Connecting Young Adults and Libraries Ten Vehicles 1.
Administrative support 2. Collections 3. Outreach 4. Programs 5.
Promotion 6. School cooperation 7 Spaces 8. Special projects 9.
Technology 10. Youth involvement
Slide 3
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Hammond
Public Library Teen Pizza Game Night After Hours Program Battle of
The Bands program held outside Funded by Friends of the Library and
planned with Teen Advisory Board
Slide 4
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Programs @
Clinton Public Library Movie nights (teens help pick and snacks),
craft days (especially during the winter), and summer reading
program (reached out to schools, partnered with middle school
program where students win prizes and CASH!!). Teens 11 18 read
over 38,000 pages for the middle school.
Slide 5
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Programs @
St Joe County Friendship Bracelet program was run by teens.
Slide 6
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Youth
involvement @Jasper Public Library Summer teen volunteer program
helped out. This past year did reading buddy programs. Teens would
sign up to read on Mondays to younger children, who would sign up.
Very successful. Teens enjoyed it, and continued to show up.
Programs @ Jasper Public Library Instant winner: put stop on
certain books, if teen checked out book, would win something.
Slide 7
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Youth
involvement @ Perry County Youth advisory group Art Show @ Orlean
Partner with high school art department, open house were parents
were invited.
Slide 8
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Graphic
novel and manga collection @ Auburn Started with just 30, with over
1,000 graphic novel collection. High circulation, but be prepared
for pitfalls of missing titles and high loss rate. Scavenger Hunt @
Auburn Theme of the first one was Survivor, second was Beach
scavenger hunt. Set up six stations, have to use library books to
find clues in order to do the activity. Kids dressed up in
costumes.
Slide 9
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Programs /
Admin Support @ Johnson County Public Library Formed YA committee
made up of adult librarians and children librarian, one from each
branch. Meet once a month to discuss system-wide programs. Programs
@ Johnson County Public Library Professional ghost storyteller /
ghost hunter during Teen Read Week. Successful in one branch,
brought it back.
Slide 10
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Programs @
Johnson County Acting workshop conducted by library staff member /
community theater member.
Slide 11
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Spaces @
Goshen Public Library Friends helped established YA area with 10K
gift. Programs @ IMCPL Teen work with published artist to create a
comic book, each teen had different tasks. Was supposed to last
only one month, still going on until October.
Slide 12
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Fuel Up for
Finals / Program @ Goshen Volunteer tutors from local colleges
brought in to help students during final week. And food!
Slide 13
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Programs @
IMCPL Central programmer prepared material for poetry slam, staff
reluctant to participate, but teens took it over. Success lead to a
grant / monthly program ideas came from brainstorming with teens.
Sidewalk slam: could write poems / draw art on sidewalk which
included working with artist. Frame art work. This lead to
revamping teen area, which gives it unique look. Organized school
club (poetry club) came to event and wants to continue to help out.
Forthcoming is program on urban legends. Problem teen showed up at
program, and asked when program would be repeated.
Slide 14
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Program @
Westfield X-box game: hooked up two x-boxes together, shown on
projector, and they played against each other. Game was Halo. Also
Battle of the Bands, and henna tattoo. Success breeds success.
Slide 15
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Program @
TCPL Friendship dinner for Valentine Day, complete with jazz band
playing in meeting room.
Slide 16
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Programs @
Monroe County Garage Band event: get out of the way of good people
and let them do their jobs. More attention that paid to it by
administration. Spaces in library designed so teen can hang out. No
need for signs.
Slide 17
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Collections
@ New Castle Starting from scratch to build a collection / space.
Has created excitement about graphic novel collection.
Slide 18
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA School
cooperation @ IMCPL Public library staff go to frosh orientation:
free card replacement, waive fines, etc. School cooperation @
Crawdsfordville Shows us during school lunch to promote programs
and do booktalks. (Reading Rave)
Slide 19
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Youth
involvement @ Carmel Clay Entire library staff keeps teens in mind
to do tasks for each library department, such as feng sui the
library instead of shifting and cleaning books.
Slide 20
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Technology
@ Greentown Public Teach new students how to use INSPIRE service,
then do a scavenger hunt using this tool
Slide 21
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES FROM INDIANA Programs @
Westfield Intergenerational program of teens reading to seniors in
nursing homes. YAHOO program; funded by United Way youth as
resources.
Slide 22
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA Youth
Involvement @ North Liberty Community Library, North Liberty Hired
a teen library assistant and gave him responsibility for updating
library webpage (his brother designed the original webpage as a
teen volunteer)
Slide 23
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA @ Mount Vernon.
