In Balsam Lake, Tricia Olson has been working with a small but dedicated group of teens. They helped her weed the collection, leaving room for face-out shelving, and they splatter-painted the section of the wall that houses the teen area. They even got to paint a few ceiling tiles:
What are you doing in your teen area? How are you involving teens? Please comment, or send Leah some photos and ideas to include in the blog!
I recently got a question from a librarian who had weeded a lot of Thanksgiving books that perpetuate myths about Thanksgiving that are both historically inaccurate and promote harmful ideas about the Indigenous people already here when the colonists celebrated their...
Thanks to Reb for passing along this sound advice from Angela Hursch about marketing to what can be a very tricky audience: teens. Take a look at this short video, Boost Teen Library Attendance, and see how many of these things you are already doing, and if there...
I attended an excellent webinar yesterday through Early Childhood Education Webinars with Anna Reyner, an art therapist who is also an early childhood expert. Wow! So many wonderful ideas. The Early Childhood Education Webinars are almost always thought-provoking,...
