Originally presented Thursday, February 24 with Penny Johnson, Teen & YA Services, Baraboo Library.
Libraries are attracting more and more teen patrons through programming, special collections and dedicated teen spaces. But what do your teens encounter in your library when they are outside the teen zone? Is your entire building teen-friendly?
Recommended YALSA Email Listservs:
http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/ya-yaac -- For programming ideas, professional development, etc.
http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/serving-otya -- Ideas for serving older teens and twenty-somethings
http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-bk -- All about teen books!
SLP Program Ideas (Word)
Compilation of ideas generated at the program - Summer Reading Ideas:
- A weekly prize drawing – one ticket in the drawing for each hour read.
- Two hours of reading earns a coupon from a local business
- Counting time or titles: treated the same – prizes for so many of either
- Reading Raffle: for every book read, drop a raffle ticket in box (everyone gets a prize).
- Read X number of hours, receive a first level prize. For each additional X number of hours, receive tickets for prize drawings
- Complete a Rebus Puzzle to be eligible for a weekly drawing
- Set a “community” goal. Read X number of hours collectively to earn something for the library. (Baraboo purchased a Wii and a Playstation after teens read over 200,000 minutes in Summer 2008)
Prize Ideas:
- Donations from businesses (think outside the box!)
- Upstart purchases
- Books, donated or purchased (including ARCs!)
- Freebies from conference exhibit halls
- $1.00 off fines or complete fine forgiveness
- In Baraboo, top three readers accompany Penny on a trip to Barnes & Noble in Madison to purchase books for the teen collection. The Friends pay for mileage and dinner. Books purchased have a nameplate honoring the teen selector.
