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Ya Summer Workshop 2010
The document discusses strategies for involving teens in library activities by focusing on their interests and talents, planning engaging service projects, and fostering community partnerships. It provides a variety of ideas and resources, including online platforms for communication and social activism opportunities, to maintain their engagement. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of collecting feedback from teens and adapting library programs to suit their evolving preferences.
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Ya Summer Workshop 2010
- 1. Getting Teens Involvedin Our LibrariesLet’s Talk About:
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- 3. Quality, not necessarilyquantity in numbers Know their talents & likes – change with their interests to keep it freshVariety of activities & options for involvementPlan your time accordingly – HAVE a planThink about service projectsFoster community partnershipsDo you have staff that enjoy teens?General Ideas About Teen Involvement
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- 5. Blog, Tweet, FB,Flickr, get connected!Tell your story, start a conversation, have a POVTake surveys, polls, ask their opinionsUpdate once a dayMost checked out book of the dayQuote of the day from a new bookMost overdue bookLibrary news – get SLJ newsletter, PW, shelf awarenessUnshelved?Getting & Keeping Teens Involved
- 6. Videos – widelypopularLibrary collections, services, facilitiesBook Trailers® … Teen Trailers, Book Videos, That’s My Take, Libba Bray and Going Bovine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KloEAoKvBqATeachingbooks.netHomework HelpProvide social bookmarking for popular assignmentsDelicious.com, faves.comClouds / Encore for our Catalog (http://encore.alisweb.org/)IM, Online Chat: http://www.textmarks.com/The Technology Connection
- 7. Teens actively participatein your technologyWebsitesPolls and surveysConstant communicationsBlogsFacebook pagesTweet your meetings and programsVideo your programs / YoutubeDigital artwork / FlickrPodcastsGaming
- 8. Social Activism –Create services and programs that help youth fulfill personal quests and make a differenceGoing GreenNatural Disaster ResponseHabitat for HumanityFood Banks and SheltersHead Starts and Nursery ProgramsNursing Homes and Assisted Living FacilitiesEstablished Organizations- Religious, Lions, Elk, K of C, etc.Do Something.org (www.dosomething.org)Partner with your Children’s Room & Friends GroupsCommunity Outreach & Partnerships
- 9. Think about temporaryinvolvement opportunitiesCleaning booksShelf readersDisplaysWeeding/checking circsCutting/ craft projectsChildren’s programsRead one, Pick One (Lake City PL, Iowa)Collection Development & MaintanenceBook buying trips (tweet them! Check Alisweb too)Reg. go thru YA collection & pull items Bad condition/circulation/cover artTABs browse catalogs/reading lists/budgetingReading Programs – Accelerated Reader, etc. find them, label, rate, etc.Drop-in Service Opportunities
- 10. WritingBlogsZines / LiteraryMagazinesPoetry SlamsWriting ContestsDrawingTeen Art ShowCollaborate with your middle or high school Art Dept.Online Art GalleryPhotography – make a virtual tour of your library with Photosynth.netDramaCraftsThe Arts: Writing, Performing, Projects & Activities
Editor's Notes
- #3 Your library site needs to be connected. WE need to be where the teens are. Not the other way around.As Karen Strauss said in December- they are thinking in FB status updates, living in flickr moments and Youtube videos, dreaming in tweets. They are seeing their entire world through a social media lens. And we need to be there.
- #4 1 – working with small numbers of teens often times has the strongest impact for teens and younger children2- your tabs and teens will change each year – you need to change with them. What worked today may not nec. Work tomorrow3- Variety. Craft, technolgy, reading, art, tap into many different assets and types of personalitiesPLAN- Sit down and plan YOUR time. How much of it can you devote to a TAB, to training, to activities each day, month, over a year. Keep statistics.4 –Service Projects – teens want to be involved and feel they’ve made a difference5- keep your eyes and ears open to staff that are good with youth/ teachers too
- #5 Took a webinar with tutor.com for Teen Tech Week with the CTO of Do Something.org and their marketing Manager Erica Manney who offered these exmaples of library webistes and blogs that are using social media to their advantage.
- #6 Blog simplyBuild rapportIt’s not a billboard, but a conversation – Deeper level of engagementFlickr – photos of events are important, put a disclaimer on your publicity to cover yourselfTweet your meetings
- #7 Book trailers is a US registered trademark (so is book teasers) Use something else. Resources in Tuccillo book and onlineTeachingbooks.net – pw: nbsls
- #9 Read Across America Day March 2, Book Buddies, SRP, Friends eventsCheck Out Do Something. They have a Boot Camp coming up in NYC in the Fall. Your group may be interested in participating. Many resources there as well as grant money.
- #10 Many teens are uncomfortable with a big commitment b/c of scheduling. Keep a list of tasks that can be done by teens. Have a drop-in day/weeknd. Post list, sign up. Staff intensive, but can be held once or twice a year.Read1, Pick 1. read a book for the YA collectiond during the prog. Got to pick another title, which the library would order and add to collection. Librarian made a list of over 100 potential titles (color covers) wide appeal. When book was ordered, colorful logo added to front of book so by end of prog, the teens kenw which books had been chosen by their peers, not librarians. Very popular. Set guidelines (fit coll dev pol)/ Have funding, order frequently. Ending celebration?
- #11 Inklings, ScratchedLocal printing shops- photo shops. High school art teachers over the summer photography, drawing classes.Scrapbooking is huge. They are in your community. Put out a scrapbook and watch what happens.Do it Yourself Guide to Zines by Francesca lia Block 1998What’s a Zine by Esther Watson 2006Drama – all want their 15 min. of fame