The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), opened registration for three online courses in Winter 2009: "Booktalks Quick and Simple" (Nancy Keane); "Boys and Books: Encouraging Early Teen and Tween Boys to Read" (Jenine Lillian) and "Power Programming for Teens" (Amy Alessio).
All of YALSA's Winter 2009 meet for four weeks. Courses begin Feb. 9. To read course descriptions, please visit www.ala.org/yalsa and click on "Online Courses."