We are excited to extend this invitation to our YACS Spring Volunteer Day on Friday March 25th, 2022 from 9:00am-3:30pm at RFK Community Schools.
This will be a great opportunity to learn about school library collection development, get hands-on experience on weeding books, and help build a relevant collection for students.
We hope you’ll join us! Please RSVP to ucla.yacs@gmail.com.
Join us for our first ever book club! Over winter break, we’ll be reading the middle-grade novel Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera (check out the synopsis below).
We’ll be gathering over Zoom on Friday, 1/7 at 6:00 pm to chat about the book. Email Kim Nguyen at kktnguyen@ucla.edu for Zoom info.
We’re excited to read together and hope everyone has a restful break!
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera
Living in the remote town of Tierra del Sol is dangerous, especially in the criatura months, when powerful spirits roam the desert and threaten humankind. But Cecelia Rios has always believed there was more to the criaturas, much to her family’s disapproval. After all, only brujas—humans who capture and control criaturas—consort with the spirits, and brujeria is a terrible crime. When her older sister, Juana, is kidnapped by El Sombrerón, a powerful dark criatura, Cece is determined to bring Juana back. To get into Devil’s Alley, though, she’ll have to become a bruja herself—while hiding her quest from her parents, her town, and the other brujas. Thankfully, the legendary criatura Coyote has a soft spot for humans and agrees to help her on her journey. With him at her side, Cece sets out to reunite her family—and maybe even change what it means to be a bruja along the way.
Congratulations and welcome to all our new YACS Board Members! The YACS Board of 2021–2022 is:
YACS is expanding! We are currently looking for folks to join the board in the following positions:
You can learn more about the duties and let us know if you’re interested via this form.
Join us for a meet & greet next Wednesday, 10/20 at 7 pm! We’ll kick off the year by getting to know each other, sharing news about upcoming events, and chatting about open board positions.
Email Kim Nguyen at kktnguyen@g.ucla.edu for Zoom info.
We had a wonderful day learning about collection development and weeding at the RFK Community Schools’ elementary library!
We learned about the CREW method and MUSTIE criteria, FRESH criteria, and criteria specific to serving the RFK student population.
Thanks to teacher librarian Rebecca Flynn for hosting YACS and to everyone who joined us!
Join us for a YACS summer event!
We will be volunteering at the RFK Community Schools’ library for a day of service! We will work with the teacher librarian to learn about school library collection development, and get hands-on experience weeding books and building a relevant collection for students.
Wednesday, August 11, 9:00–3:30
at the RFK Community Schools in Koreatown
Lunch will be provided
The RFK Community Schools is a Title I collective of six schools, serving K-12 students. The library collection hasn’t been updated in 10 years, but the school is finally able to build a relevant collection that students deserve, and we will be helping with that effort!
If you’re interested in participating or have any questions, please contact Kim Nguyen by Sunday, August 8 (Slack or email kktnguyen@g.ucla.edu). We will get a headcount for food and will send you parking info.
Join us this Friday for Storytime 101! This event will be led by Joanna Fabicon, who will break down how to lead a dynamic storytime. Joanna is a Senior Librarian of Children’s Services at LAPL, a UCLA alum, and the instructor for this quarter’s course on contemporary children’s literature.
Email Kim Nguyen at kktnguyen@g.ucla.edu for Zoom info.
We have revived YACS, and we’d like to hear from you! All are welcome at our kick-off happy hour on Thursday, February 18 at 7 pm. Take a break before finals and let us know what kind of activities you’d like to see from YACS this year!
Email Kim Nguyen at kktnguyen@g.ucla.edu for Zoom info.
After a 5-year hiatus, YACS is back! Students from the 2022 MLIS cohort have restarted this student org, and we are excited to bring together aspiring young adult and children’s librarians. We plan to create programming around professional development, guest speakers, YA and children’s literature, and more!
The 2020–2021 YACS board is:
Many thanks to our new faculty advisor, Professor Rob Montoya, as well as the IS Student Governing Board for your support.
Watch this space for news on upcoming events!