For our YA book discussion group we receive financial support from
a local bank who provides the money to purchase each member their
own copy of the books that we discuss to keep.
Slide 24
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA @Coralville
Public Library Our TAB members wrote the script and put together a
commercial to promote this years summer reading program. The citys
cable guy agreed to film and edit it. We will be showing it at the
junior high school during morning announcements and also on the
city cable network.
Slide 25
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA
Promotion@Monticello Elementary School. Took pictures of all the
kindergarteners and first graders with their favorite books. Also
included all school personnel, secretaries, cooks, custodians. Put
up a bulletin board before parent teacher conferences that said
Check Us Out. Kids loved finding their pictures.
Slide 26
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA
Promotion@Jefferson High School (C.R.). Read In for Teen Read Week.
Students read throughout the day, 1,000 attendance for one day.
Librarian dresses up as character. Staff serves snacks. Display of
teachers favorite books is popular. Students entertained with
dramatized poetry this year.
Slide 27
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA @Wilton Public
Library. Developed a Reading Buddy Program during the summer
partnering Teen Board members with students in Title I reading.
Each week during June and July the students meet with their partner
for half an hour to read and discuss books.
Slide 28
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA
Programs@Betttendorf Public Library/Iowa Role Playing Group meets
every other weekend for 3 hours. They play D&D, BattleTech,
etc. Library is responsible for meeting room, promotion and
photocopies. Teens run the games. Group has been in existence for
well over 5 years.
Slide 29
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA Programs@Cedar
Rapids Public Library Mystery Pizza Program: We got cheese pizzas
donated by seven pizza places and then the kids guessed who made
which pizza. This program attracted more boys than girls. We also
did a craft program while results were being tabulated. We got good
reviews from those participating.
Slide 30
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA Promotion @ Bet.
Send press release to student newspaper.
Slide 31
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA Programs @
Donate books to pay off fines.
Slide 32
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA Spaces /
promotion @ Turn books into snickers: make them attractive,
available, and they will go out
Slide 33
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA @ North English
Public Library Partner with high school, formed a youth advisory
group for school library (during school year) and at public
library: do surveys, develop collections, etc.
Slide 34
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA @ North Liberty
Local political types spoke with kids, also feed kids (Leaders are
Readers); schools got extra credit at some schools for
attending
Slide 35
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA @ Local papers
cartoonist did a workshop, which lead to interest in reading
newspaper (Newspapers in Education)
Slide 36
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA @ Summer reading
program prize be librarian for a day get to behind the desk, go
shopping, buy stuff.
Slide 37
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICES IN IOWA Collections@
Bondurant Community Library Nintendo Game Cube Player and about 15
games to go with it. Youth, esp. boys ages 8-15 come to library
regularly to have gameplay time, and from timt to time they
checkout materials and read the magazines, esp. GameInformer &
Nintendo Power
Slide 38
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICE Administrative support @
Hennepin County Library. To prepare for Teen Read Week, Library
Director send memo to managers urging support of projects and
programs by making services to teen a priority during the month of
October.
Slide 39
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICE Collections @ several
libraries. Developed collections of graphic formats. These include
individual comic book periodicals, graphic novels, collections of
comics, and Japanese animation. Comic collections may attract
younger male readers.
Slide 40
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICE Collections @ Dakota
County Library. Large young adult nonfiction area with lots of star
biographies, coping type titles, pop culture, college guides, and
other topics. Primarily trade books in paperback rather than from
library focused publishers.
Slide 41
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICE Collections / youth
involve @ Pine- Richland HS Teen Read Week survivor contest: vote
the book off the island
Slide 42
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries BEST PRACTICE Collections
@ Anoka County Library. Developed a strong collection of
inspirational fiction, primarily in response to demands of teens
and their parents. This was also found at many other libraries, but
seemed very popular and well focused in particular at Anoka.
Slide 43
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICE Collections/spaces @
several libraries. The shelving of magazines of interest to young
adults directly in the young adult section, normally on face out
shelving which allows covers to shown.
Slide 44
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICE Outreach @ Carver County.
Library has developed connections with a wide range of agencies
which also serve teens, such as the workforce center, a program for
teen mothers (New Beginnings), GED/ESL classes, key contacts in the
mental health community, Juvenile Detention Center including
donations of materials, and Scott/Carver educational
community/alternative high school
Slide 45
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries BEST PRACTICE Programs @
Chess club
Slide 46
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICE Program @ Mokena Public
Library Teen coffee house program: Held in activity room. Food and
drink. Wednesdays after school.
