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Teens
Source: www.olis.ri.gov Date: Mar 23, 2009 Congratulations to Cranston Public Library. Cranston Public Library was recently one of just 20 libraries in the nation to be chosen by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) to receive a YALSA Teen Tech Week mini-grant. The grant money and the products were used to put on a week-long More Source: www.yalibrarian.com Date: Oct 27, 2008 Post by Sarah GranvilleTwo weeks ago, one of the teens that uses my library committed suicide. It wasnt one of the kids who came to programs regularly; he was one the the teens who would just come to hang out. And while I knew he had some troubles with school, such as showing [...] More Source: theshiftedlibrarian.com Date: Sep 24, 2008 Teens who play games socially (a majority of teens) are more likely to be civically and politically engaged than teens who play games primarily alone. Interestingly, this relationship only holds when teens play alongside others in the same room.” More Source: www.prnewswire.com Date: Sep 8, 2008 Co-Authors Laura Bush and Her Daughter, Jenna Bush, Will Present at the National Book Festival on the National Mall Sept. 27 WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- First Lady Laura Bush and her daughter, Jenna Bush, co-authors of the book "Read All About It! More Source: tametheweb.com Date: Aug 23, 2008 Tony Tallent writes:http://yestoknow.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/207/Today I had the pleasure of attending a meeting with the Boulder Public Library Teen Advisory Board. One of the things I realized during the meeting is how far Public Libraries have come in the past 10 years or so with their More Source: Publishers Weekly Date: May 5, 2008 Librarians like Kat Kan, Robin Brenner and Mike Pawuk continue to be some of the most important boosters of the graphic novel format. More Source: articles.latimes.com Date: Apr 18, 2008 Once a month, the San Fernando Library's librarians trade their reading glasses for video-game controllers and invite children to come crank up the volume.. More Source: infoisland.org Date: Jan 23, 2008 Friday, January 25, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, 10:00 Central,9:00 Mountain, 8:00 Pacific, and 5:00 p.m. GMT/UTC/Zulu:Friday, January 25, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 2:00 Central, 1:00Mountain, noon Pacific, and 8:00 p.m. GMT/UTC/Zulu:lds for Kids, Tweens, and Teens: WhyvilleAccording to a More Source: rss.dced.utah.gov Date: Dec 27, 2007 First, another article about luring teens to the library with video games.Second, a blog post finding the whole thing creepy. Whats your view? Comment on the thread at our online More Source: libSite.org Date: Oct 28, 2007 Image <img src="http://libSite.org/sites/libsite.org/files/imagecache/reduction200x150/sites/libsite.org/files/images/altTeenServices.png" alt="altTeenServices.png" More Source: www.webjunction.org Date: Sep 22, 2007 This originally appeared in Rural Libraries Journal in 2003, and explores the reasons why libraries should serve young adults and how to go about doing so. More Source: Library Journal Date: Sep 17, 2008 Stephen Hunter's Night of Thunder, Billy Taylor's Based on the Movie, and Anne Rice's Called Out of Darkness More Source: Library Journal Date: Sep 16, 2008 Throughout the day, you'll also get up close and personal presentations of hot books for Winter and Spring 2009 from HaperCollins, Macmillan, and Playaway. More Source: Library Journal Date: Sep 15, 2008 Danny Tanzi | H2M Group Libraries are the only public facilities that provide services and access for all members of the community and that require an approach developed specifically for a library's community with regard to its building program. Many of our clients view their building projects as More Source: Library Journal Date: Aug 15, 2008 AUTHORITY CONTROL EOS International www.eosintl.com 2292 Faraday Ave., Carlsbad, CA 92008; 800-876-5484/760-431-8400/FAX 760-431-8448; info@eosintl.com EOS International offers web-based EOS.Web, a modular, scalable, and customizable library automation solution built on library and computing More Source: theshiftedlibrarian.com Date: Aug 1, 2008 Emphasis below is mine.Libraries Video Games Are Teen MagnetAlthough some parents dislike the idea of video games in libraries, the Columbus Metropolitan Library has spent $40,000 on video-game equipment in the first two years of a program to make teenagers feel more welcome in More Source: Library Journal Date: Jun 17, 2008 Gorman discussed the “radical trust” her library has established with teens, noting that mutual respect is at the core of making teens comfortable in the library, so that it potentially becomes their Third Space, and in turn allows library staff to be comfortable with them. More Source: Library Journal Date: May 15, 2008 When did it become an acceptable customer service response to try and push out an entire age group of users? Never, but that's happening at too many libraries. Can we remain transparent, open, and focused on the core value of access and still tell young people to find another place to be social More Source: Library Journal Date: May 1, 2008 Fiction Austin, Lynn . A Proper Pursuit . 14 cassettes. unabridged. 16¼ hrs. Recorded Bks. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4281-7465-8 . $98.75. F Twenty-year-old Violet Hayes returns home after graduating from a refined boarding school for young ladies to learn her father is remarrying. Her mother, whom Violet More Source: tametheweb.com Date: Apr 27, 2008 Ryan Deschamps writes:Public Libraries use gaming to attract teensThat’s not precisely true. If we have public computers, the teens are already there — gaming. Gaming programs are an attempt to channel the gaming energy into a community building experience. 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