Young Adult Books.....for Adults! 

Join us for a half day workshop about Young Adult books…for adults! We will have a discussion about the appeal of YA books for adults, how to help adult patrons find the books they want, the genres of young adult books, and more! 

Agenda:

9:30-10:00 Introductions and (non-cheesy) icebreakers

10:00-11:30 Gregg Winsor and Carmen Hannon-Patton present and discuss YA Books for Adults

11:30–11:45 Break

11:45-12:15 New Adult Fiction presentation from Colleen Olinger, Johnson County Library

12:15–1:00 presentation, Kim Patton, KCKPL

1:00-1:30 – Closing remarks

Presenters:

Kim Patton is the Youth Services Supervisor, Kansas City, Kansas Public Library. Kim is a past president of the Young Adult Library Services Association, (YALSA); a current ALA Councilor and serves as Chair of the Coretta Scott King Book Award Jury. She has worked with children and teens in libraries for twenty-two years.

Gregg Winsor is a reference librarian at the Johnson County Library, specializing in Readers’ Advisory. Gregg has also been a young adult in the past, and thus is an instant expert. He also reads quite a bit of YA and has two children who are rapidly approaching that age. He received his MLS from Emporia State University and has been at JCL since 2006 and a reference librarian since 2010. He will refer to himself in the third person in casual conversation if you ask politely.

Carmen Hannon-Patton is the Reader’s Services Librarian at Kansas City, Kansas Public Library. Carmen has worked in Academic, Special, and Public Libraries. In her current position she does collection development, programming, runs two book clubs, and general outreach. Her favorite part of working is talking to patrons about the books they have read and helping them decide what to read next. Outside of work, Carmen loves books of all sorts, but especially those that feature a love triangle, vampires, or magic.

MALA Certificate Program: Reader's Advisory - Special Topic - 4 hrs

Cost:

• MALA member: $35.00
• Non-member: $70.00

MALA Workshop Billing/Refund/Credit Policy:

We prefer all workshops to be prepaid or paid at the door.  If you prefer to be billed, please add $5.  Full refunds or credits are available for cancellations made a minimum of seven (7) days prior to the workshop date less a $5 administrative fee.  You can transfer to another workshop a minimum of seven (7) days prior to the workshop date with no administrative fee.  Cancellations made less than seven (7) days prior to the workshop date receive no refund or credit and you or your organization will be billed.  No shows are billed to you or your organization.

 

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