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Re-envisioning to support our new mission:
to support library staff in alleviating the challenges teens face, and in putting all teens ‒ especially those with the greatest needs ‒ on the path to successful and fulfilling lives.Slide2
Board of Directors (3 year terms)
Strategic Committees (1 year appointment)AASL/ALSC/YALSA Committee on School & Public Library Cooperation
Annual Conference Marketing & Local Arrangements Awards Committee Nominating Awards Committee NominatingDivision & Membership Promotion
ExecutiveFinancial Advancement Governance Nominating Legislation MentoringMidwinter Marketing & Local Arrangements
Midwinter Paper Presentation Planning National Guidelines OversightOrganization & BylawsPresident’s Planning
ResearchRUSA/YALSA YA Reference Summer LearningTeen Read WeekTeen Tech WeekTeens’ Top Ten
YA Services Symposium
Selection & Award Committees (1-2 year appointments)Alex AwardAmazing AudiobooksBest Fiction for YAsGreat Graphic NovelsMargaret Edwards Award
Michael Printz Award
Morris Award
Nonfiction Award
Odyssey AwardPopular PaperbacksQuick Picks for Reluctant YAsAward & Selection Committees’ Oversight Committee
Juries (1 year appointment)Conference ScholarshipsBWI AwardFrances HenneGreat Books GiveawayMAE AwardVolunteer of the Year AwardWriting Award
Advisory Boards (1 year appointment)Continuing EducationEditorial (YALS & YALSAblog)HubJRLYAPublicationsWebsite
A. CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
47 standing committees total
Fall 2016Slide3
Board of Directors
(possible switch to 2 year terms)
Strategic Committees (1 year appointment)AASL/ALSC/YALSA Committee on School & Public Library CooperationDivision & Membership Promotion
ExecutiveFinancial Advancement Governance NominatingMentoring
Organization & BylawsResearchSummer LearningTeens’ Top Ten
Award Committees (1 year appointment)Alex Award
Margaret Edwards AwardMichael Printz AwardMorris AwardNonfiction AwardOdyssey AwardAward
& Selection Committees Oversight Committee
Short-Term Juries (3 months)
Conference Scholarships
BWI Award
Frances Henne
Great Books GiveawayMAE AwardVolunteer of the Year AwardWriting Award
Advisory Boards (1 year appointment)Editorial (YALS & YALSAblog)HubJRLYAB. FUTURE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Short-Term Taskforces (3-6 months)ALA Annual Conference Marketing & Local Arrangements Legislation Midwinter Marketing and Local
ArrangementsMidwinter Paper Presentation Teen
Read Week Teen Tech Week
YA
Services
Symposium
Other taskforces as needed that support the Organizational Plan
20
standing committees total
2017 - 2018Slide4
Strategic Committees that will change or sunset in 2017 & 2018Awards Committee Nominating:
a bylaws proposal is being developed to remove Award Committees from the ballot so that they are all appointed, instead of some being elected and some being appointed. The measure will go to the ballot for members to vote on in spring 2017. If this passes, it would go into effect in 2018.National Guidelines Oversight: the work of this group will move to staff beginning in July 2017.
President’s Planning: each President will determine if they want a planning group, and what its length of appointment will beRUSA/YALSA YA Reference: this group may continue, but it will be a RUSA-only group, effective July 2017.
The Work of Selection Committees is moving to The Hub in 2017 & 2018
Amazing AudiobooksBest Fiction for YAsGreat Graphic NovelsPopular Paperbacks
Quick Picks for Reluctant YAsThis move will happen in two phases. In Feb. 2017 AA, PP, & QP will transition to The Hub. In Feb. 2018 the remaining committees will transition. The lists will continue on, but the appointed committee structure will not. A taskforce is working throughout fall of 2016 to hammer out the logistics for this transition.
The Work of Advisory Boards will move to staff in 2017
Continuing Education
Publications
Website
The work that these groups do will be handled by staff beginning in July 2017.
What was on slide A but not on slide B, and what will happen to these things?Slide5
Member Engagement Opportunities Beyond Committees
ExistingInterest Groups
Everything that’s shown on the Get Involved infographic: www.ala.org/yalsa/getinvolved/getinvolved
ForthcomingMicro-volunteering options (1 day to 1 week commitments)
Resource Development RetreatsCrowdsourced ProjectsOther
Fewer committees doesn’t mean fewer options for participation. The goal is to increase opportunities for participation, but focus on short term, opt-in and virtual opportunities. Here’s what we have now and what will be created:
Want to do work that supports YALSA’s Organizational Plan? Fill out this brief form:
http://tinyurl.com/hb6gsa3
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Why the changes?
To better meet members’ needsVolunteering Opportunities: Better: The 2016 member survey indicated members prefer short-term, virtual, opt-in volunteer opportunities, which means the 1 and 2 year committee commitments and in some cases, in-person meeting requirement are failing members
More: by moving the selected lists to The Hub, participation in developing the lists will be 100% virtual so members will not have to come up with travel funds to attend conferences. Also, moving away from a committee structure and towards creating multiple short-term, opt-in opportunities will create more ways for members to engage
Resources & Services: Better: moving selected lists to The Hub will provide more timely information More: by sunsetting groups that have outlived their purpose, like National Guidelines, or streamlining processes like committee appointments, YALSA frees up
time and resources to create additional materials for its members
To better meet teens’ needsYALSA needs to modernize long-lived resources, such as selected lists and Teen Read Week™ programming, to ensure they are meeting the needs of today’s diverse teensMultiple studies have shown that many teens are struggling with significant issues that they cannot address alone, such as homelessness, depression, and bullying.
Furthermore, a recent study revealed that the vast majority of high school seniors feel they leave school unprepared for college and careers. To address these significant challenges, YALSA wants to create a more diverse and robust portfolio of services and resources that library staff can use to reach teens who need help the most, such as cultural competence training and a toolkit for helping libraries work with community partners
To keep up to date with changes, read the Governance section of
the YALSAblog http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/
These changes are a part of YALSA’s
new Organizational Plan:
www.ala.org/yalsa/aboutyalsa/strategicplan