Eva Mitnick is Acting Manager of Youth Services at the Los Angeles Public Library, where she has worked since 1987. She has served on several CLA and ALA committees and is also an adjunct professor at UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, teaching courses on library services to children. In 2011, she coordinated LAPL's participation in CLA's summer outcomes initiative, in which 6 pilot branches participated at both the children's and teen levels. In 2012, all 72 branches and Central Library will plan and implement their summer reading programs based on desired outcomes!