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