Slide 47
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICE Spaces @ S.Library
Covered drinks
Slide 48
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICE Special Projects @
Stillwater Public Library Received funding from the Arts Council
for an arts project work with artist to create large scale puppets,
involving students ages 8 14. Student then used puppet during
summer to put on programs at library and in the community
Slide 49
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http://www.connectingya.com BEST PRACTICE Technology @ Hennepin
County Library. Development of the Teen Links centers at each
branch provides teen with computers near/in YA areas with Internet
access, including Teen Links web page filled with links for
homework, and word processing software. Teen Links under revision
with assistance of group of teen volunteers.
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries Outreach: Serve parenting
and pregnant teens developed program where students would read
stories to kindergartners.
Slide 53
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries Program: Card and comic
book club on Saturday afternoons. Kids trade with each other and
with library. Play card games such as magic the gathering. Door
prizes and refreshments.
Slide 54
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries Spaces: Contest to
bulletin board: librarians gave a theme and students created the
artwork.
Slide 55
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROGRAM LSTA grant buy
dig cameras; grades 4 8; set up eye-spy teams with local
historians; took photos of historic sites: zoom in, wrote clues; on
the web.
Slide 56
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries TECHNOLOGY During summer,
using Gates computers. Offered training beyond use of the Internet
to use programs loaded on computers. Instruction in use: classes
they could sign-up.
Slide 57
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries YOUTH INVOLVEMENT T-shirt
decoration: teens create their own t- shirts to wear when they
volunteer.
Slide 58
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROGRAMS Contacted by
historical society to do a program with an inner city branch.
Activities, and also performer coming in costume. Tie in with Ohio
history learning requirement.
Slide 59
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries SCHOOL COOP Program in
schools a brown bag lunch program with middle school. Visiting
twice a month, book discussion group over lunch. Library buys
paperbacks for students. Librarian presented an award to teacher
who organized project.
Slide 60
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROMOTION Poster
designing contest for the summer reading program theme. Anime style
was the winner: got used on the public relations materials. Teen
was then hired to work at branch.
Slide 61
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROMOTION For Teen Read
Week, photographer took pix of teens in various locations which
were then used in libraries with slogans on them.
Slide 62
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries Technology Teen Arcade in
Gates training room
Slide 63
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries Promotion Every time a
teen attends a program or volunteers, ask them to give email
address and get invites to school programs.
Slide 64
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROGRAMS / YOUTH INVOLVE
Last September turned volunteens in puppet performing troupe
(puppet teens). Help prepare scripts, make props, develop scenery,
and perform.
Slide 65
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROGRAMS LIBRA teens only
summer reading program. Teens complete a reading log, book review,
and/or trivia fun sheets, (reading, write, and solve) Have to be
going into 5 th grade or up (age 11).Primary participants are ages
11 - 15, both genders.
Slide 66
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROGRAMS Developed a
Mother and daughter book club. Program recognizes fact found in
many suburban library systems that parents must be involved or be
supportive of teen programs if they are to provide
transportation.
Slide 67
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROGRAMS. Poetry contest
in the spring. YAs could submit two poems. Capped off by an open
mike night to announce winners (Friends group supply prizes). Over
70 Yas attended last event. Success due to teachers getting
involved and interested. Also lead to the publication of the
compiled poems. Short story contest following same plan in the
summer.
Slide 68
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROGRAMS. Teen Art Show
had over 100 entries. Art put on display in YA area and all over
the library. Reception held to honor artists drew over 75 people to
the library in the summer.
Slide 69
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROGRAMS Book discussion
groups at the held during the summer. Teens read books, discuss,
and have interacted with authors via telephone. One group member
now leads a book discussion group for younger kids.
Slide 70
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROGRAMS Developed system
wide summer reading program based on the number of pages read,
which allows teens to allowing to read anything, including books
they read younger children. Goal is 600 pages. Prizes were selected
by young adults.
Slide 71
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROGRAMS Library has
developed a close relationship with Girl Scouts. Scouts have done
story times in the library where Scouts read to kids as parents
were talking with WIC staff. Girl Scouts have done a craft project
and a local history project. Girl Scouts do project cleaning
books.
Slide 72
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROMOTION For Teen Read
Week, librarians cooperated with cable access channel and high
school to produce 30 second spots about using the library featuring
leaders from local high school.
Slide 73
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROMOTION The Librarys
Public Information Office has developed mailing lists to promote
teen programs which include schools, churches, and youth
organizations.
