.
We’ll begin with a presentation by Jack Baur (Berkeley Public Library) and Amanda Jacobs Foust (Marin County Free Library), two longtime graphic novel selectors who will share the secrets of purchasing, organizing, and preserving graphic novels in the library and provide attendees a glimpse of the future of digital comics. This will be followed by a video of manga reading teens, discussing what draws them to Japanese comics.
The second half of our program will feature a special panel of comic book professionals who will share their creative process and views of the power of comics as a means of telling stories, and as an educational tool. Guests on the panel will be Jason Shiga (writer and illustrator of Meanwhile and Empire State),Derek McCulloch (writer of Stagger Lee and T. Runt!), and Tyler Ortman (editor of the Manga Guide to… series).
In addition, we will be hosting a “Comic Book Petting Zoo,” featuring our favorite comics for a hands-on look in their traditional book form, as well as digital comics and reader apps for iPads. Books will be available to purchase for your library (home or otherwise).
All this for just $25 ($35 at the door)! See the attached flyer for registration information, or e-mail Jack Baur at jbaur@ci.berkeley.ca.us or visit http://baya.orgfor more information.
Dear BAYA Members and Friends,
Please remember to bring flyers from your most awesome events! We want everyone to be able to shop around and take home flyers for event ideas at their own libraries. The more the merrier!
The topic for our next meeting will be “Successes and Failures: Sharing the Best and Less-Than-Best of Our Teen Programs and Services.” This will be similar to our annual “Anatomy of a Failure” session, but we are hoping to put an equal emphasis on what really works in our programs. To that end, we are encouraging members to bring multiple copies of flyers from some of their most successful events to share with the group.
We will also be getting ready for our ELECTIONS, which we will hold in November. We will be announcing open positions and encouraging members to consider leadership in BAYA!
Tuesday, September 27th
Redwood City Library
1044 Middlefield Rd
Redwood City, CA 94063
http://www.redwoodcity.org/library/
AGENDA:
A no-host lunch will follow the meeting at a nearby restaurant.
See you all tomorrow!
The topic for our next meeting will be “Successes and Failures: Sharing the Best and Less-Than-Best of Our Teen Programs and Services.” This will be similar to our annual “Anatomy of a Failure” session, but we are hoping to put an equal emphasis on what really works in our programs. To that end, we are encouraging members to bring multiple copies of flyers from some of their most successful events to share with the group. We will also be getting ready for our ELECTIONS, which we will hold in November. We will be announcing open positions and encouraging members to consider leadership in BAYA! Tuesday, September 27th Redwood City Library 1044 Middlefield Rd Redwood City, CA 94063 http://www.redwoodcity.org/library/ AGENDA: A no-host lunch will follow the meeting at a nearby restaurant.
Click the link to download the flyer! BAYAComics2011.doc
Tuesday October 25th, 9am to Noon
San Leandro Public Library
300 Estudillo Ave. San Leandro, CA 94577
(a 5 minute walk from San Leandro BART)
$25 Advance Registration
$35 at the Door
BAYA: Bay Area Young Adult Librarians presents a unique opportunity for librarians working in any environment to learn the ins and outs of the world of comics from the perspective of libraries, users, and industry professionals. Everyone who works with graphic novels in their library – or wants to learn more about these wildly popular materials – will have something to gain at this half-day workshop.
We’ll begin with a presentation by Jack Baur (Berkeley Public Library) and Amanda Jacobs Foust (Marin County Free Library), two longtime graphic novel selectors who will share the secrets of purchasing, organizing, and preserving graphic novels in the library and provide attendees a glimpse of the future of digital comics. This will be followed by a video of manga reading teens, discussing what draws them to Japanese comics.
The second half of our program will feature a special panel of comic book professionals who will share their creative process and views of the power of comics as a means of telling stories, and as an educational tool. Guests on the panel will be Jason Shiga (writer and illustrator of Meanwhile and Empire State),Derek McCulloch (writer of Stagger Lee and T. Runt!), and Tyler Ortman (editor of the Manga Guide to… series).
