YAACS - Young Adults and Children's Services

This month's lunchtime meet-up will be a storytime ideas swap! Join us on Wed, August 26th at noon to have some fun while sharing storytime tips and tricks.

Attend our regular YAACS meetings to learn about current initiatives, share ideas, and connect with colleagues working in communities across the province. Meetings take place the last Wednesday of each month from 12:00 to 1:00 PM (PST) on Zoom. The Zoom meeting link is shared on the online forum the week prior to the monthly meeting date.

This month's lunchtime meet-up will be a storytime ideas swap! Join us on Wed, August 26th at noon and have some fun while sharing storytime tips and tricks.

Attend our regular YAACS meetings to learn about current initiatives, share ideas, and connect with colleagues working in communities across the province. Meetings take place the last Wednesday of each month from 12:00 to 1:00 PM (PST) on Zoom. The Zoom meeting link is shared on the online forum the week prior to the monthly meeting date.

Contributing to YAACING Magazine is a great way to share knowledge with colleagues across the province! The deadline for the fall issue is September 7th, so get writing. ✏️

For more information about submitting materials to YAACING, go here: https://bclaconnect.ca/yaacs/yaacing/

Registration is OPEN for this year's CAT Conference!

The Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) and Thompson-Nicola Regional Library (TNRL) are pleased to co-host the 2026 Children and Teen Services Conference (CATS), a free one-day professional development event for library staff from across BC.

The conference will feature presentations, discussions, and networking opportunities focused on programming, community engagement, STEAM learning, youth services, and creating welcoming spaces for all young people.

For more information or to register, go to https://orl.bc.ca/cats-conference/.

YAACS is open to anyone who works with children, teens, and their families in a library setting. You don't need to be a librarian!

Reminder: There is no YAACS meeting this month. We look forward to seeing you on Aug 26th for a storytime ideas swap!

Work in a small library and want to connect with children and teens' library staff from across the province? Looking for the link for an upcoming YAACS meet-up? The YAACS forum is your answer!

The forum is free to join and you don't need to be a BCLA member.
https://bclaconnect.ca/register/forum-user/

The latest issue of YAACING is available now!
Go to https://bclaconnect.ca/yaacs/yaacing/ to download your copy.

Mark your calendars for a meet-up all about SRC on Wed, June 24th at noon!
Special guest Georgia will give tips on how to navigate all of that fab BC SRC content and there will be plenty of time to swap SRC ideas with colleagues from across the province.

As always, the Zoom link will be shared on the YAACS discussion forum a couple of days before the meeting. New to the forum? Check out the link in our bio to register for free!

Our meeting is Wed, May 27 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. We will be joined by guest speaker Kate Buium (she/hers), a Senior Knowledge Broker with the Knowledge to Action Team at the University of British Columbia’s School of Population and Public Health, to talk about the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP).

Anyone interested in library services for children and teens is welcome to join us. We welcome folks to enjoy their lunch/have a snack while the meeting takes place. To get the Zoom link, log into the YAACS forum a day or two before the meeting.

Looking forward to seeing you there!