Survey for Kids in Grades 6-12

Help Martha figure out what you want in the library. We’re planning a new space and new programs. What would you like to see in a new Teen Space here in the library? Take a few minutes to respond to this survey so we can begin to make plans to make THIS library YOUR library!

“(Librarians) are subversive. You think they’re just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They’re like, plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn’t mess with them.”
-Michael Moore

Don’t write your name. We need to know your age and where you go to school.

1.	How old are you?
2.	What school do you go to?
3.	During this past school year, how many times have you used this library?
4.	What do you like the most about our library?
5.	What do you like the least about our library?
6.	What would make the library a better place for you?
How do you spend your time after school and on weekends? Put a check next to all the statements that are true.
•	I study and do homework
•	I hang out with friends
•	I have a job
•	I use the internet
•	I read
•	I am usually at home right after school
•	I am sometimes bored 
•	I am involved in sports
•	I play music
•	I have extra curricular activities at school
•	I am usually outside
•	I spend time on a hobby
•	I am with my family
•	I spend much time alone
•	I spend much time with others
•	I go to the mustard seed or the juice bar
•	I go to the library

If you used the library within this past school year, answer the following question by
putting a check next to all statements that are true for you.

•	I borrowed books or books on tape/cd
•	I borrowed videos/dvds
•	I borrowed recorded music on DVDs
•	I came to a library program
•	I looked for information that I needed for school
•	I looked for information about a product I wanted to buy
•	I looked for information about health
•	I looked for information about a job
•	I looked for information about a school or college
•	I used a computer and/or the internet
•	I came to meet a friend or to hang out.
•	Other (please describe)______________________
Please put a check mark next to all of the statements that are true for you:
•	I like to go to the library.
•	I rarely go to the library.
•	I don’t go to the library at all
•	If there were a real Teen Space at the library, I would go the library more often.
•	I go to the library for help with school projects
•	I have gone to teen activities sponsored by the library
•	I would go to teen activities at the library if I knew about them
•	I would go to teen activities at the library if a friend invited me to go
•	I have visited the library website

Tell us what you would draw you into the library. Which of the following activities would be most interesting to you? Rate your interest in each idea on the basis of 1, 2, or 3:
1….No interest
2…Maybe I would
3…Absolutely. I would DEFINITELY want to 

____Computer gaming. Library provides space, food and games
____Publishing a Teen E-Zine
____Maintaining and creating teens pages on the library website
____Learning graphic design
____Learning to put together a Power Point presentation
____Volunteering to help older adults learn basic compter skills
____Learning video production
____Getting one-on-one help with writing and reading skills or homework
____ Joining a homework club.  Library supplies snacks and space and help if needed
____Forming a friendship/interest based book group
____Participating in or attending an open mike night
____Forming a writers’/poets’ group
____Attending workshops in art, theater or photography
____Attending a dance class
____Attending a yoga class
____Reading to young children
____Tutoring peers or younger children
____Joining our Teen Advisory Board
____Joining Youth in Library Service
Add any other ideas that you might have!