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Bay Area Young Adult Librarians

Bay Area Young Adult Librarians

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

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  • Special Events & Fundraisers

Category: Literary

Everything Book Themed!

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Surprise YA Book Box Order Requests!

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

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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”

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October 13, 2025 BAYA Business / Book Club / Crafts / Meetings / Programming Ideas / Upcycled/Recycled / What We're Reading

July 2025 – YALSA’s Decision to Reunify ALSC and Federal & State Decisions Effecting School and Public Library Collections Meeting Recap

A Long “over-due” July Meeting Recap: A great discussion on current events, as well as Books & Programs

November 10, 2019 Author / Author Visits / Bay Area Local / Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga / Literary

Bay Area Local: Maia Kobabe

Looking for a SF Bay Area local, queer friendly author visit? Look no further!

Book Display Read the Rainbow
June 17, 2019 Book Dispalys / High School / Literary / Middle School / Older Teen / Programming Ideas / Summer

Read the Rainbow: Passive Book Display

Create a June LGBTQ+ Pride Month Display

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Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 10AM-12PM, Over Zoom

Our presentation will be on "Teen Advisory Board: How to Make the Best of Your TAB" with presentations how to start, keep going, and rejuvenate a teen library group.

Members will receive a reminder email with Zoom link. Non-Members wishing to join please send an email to the contact below.

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BAYA Merch!

Did you know that you can purchase Bay Area Young Adult Librarian merch featuring our new logo from RedBubble? Check out our Redbubble Store for t-shirts, shirts, journals, stickers, and more! All profits go to support BAYA and its mission.

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Email: bayalibrarian @ gmail.com

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