What is the YSAC?

The Youth Services Advisory Committe (YSAC) is committee of the State Library Commission. While not one of the four (4) state mandated committes, the Commission has regularly created teh Youth Servcies Advisory Committee to recommend plans, programs, and priorities for the youth being served by public libraries.

Members

The Youth Services Advisory Committe (YSAC) is comprised of a group of professonal and para-professional librarians who have knowledge and an interest in creating and maintaining "best practices" in serving youth in public libraries across North Carolina.

Edward Sheary - Chair, Director, Asheville-Buncombe Library System, 67 Haywood Street,

Asheville, NC 28801-2834. Telephone: 828.250.4700. Fax: 828.250.4746.

Dr. Edna A. Cogdell, Adjunct Professor, 734 Ashburton Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28301.   

Telephone: 910-88-582 .

Nancy Cowal, 1761 Mitchell View Road, Old Fort, NC  28762.  Telephone: 919-724-5475.

Donna Jones, Youth Services Library Assistant, Duplin County Public Library, P.O. Box 930

Kenansville, NC 28349-0930. Telephone: 910.296.2117. Fax: 910.296.2172.

Carol Laing McNeil, Youth Services Manager, East Regional Library, Wake County Public Library,

946 Steeple Square Court, Knightdale, NC 27545-7655. Telephone: 919.217.5316.

George Miles, 1830 US Highway 421 North, Boone, NC 28607. Telephone: 828.264.8005.

Fax: 828-264-1794

Laurel Reisen, Children’s Services Supervisor, Rowan Public Library, PO Box 4039,

201 West Fisher Street, Salisbury, NC 28145-4039.  Telephone: 704-638.3031.  Fax: 704-638-3002.

Meg Smith, Children’s Services Coordinator, Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center,

300 Maiden Lane, Fayeteville, NC 28301-5000. Telephone: 910.483.1580. Fax: 910.486.5372.

Jane Rustin, Director, Wayne County Public Library, 1001 East Ash Street, Goldsboro,

NC 27530-3850. Telephone: 919.735.1824. Fax: 919.731.2889.

Brian Sturm, Ph.D, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Information and Library Science. 64 Cedar Hills Circle, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Telephone: 919.962.7622.

Steve Sumerford, Assistant Director, Greensboro Public Library, 219 N. Church Street,

Greensboro, NC 27402. Telephone: 336.373.3636. Fax: 336.333.6781.

James R.“Rusty” Taylor, Library Media Services, Wake County Public Schools, 800 N. Boylan Avenue,

Raleigh, NC 27605. Telephone: 919.431.8081. Fax: 919.431.8077.

John T. Welch, Department Chair, William G. Enloe High School Library Media Center,

3904 Lake Point Circle, Raleigh, NC 27606. Telephone: 919.856.7910. 

Minutes

Current Projects

• Children and Pre-Adolescent Youth Services Staff Competencies
• Young Adult Youth Services Staff Competencies.
• 2006 Youth Services Survey Report