<div dir="ltr">Hello, librarians! <div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Just making sure you have this on your radar. Dr. Subramaniam is top-notch and very involved in how librarianship is supporting youth in new and emerging ways.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Mega Subramaniam</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mmsubram@umd.edu" target="_blank">mmsubram@umd.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 11:03 AM<br>Subject: [aaslforum] Last call - Graduate Certificate of Professional Studies in Youth Experience (YX) (Offered online) – Deadline 2/28<br>To: <a href="mailto:aaslforum@lists.ala.org" target="_blank">aaslforum@lists.ala.org</a><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>



















<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Apologies for cross posting! </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Applications for the second cohort of students in the
Graduate Certificate of Professional Studies in Youth Experience (YX) offered
by the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland is <b>now
open.</b> This innovative, online post-masters certificate gives youth service
librarians and school librarians the skills they need to integrate the latest
research on learning, technology, community partnerships, and design thinking
into their practice with youth ages 0-18. </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">Limited scholarships, generously supported
by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, are available on a competitive
basis. </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">To learn more about the certificate program, watch </span>this short video available at <a href="https://youtu.be/ihNJBlLpgo8" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">https://youtu.be/ihNJBlLpgo8</span></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white"> </span>or<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white"> visit </span><span class="m_-8963885969400379786m_8356092808381685636gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background:white"><a href="http://yx.umd.edu/" target="_blank">http://yx.umd.edu/</a></span></span><span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p>





</div><div><div class="m_-8963885969400379786m_8356092808381685636gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><div style="display:inline">Deadline for applications: <b>Feb 28, 2018</b></div></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><div style="display:inline"><br></div></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><div style="display:inline">



















<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Questions? E-mail us at </span><a href="mailto:yxischool@umd.edu" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">yxischool@umd.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span></span></span></p>

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Mega</div></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"><br></div></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">​</div>Mega Subramaniam, Ph.D. <br>Associate Professor<br>Associate Director of Information Policy and Access Center (iPAC)<br>College of Information Studies <br>University of Maryland <br><a href="tel:%28301%29%20405%203406" value="+13014053406" target="_blank">(301) 405 3406</a> <br><a href="mailto:mmsubram@umd.edu" target="_blank">mmsubram@umd.edu</a><br><a href="http://www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~mmsubram/" target="_blank">http://www.terpconnect.umd.edu<wbr>/~mmsubram/</a></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Co-Editor, School Library Research</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">YALSA 2016-2019 Board Member<br>Twitter: @mmsubram</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-8963885969400379786gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Kristin Fontichiaro<br>University of Michigan School of Information<br>4427 North Quad<br>105 S. State St.<br>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="tel:(734)%20647-3593" value="+17346473593" target="_blank">734.647.3593</a></span><br><a href="http://fontichiaro.com/activelearning" target="_blank">Blog</a> | <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/selfsched?sstoken=UUFHX1E5cXRtYUVQfGRlZmF1bHR8YmY3NDdlYzA4ZDM2MjFmMzAzMDM2OTA3NGM3NjliMzQ" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Book an Appointment (school year only) </a></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Projects:</b></div><div><a href="http://michiganmakers.si.umich.edu" target="_blank">Michigan Makers</a> | <a href="http://makinglibraries.si.umich.edu" target="_blank">Making in Michigan Libraries</a> </div><div><a href="http://dataliteracy.si.umich.edu" target="_blank">Data Literacy in High School</a> | <a href="http://ai.umich.edu/portfolio/public-library-management/" target="_blank">Public Library Management MOOC</a><br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div>
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