Network for Research on Libraries and Teens

The NAA Research Intern will work closely with the Executive Director and other NAA partners and stakeholders.  Responsibilities include but are not limited to collecting, analyzing and synthesizing existing research for use by program leaders, site directors and other afterschool professionals; conducting interviews of national afterschool organization representatives as part of a data collection effort; creating fact sheets and research reports for distribution to a national professional…See More

Posted on behalf of Jack Martin, YALSA President:YALSA and Connected Learning TV will kick-off a month-long series of conversations around teens and the future of school & public libraries beginning May 2, 2013.YALSA President H. Jack Martin and Crystle Martin, Postdoctoral Researcher for the Connected Learning Research Network, will be the moderators for these free virtual chats, which will look at the roles social media and teens play in the…See More

HASTAC is currently seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to carry out social network data analysis  for a newly awarded $294,000 NSF EAGER project "Assessing the Impact of Technology-Aided Participation and Mentoring on Transformative Interdisciplinary Research:  A Data-Based Study of the Incentives and Success of an Exemplar Academic Network.”  Through a large-scale analysis of  the HASTAC social network, the Postdoc will investigate the interplay of cyberinfrastructure and scholarly communication,…See More

HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory) is currently seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to carry out social network data analysis for a $294,000 NSF EAGER project. Through a large-scale analysis of  the HASTAC social network, the Postdoc will investigate the interplay of cyberinfrastructure and scholarly communication, combining cutting-edge data mining methods with thoughtful human and…See More

Pew released a new teens & tech report on March 13, 2013:http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teens-and-Tech.aspx You can read about it via the YALSAblog post:http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2013/03/13/pew-report-teens-and-technology-2013/See More

As part of its year-long project, the National Forum on Libraries and Teens, YALSA will host it's first of three Virtual Town Halls on March 19th from 2-3pm, eastern. The March Town Hall will focus on the topic of partnerships.  Interested individuals from the research, education, out of school time, youth development, library communities and more are welcome!  To learn more, or to access the link to the Town Hall, visit:…See More

ALA seeks candidates for Google Policy Fellowship.  For the summer of 2013, the selected fellow will spend 10 weeks in residence at the ALA Washington Office to learn about national policy and complete a major project. Google provides the $7,500 stipend for the summer, but the work agenda is under the full control of ALA and the fellow.  Apply by March 15, 2013.  For details visit the…See More

The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) will sponsor two Research Forums at the 2013 American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL (June 28-July 2).  The LRRT Forums are a set of programs at the ALA Annual Conference featuring presentations of LIS research, in progress or completed, followed by discussion.  One of the forums is broad in scope and one is on a more specific topic. The forums are: Research: Data-Driven ServicesLibraries collect data on usage of collections,…See More