Tuesday, 18 September 2007

A round up of YA blogs

The OEDB's list of the 25 top blogs by librarians (by the numbers) set me on a fantastic blog-hopping trip this morning. Here are my highlights in the teen librarians / YA area - check them out for yourself!

Alt Teen Services [one of the top 25]

"maintained by teen librarians who share ideas, resources, and advocacy about serving teens."

Visit: http://yalibrarian.com/

The YA YA YAs

"All YA, all the time"

Visit: http://theyayayas.wordpress.com/

Teens Matter

"Teens have to matter to libraries before libraries will matter to teens"

Visit: http://teens-matter.blogspot.com/

Teen Librarian

"News and information for librarians who work with teens"

Visit: http://www.teenlibrarian.com/blog.html

Read Alert

State Library of Victoria's Youth Lit blog

Visit: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/services/education/youthlit/readalert/

YALSA - Young Adults Library Services Association


The American Library association's blog on teen services

Visit: http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php

Add yourself to this list!

If you're blogging in the YA / teens area, let us know in the comments.

4 comments:

wcl staff said...

Wellington City Libraries has recently introduced a teens blog - you can find it at www.wcl.govt.nz/blogs/teens. Thanks for the links to other teen blogs, I'll check them out.

Anderina said...

(I think this might be my first time on a blog!)
I do not blog, but I do have a home-made in NZ website on which I review books for (roughly) 8-15-year-olds. I have been a teacher and have recently begun work as a primary school librarian. I would be grateful if you chose to look at my site, and/or to link to it from yours. The URL is: www.mybookshelf.org.nz
I would love to hear your feedback!

Courtney Johnston said...

Thanks Anderina - look forward to checking it out. And here's a hyperlink to the site: My Bookshelf.

Carrie said...

Hi there,

I just wanted to let you know that the author blog Moonlight, Lace and Mayhem devotes each Saturday to YA authors.

Our main link is:
http://moonlightlacemayhem.blogspot.com/

and I have just created a YA Room with a section devoted to Blogs teens should check out!

Please stop by and say hi! If you don't see your blog listed with us, and it should be, please let us know! Thanks!

Moonlighter Carrie