Slide 74
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROMOTION Developed
partnership with parks and recreation department. In their
promotional materials, they advertise library programs. Similar
programs with community education to promote library programs.
Slide 75
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries SCHOOL COOP In September,
push library cards with a table at open houses and parent/teacher
nights. Also, send library card applications to all the media
centers. Students can return completed application to media center,
media center gets them to library, and then staff processes and
mail cards to students.
Slide 76
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries SCHOOL COOP During the
spring, students from Richfield Middle visit the Southdale Library
on field trips for information literacy instruction and to use
collection. Also used opportunity to conduct focus groups to
solicit opinions about methods to improve library services to young
adults.
Slide 77
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries SPECIAL PROJECTS Systems
Library has become involved in community wide grants to develop
after school programs and/or increase student achievement.
Slide 78
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries SPECIAL PROJECTS Received
funding from the Arts Council for an arts project work with artist
to create large scale puppets, involving students ages 8 14. Worked
with special program at high school off campus supply two teen
interns who interested in art and education
Slide 79
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries OUTREACH Library has
developed outreach programs with a wide range of agencies which
also serve teens, such as the workforce center, a program for teen
mothers (New Beginnings), GED/ESL classes, key contacts in the
mental health community, Juvenile Detention Center including
donations of materials, and educational community/alternative high
school
Slide 80
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries SCHOOL COOP One branch
worked with a nearby Catholic school which assigns student to read
genre fiction. Library helped develop list and promoted titles with
series of booktalks at the school.
Slide 81
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries YOUTH INVOLVE Loose leaf
notebook: kids made suggestions of books they wanted to read, and
also wrote reviews of books, positive and negative.
Slide 82
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROGRAMS PSAT study
night: tips on how to take the PSAT. Teacher from Kaplan.
Slide 83
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries YOUTH INVOLVE Teen summer
volunteer programs which allow teens opportunity to manage
childrens summer reading program, help with programming duties,
assist with shelving juvenile materials, and other tasks. Most
successful are those which allow teens opportunity to be
creative.
Slide 84
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries YOUTH INVOLVE One branch
designed a suggestion box to put in the teen area with form
stating: we listen to you for suggestions of titles, genres, and
music. Titled ordered through the suggestions are put on
display.
Slide 85
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries YOUTH INVOLVE. Library
publishes zines filled with artwork, reviews, poetry, and short
fiction. These are created and edited by small groups of teenagers,
primarily high school students which are then distributed to area
schools.
Slide 86
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries YOUTH INVOLVE / SCHOOL
COOP. Internship program developed with Service Learning
Coordinator where high school student learns about collection
development and assist with other special projects for course
credit. Expanded to another branch involving grant to hire two
teens to assist youth librarian in all aspects of serving
teens.
Slide 87
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries PROGRAMS.Sleepovers at
the library; issued library cards, story times, food, and staff
involvement. Staff was there to supervise. 11 and 12 year old who
were not primarily library users.
Slide 88
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries SCHOOL COOP. Although at
the low end of young adult age range, library visits every 5th
grade class during the fall to promote childrens book week with 30
minute presentations about the library, including booktalks.
Teachers like the visits with normally begin with a letter to
principal, then a follow-up phone call to set schedule with
secretary or librarian
Slide 89
Your best practices Ten Vehicles 1. Administrative support 2.
Collections 3. Outreach 4. Programs 5. Promotion 6. School
cooperation 7 Spaces 8. Special projects 9. Technology 10. Youth
involvement
Slide 90
www.connectingya.com Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
Patrick Jones http://www.connectingya.com THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO
PLAN DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL AGE PROGRAM:
Slide 91
www.connectingya.com For your consideration- Things Change
(Walker and Company, April 2004)
Slide 92
www.connectingya.com Walker Books for Young Readers
http://www.walkeryoungreaders.com/ nailed by Patrick Jones (coming
April 2006)
Slide 93
www.connectingya.com Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
Patrick Jones http://www.connectingya.com Develop action plans
Review objectives For more info: Connecting 3 rd edition One
booktalk
Slide 94
www.connectingya.com For more information: Connecting Young
Adults and Libraries: A How-To-Do-It Manual, Third Edition By
Patrick Jones, Michele Gorman, and Tricia Suellentrop Neal-Schuman,
July 2004 1-55570-508-1. 8 1/2 x 11. 438 pp.
Slide 95
www.connectingya.com Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
Patrick Jones http://www.connectingya.com Consulting, training, and
coaching for providing powerful youth services including library
card campaigns and web projects [email protected]