Young Adults & Teens
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Today's young adults experience life with or without their library but as your community members transition from childhood to adulthood, you and your library can play a significant role in building life-long learners and library fans. Explore all facets of serving young adults and teens in your community including outreach, collection development, programming, teen volunteers and gaming.
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Get Schooled Virtual Summer Book Club
News / Last Modified: 18 June 2013
The Virtual Summer Book Club is a national, two month reading challenge across public library teen groups and individual teens. During the challenge, teens will log on to the Get Schooled website weekly for inspiration and engage in point-earning
.....Teaming Up with Teens @ Your Library
Webinar / Last Modified: 05 June 2013
Archive and related resources from October 25, 2011 webinar with Diane Tuccillo and Kelly M. Johnson on getting teens involved and engaged with your library.
Teen Council By-Laws and Policy
Document / Last Modified: 26 March 2013
The Teen Council from Van Alstyne Public Library, Texas, share these policy and by-laws documents they use to run their council.
Booktalking Resources
Document / Last Modified: 28 January 2013
A list of print and online resources on booktalking.
Young Adults Deserve the Best
Webinar / Last Modified: 18 January 2013
Archive and associated resources for November 23, 2010, webinar with Sarah Flowers on competencies for serving teens in libraries.
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