Online sales for the annual OYAN Raffle are now live! Purchase tickets and view prizes here: https://ola.memberclicks.net/oyan-raffle-2024 The online sales will run for two weeks, closing on Tuesday, April 23rd. If you’d rather purchase tickets in person, we’ll have live sales at the OLA Conference from Wednesday, April 24th – Friday afternoon, April 26th.  The OLA Raffle to benefit OYAN drawing will occur on Friday, April 26th, 2024 at the end of the Awards Lunch during the OLA Conference in Salem, OR.  You need NOT be present to win. We’ll get the items to you ..read more

For those of you who aren’t familiar with OYAN’s raffle, this is our divisions major fundraising event of the year and it takes place at the OLA conference each year. We’re looking for volunteers to assist with the following: soliciting donations from small businesses, event centers, etc. (we have a list we’ll be working from, so you don’t need to brainstorm ideas!) tabling at the OYAN booth at OLA (this entails talking about the raffle, why OYAN is important, and handling money from raffle ticket purchases) floor help with ticket sales (circulating around the exhibit hall to ask folks if th ..read more

Friday, February 2nd 10AM-2PM Our quarterly meeting will be held on Friday, February 2nd. This meeting is hybrid and we are starting our first “pods” meeting, so if you would like to attend in-person, you will actually be meeting within your region. However, if you can’t accommodate traveling, you can attend from your very own desk via Zoom. Our meeting will start at 10AM and end at 2pm. OYAN official business will run from 10AM-12PM, a 30 minute break for lunch, then we’ll meet in our pods either in-person or virtually from 12:30PM-2PM. If you have anything that you would like to be included ..read more

Lindsey Quigley-Johnson Youth anbd Community Services Librarian Creswll Library Here’s a PDF for the complete list for all grade level divisions, or visit the ORCA page on the OLA website for slide decks, printable spine labels, and more information about ORCA. The ORCA committee also needs your help suggesting books to be considered for next year. This Nomination Form is open through the end of December for any students or adults who work in an Oregon school and/or library.  All students in grades 3-12 who read or listen to at least two of the books will qualify to vote in March-April ..read more

Looking for suggestions for great Graphic Novels for your teen readers? The Oregon Young Adult Network has got you. The 2023 OYAN Graphic Rave is available now to download and use at your library! Use as a buying guide, as a booklist for teens, and more. Print as many as you like for your patrons! The graphic novels on this list were published between March 1, 2022 and April 30, 2023. Titles were nominated by teens and library staff in Oregon. OYAN members voted to select the 19 titles on the list and worked to create a balanced list that includes a variety of genres and diverse tit ..read more

It’s time for the Fall OYAN membership meeting at the Downtown Eugene Public Library on November 3rd.  Our regular membership meeting will begin at 11 AM and run until 3 with a break for lunch, but we do have a special event at 10 AM as well (see below for details). The meeting will be hybrid and can be accessed on Zoom if you cannot be with us in person. We are checking to see if we can offer the presentation on zoom as well.  It will be the same link if so. Please see the attached docs for our previous meeting minutes and a draft agenda with the zoom link. Hear from groups working ..read more

Hello everyone! Our next OYAN member meeting will be on Friday, July 28th! This meeting will be virtual and run from 11am-1pm. The Zoom link can be found on the OLA website in the events calendar. If you are an OYAN member or CSD member, you should have received another email with the Zoom link info in your email. I wanted to take this opportunity to address the listserv and invite folks *who serve young adults in Oregon* who may NOT be current members of OYAN to attend this meeting and see what we’re all about! We’re hoping to get feedback from folks about what you want from OYAN moving forw ..read more

Every year, OYAN recognizes an individual, library, program, or initiative that has made a positive and significant contribution to teens in libraries in the state of Oregon. The 2023 OYEA (OYAN You’re Excellent Award) winner is Katie Fischer, Teen Services Librarian with Crook County Library. Katie is a fierce advocate for mental health access and creating a safe and supportive space for LGBTQIA+ teens in Crook County. Through their hard work and love for teen services, they have revamped the library’s teen room to be accessible and friendly for all Crook County teens, connected teens with me ..read more

Our Spring Members Meeting is upon us! This is an email reminder that our meeting is on Friday, May 5th at the Beaverton Public Library from 11am-3pm. We’ll be meeting in the Cathy Stanton Conference Room. This meeting is a hybrid meeting, so if you can’t make it to Beaverton, please join us via Zoom! We’d love to see everyone, even if you’re there virtually.  A brief summary of our agenda is the following: – OYAN officer reports (Summer Reading report, OYAN Raffle, Graphic Rave) – OYAN Scholarship share – Early call for new officers/reimagining OYAN Officer positions – Lunch break (lunch ..read more

Our next OYAN members’ meeting is just around the corner, and it’s going to be a hybrid meeting! OYAN will be meeting in-person and on Zoom Friday, May 5th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For those attending in person: the meeting will be in the Admin Conference Room at the Beaverton City Library (12375 SW 5th St., Beaverton). The room is on the second floor in the right corner (as you’re facing the reference desk at the top of the stairs). There is a delightful coffee shop with lunch sandwiches one block away. For those attending remotely: We will have a Zoom setup with a screen, camera, and mic ..read more