A great way for teens to be involved with your library is as volunteers! This has the potential to hit many of those 40 Developmental Assets, and it can help you get things done that would be impossible without the help. Here are some things discussed at...
Tomorrow, we’ll go back to a round-up of ideas from the Summer Library Program, but for right now, I want to do a timely post about Teen Tech Week, which is coming right up March 10-16. This year’s theme: Check In @ Your Library, which...
Taking a break from regularly-scheduled SLP workshop reporting for this timely idea from Kris Farley about Dr. Seuss birthday celebrations. I know many communities are excited about this, and Kris came up with a “stealth” program to add to the...
There are as many ways to run a Summer Library Program as there are libraries. Many SLP programs include some kind of incentive for participating, reading, or volunteering. Here are a few ideas generated at the workshop about things that can motivate teens...
teen cake decorating: Kinderhook Memorial LibraryHere’s a grab bag of more great ideas for teens from the Summer Library Program workshop:Colleen Zertler from Menomonie recruits community members to help with programming, usually for free. Some of...
Penny Johnson from Baraboo was our featured presenter talking about engaging promotions and programs for teens. She had some inspiring things to say to start us off. The 40 Developmental Assets for Adolescents, created and studied by the Search Institute have been...
TThanks to Colleen at Chippewa Falls for reminding me that 2013 is that beloved literalist Amelia Bedelia’s 50th Birthday! Her publisher has come up with some suggestions for a party, you can see the resources here. But I bet a lot of you have even...
What do you do when your terrific storytime starts to devolve into a distracted, wiggly mass of kids? I’m serious, I’d love to hear some of your suggestions. Here are a few I used to use:Don’t be afraid to abort a mission to read a book...
I was going to show this at today’s postponed SLP workshop, but I can’t wait till next week to show you. It’s been a stressful couple of days, and watching this video several times has not failed to buoy my spirits. Okay, folks, the video is...
Thanks to Kathy Larson for this guest post!Every Wednesday afterschool, the school age kids descend upon the library: I have developed a rotating schedule of events to keep things hopping. The first Wednesday is an early release day and we set up...
Warning! Top Secret Detective information follows: On January 28 at 1330 hours a Detective Training Program was held at L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library. Detectives in Training earned their detective badge after completing a number of secret...
Kris Farley in Ladysmith tackled a big re-organization of the easy reader books in her collection. I know a lot of librarians struggle with how to make this section of the library most useful to very beginning readers and their families. Here’s what...
