tsl.state.tx.us
ci.santa-ana.ca.us
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hammond.lib.in.us
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hammond.lib.in.us
Motivating teens to get involved with public libraries is a passion found on the world wide web, but not so much in my home county.
Teens are the lost age group serviced at public libraries. Infants to elementary students flock to libraries with their parents and caregivers, both for story times and school projects. Adults visit libraries to check out the latest science fiction novel, to borrow a book on CD to listen to in their cars, to research job opportunities and perhaps to study for that online course they're taking.
But teens, what draws them to the library? Computers, the internet, video games, hot teen novels, mangas, podcasts, art - anything that would make a teen want to visit their library. There teens are in a safe place, communicating, creating, sharing their knowledge. Why not allow them to run the teen section, promote it, share it?
The images I chose to post are those displaying teen involvement in libraries and ideas to tempt them in.
Here's a video created by teens to promote the teen corner at the Skokie Public Library in Illinois. I found it very entertaining:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozzHcdgl4qU&feature=related
Enjoy!
