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Well, I’m excited to tell you that it’s here! <a href="http://swonlibraries.org/link.asp?e=cassondra@swonlibraries.org&job=2233478&ymlink=4488049&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fswonlibraries%2Eorg%2Fevent%2Ftrc2016">Registration opens today</a>, so round up your teams and get ready to read as many teen books as you can between the months of February and March! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>There’s a few new things this year (Including me!) so make sure you check out our <a href="http://swonlibraries.org/link.asp?e=cassondra@swonlibraries.org&job=2233478&ymlink=4488049&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fswonlibraries%2Eorg%2F%3Ftrc2016">TRC2016</a> page for all the information on the new log, the new Reader’s Advisory we are hoping to put together and the new prizes. That's right, you could win up to $250 for your teens.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>But TRC isn’t the only thing we’ve got going on this year for the YA crowd – 2016 is <a href="http://swonlibraries.org/link.asp?e=cassondra@swonlibraries.org&job=2233478&ymlink=4488049&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fswonlibraries%2Eorg%2F%3Ftwenty6teen">SWON’s year of the teen</a>. We will be launching a few new initiatives for our teen library staff this year including an all-new collection of <a href="http://swonlibraries.org/link.asp?e=cassondra@swonlibraries.org&job=2233478&ymlink=4488049&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fswonlibraries%2Eorg%2F%3Fgames">Games to Lend</a>, a new Summer Reading Program, and a Teen Event come November. More details to come, so please keep an eye on our <a href="http://swonlibraries.org/link.asp?e=cassondra@swonlibraries.org&job=2233478&ymlink=4488049&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fswonlibraries%2Eorg%2F%3Ftwenty6teen">twenty6TEEN</a> resource page for more information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Don’t work with teens? Don’t worry – we’ve got plenty going on for you, as well. Make sure to <a href="http://swonlibraries.org/link.asp?e=cassondra@swonlibraries.org&job=2233478&ymlink=4488049&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fswonlibraries%2Eorg%2Fevents%2Fevent%5Flist%2Easp">check out our upcoming events</a> for webinars, seminars, read-ins, and all sorts of Continuing Education opportunities. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Happy New Year and let’s all have a great twenty6TEEN,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Cassondra Vick, SWON Technology Educator<o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>A Hello from Cassondra<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi, everyone, I'm Cassondra Vick, also known as SWON's Technology Educator (or as "the new Nathan") and I'm so pleased to be bringing you this new slate of Teen events. However, I'm not just here for the teens -- I want to help you learn what you need, no matter your constituency.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I’m here for YOU.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I have an extensive background in libraries, with almost 15 years of experience in public libraries, much of that working in Youth Services. I’m particularly passionate about “tweens” and other groups I see as underserved in many libraries today. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I’m also passionate about technology, and recently earned my MLIS from the University of Kentucky with a concentration in IT, so I am – as you can imagine – thrilled to have this opportunity to put my tech knowledge to work for the SWON community. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Have questions? Want a program? Want to learn something new? I’m all ears! Feel free to email me at <a href="mailto:cassondra@swonlibraries.org">cassondra@swonlibraries.org</a> and I look forward to working for you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>-Cassondra<o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></div><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Coming up on <a href="http://swonlibraries.org/link.asp?e=cassondra@swonlibraries.org&job=2233478&ymlink=4488049&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fswonlibraries%2Eorg%2Fevents%2Fevent%5Flist%2Easp">the calendar</a><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p><em>Please register for online classes at least two days before they take place.</em><o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><a 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