Bay Area Young Adult Librarians – A Professional Library Organization for people in the San Francisco Bay Area Who Work in Teen Services

Featured

BAYA Mini-Grant Application Now Open!

Need funding for a program and/or collection in your California teen serving library? Check out BAYA’s Mini-Grants!

Text "Surprise Book Box" with an outdoor mailbox and stack of books under the text.

Featured

Surprise YA Book Box Order Requests!

Purchase YA books to be mailed to you! The request order form is active.

Spotlight Award Winner CLA Young Adult Service Award

April 4, 2026 Awards / California Library Association / Youth Services Interest Group (YSIG)

CLA 2025 Young Adult Service Award Winner: Jessica Lundin

Meet Jessica Lundin of San José Public Library! Winner of the 2025 CLA Young Adult Service Award.

CLA Young Adult Service Award Applications Now Open

April 4, 2026 Awards / California Library Association / Youth Services Interest Group (YSIG)

CLA’s BAYA & YSIG Young Adult Services Award – Nominations Now Open!

Nominate a YA Librarian to win CLA’s Young Adult Services Award – Applications open through May 18!

Meeting Recap image: several people around a desk with speech bubbles and a light bulb

March 30, 2026 BAYA Business / Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga / Literary / Meetings / Programming Ideas / Readers' Advisory / Youth Services Interest Group (YSIG)

March 2026 – What’s New in YA – Meeting Recap

March 2026’s Meeting Recap on “What’s New in YA”