In addition, we will be hosting a “Comic Book Petting Zoo,” featuring our favorite comics for a hands-on look in their traditional book form, as well as digital comics and reader apps for iPads. Books will be available to purchase for your library (home or otherwise).
All this for just $25 ($35 at the door)! See the attached flyer for registration information, or e-mail Jack Baur at jbaur@ci.berkeley.ca.us or visit http://baya.orgfor more information.
The upcoming BAYA Meeting will be held on July 26th at the Berkeley Public Library.
Jack Baur, Teen Services Librarian, Berkeley Public Library, will be presenting on Collaboration Between School and Public Libraries with Jessica Lee from Willard Middle School. We will be talking about our own experiences with collaboration, as well as sharing some of the results from the survey we conducted last summer.
We think that this is going to be a great opportunity to get some of our colleagues in the schools at a meeting. I’ve heard from a lot of school librarians that making it to our meetings during the school year is difficult which is why we selected this relevant topic for the summer. So, if you know any school librarians that you think would like to come and contribute to the conversation, please remember to invite them! Have them RSVP at bayalibrarian@gmail.com.
BAYA: The Bay Area Young Adult Librarians group
presents:
“How to Win Friends and Take Advantage of People: Successful School/Public Library Collaboration”
July 26th, 2011
Berkeley Public Library Main
2090 Kittredge St. at Shattuck
9am to Noon
This meeting is FREE! A no-host lunch at a nearby restaurant will follow.
In uncertain times, school and public librarians are increasingly turning to
each other for program support, resource sharing, and to advocacy. At
this meeting, you’ll hear inspiring stories of school/public library collaboration,
learns skills for building collaborative relationships in your community,
and share experiences and ideas with librarians from all over the
Bay! Don’t miss this free opportunity to kick-start your collaboration!
RSVP by e-mailing bayalibrarian@gmail.com
May 2011
Due to the tremendous response, we have gone back to print - the deadline to request your free kit has been extended another week. If you haven’t requested your kit make sure you submit your request by Midnight PST, June 8, 2011.
Share this offer with a fellow Librarian by giving them this itty bitty URL:
http://bit.ly/HeroesKit
Happy Reading!
VIZ Media
FOR LIBRARIANS ONLY: FREE Heroes of Manga Reading Kit Offer
VIZ Media celebrates 25 years of manga this year and we’re inviting you to join us in spreading the love of reading manga even further! This year VIZ is offering the HEROES OF MANGA Reading Kit, full of items to excite and entice your patrons to explore the world of Japanese pop culture.
As you may already know manga is one of the most requested categories in libraries today. Whether it’s the exotic locales, or the challenge of reading ‘backwards’ one thing is for sure, it’s a great way to get reluctant readers to read more.
The HEROES OF MANGA Reading Kit* is full of items featuring our most popular characters
for a range of ages, from all ages to Young Adult.
- 50 book covers
- 300 bookmarks
- 50 buttons featuring NARUTO
- 1 poster to be hung in the library
- 5 Assorted VIZ Media bags
If you would like to receive a HEROES OF MANGA Reading Kit
please submit your information here before May 31, 2011.
Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.
*Supply is limited. Sign up quickly!
Bay Area Young Adult Librarians (BAYA) Meeting Agenda May 24, 2011 Oakland Public Library 125 14th Street Oakland, CA 94612 AGENDA 9-9:30am: Arrival and Networking 9:30-10:00am: Book & Program Sharing Round Robin 10-11:00am: Presentation: Challenges to YA Materials Amy Sonnie (librarian and author of a banned YA book) Beth Wrenn-Estes (librarian and lecturer at San Jose State University) Break 11:15-12pm: BAYA Business Meeting TBD No host lunch to follow Next meeting: Public Library/School Library Collaboration, July 26, 2011, Berkeley Public Library
I am not sure if I already sent this to you but this might be interesting to other Teen Librarians.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/05/books/05ebooks.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes
