Teen Programs To Go Faith Roebuck
ShergoldWhitchurch-Stouffville Public Library Emily SmithWhitby
Public Library
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Today: Why Teen Programming? Why To Go? Our Teen Programs To Go
Your Teen Programs To Go This type of programming lends itself to
collaboration between colleagues we're looking forward to hearing
from all of you!
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Why Teen Programming? significant demographic with unique needs
2012 OPLA survey showed only 68% of libraries offer programs for
teens helps fulfill educational, recreational, developmental goals
helps teens understand the role of the library, how to use it and
its resources, and it helps cultivate lifelong library users and
supporters. allows teens to feel the library is a welcoming and
understanding place a place for them.
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Why To Go? self-directed: gives teens autonomy promotes
creativity allows programming to fit into a variety of teens'
schedules and needs non-competitive good for staffs space /
schedule constraints
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Our Teen Programs To Go
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Contests
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Teen Choice Awards
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Favourite Book Contest
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Guesses
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Book in a Jar
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Pop Can Art
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Fine Forgiveness
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Activity of the Week / To Go
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Jigsaw Puzzles
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Summer Reading
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Displays
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Get Caught Reading
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Exam Week
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Blind Date With A Book
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One Town, One Book
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Some of our other favourite ideas: #3wordbooktalk Book spine
poetry / found poetry Judge a Book By Its Cover Book Speed Dating
and lots more! Lots of programs can be edited to go
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Questions, Comments?
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Your Ideas! Self-Directed Video contest of why teens like their
library Shake it off video edit Reading bingo Haiku writing contest
International Pen Friends start with library address Writing / Art
sketchbook projects (warn and watch against lewd drawings) in
house, for borrowing, out to locations Post-its: 3 word booktalk, 6
word memoirs, postit poetry Bulletin / graffitti board simple
question What makes you happy, book recommendations, art, etc. What
does the maple leaf smell like? - $5 bill Staff dress up / dye hair
etc. Based on reaching a reading goal, etc. Other exciting programs
Sidewalk painting Volunteen intergenerational youth program tech
help Spark Youth DIY like Scouts badges for making / projects Toy
hacking Arduino / Little Bits Sewing machines/ projects Life size
Candyland (started for kids, kept for teens!) Create an Angry Bird
use teen volunteers to run kid/tween programs Outreach bring a
variety of activities- they choose what to try Gaming programs
Geocaching Clothing swap free pick from donated items for getting a
card, updating a card, bringing a friend
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Resources OPLA Teen Services Benchmarks and Statistical Report,
2013 School Library Journals Teen Librarian Toolbox: Teen
Programming Primer and Self-Directed Program Ideas
http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2011/07/a-teen-
programming-primer/
http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2014/09/tpib-self-
directed-and-free-range-program-ideas/ Search Institute: 40
Developmental Assets
http://www.search-institute.org/what-we-study/developmental-
assets
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Resources Book: Librarians Guide to Passive programming by
Emily T. Wichman. Includes program ideas and instructions on how to
duplicate them in your own library Pinterest!
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Contact Us Faith Roebuck Shergold Coordinator of Community
Engagement and Young Adult Services, Whitchurch-Stouffville Public
Library [email protected] Emily Smith Teen Services
Librarian, Whitby Public Library [email protected]
Pinterest profile: http://www.pinterest.com/bookaddict31/ Teen
programming board:
http://www.pinterest.com/bookaddict31/teen-program-ideas/