Links to fact sheets and program templates from Project L.I.F.T., a Pima Public Library (Tucson, AZ) family literacy outreach program for teen parents in Tucson and Pima County which aims bring reading and reading-related activities into the daily lives of teen parents, their babies and extended families.

Lessons learned from two libraries include how to attract teens to and keep teens interested in your library, promote an atmosphere of inclusion for your teens and your library staff, and develop successful library programs.

Links to blogs, reports, briefs, handouts, and programmatic resources on the subject of reading initiatives and summer reading in particular

This is a list of the recommended best magazines for young adults/juveniles from some public libraries and media centers in the SELCO region. Please feel free to add and suggest other titles as you see fit!

Final summary of the first session of Carvers Bay Digital Arts Experience (DAE).

Overview of a reading program geared for children and adults with a goal for participants to read 25 books or for 25 days or for 25 hours.

Laramie County's adaptation of Salt Lake County Library's successful Camp Fun-to-Read program.

Rick Orsillo, Teen Services Librarian from the King County Library System offers this comprehensive list of the challenges, benefits and opportunities of running a teen advisory board.

Chapter 1 from Teen Spaces, Second Ed. (2008 ALA Editions), that introduces how to recognize teen behavior and needs, likes and dislikes, in order to understand what is necessary and appropriate for the ideal young adult area.