LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Over 1500 RSS librarian sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the Young Adults interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:53:00 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://hhsmedia.blogspot.com/2010/02/read-all-about-it.html Loooking for something to read today? Teen Tribune features articles and stories written for teens, by teens. Be sure to check out this insightful article published by one of our Hurricane writers! (Source: Huntingtown High School Library Media Center) Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:00:00 +0100 819508 http://hhsmedia.blogspot.com/2009/12/make-reading-resolution.html I’m posting this entry just in time for the New Year-- reflecting on my favorite books of 2009 while resolving to read many more in 2010.As the year draws to a close, top picks emerge in annual “best of” lists everywhere. The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) encourages teens to nominate and select their favorite books annually. In 2009, Paper Towns by John Green won the “teen’s choice” award with the most votes.Have you read it yet?Whether you're a fan of books that are romantic or realistic, fantasy-based or futuristic; be sure to check out YALSA's entire list of 2009 Teens’ Top Ten . You can also see Maryland's 2009 Black Eyed Susan nominees for great suggestions. Most of these titles are available to borrow in our HHS media center. Happy New Year! (Source: Huntingtown High School Library Media Center) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 804433 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/11/first-library-express-machine-in-the-u-s-outside-of-california-now-operational-24x7/ The Scarsdale Public Library in Westchester County, NY (outside of NYC) has its automated Library Express machine working 24×7. According to the Westchester.com: {It’s] an ATM-style book-lending machine that permits cardholders to take out and return books 24×7…. The machine is not at the library building but rather at the Scarsdale train station allowing for easy access by commuters and others. “The Library Express meets the needs of many in our community who want to borrow books, but simply don’t have the time to come to the library,” said Joyce Hirsch, President, Scarsdale Library Board. [Snip] All Westchester Library System cardholders can borrow books, which must be returned to the same kiosk, via Library Express. It is stocked with new popular fiction, non-fiction, children’s and teen books. Selections are made by the library staff and rotated frequently to appeal to a variety of readers. Users simply scan their library card into the machine and search for items by genre or by viewing the entire list. Books are dispensed in a clear plastic container along with a receipt, and must be returned to the machine in the same container. The other machines in the U.S. are in Contra Costa County, CA., Yuba County, CA. You can also find them in Scandinavian countries as well as Saudi Arabia. Library Express was developed in Europe. This FAQ from the Scarsdale Public Library offers a bit more info about how it all works. Source: Westchester.com, Scarsdale Public Library (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:36:37 +0100 825624 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/03/11/how-sexy-is-your-bible Here’s another one of those coincidences with the same topic popping up in different contexts throughout the day. On my way in to work one day last week, I heard a story on the radio (via the BBC) talking about how children are becoming more sexualized. I wouldn’t have thought this was possible, but the report described how, for decades, society has told little girls that they need to be thin and pretty. But recently, society has ramped up this message, telling them they need to be thin and pretty and sexually-attractive to boys. It seemed to say that now it’s not just about looks, but that sex appeal is also required. Later at work, our Teen Librarian asked me if I’d heard of a “princess bible.” I hadn’t, so I looked it up, and sure enough they are for sale. Our reactions were the same, and echoed the point of the radio show earlier: isn’t this an odd mixture of religion and sassy sexy self-image? Not necessarily, of course, because I know my niece likes Disney princesses, and that is totally innocent. Perhaps I’m just being over-sensitive on the little girl sex angle. Maybe it’s just the marketing gimmicky feel of it I don’t like - it seems akin to using a cartoon camel to peddle cigarette to children. I guess I just question what this princess message is trying to appeal to in young girls - and whether that should be necessary to sell Bibles. It seems a bit at odds with the pious modesty of Christianity. Interestingly, this book appears in WorldCat. And just for a counter-point, BoingBoing reports that Campus atheists offer free porn in exchange for Bibles. I guess there’s more than one way to connect religion and sex. (Source: herzogbr.net blog) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:49:49 +0100 825486 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=White_Plains_Valhalla_and_surroundings__Greenburgh_Public_--- The Greenburgh Public Library offers: •BookNews-a teen book recommendation service featuring reviews of books selected by Greenburgh teen librarians. (Source: pligg - all) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:20 +0100 825478 http://kidslit.menashalibrary.org/2010/03/11/hilary-duff-author/ Image via Wikipedia Hilary Duff has signed a multi-book deal with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.  The first novel, Elixir, will be published in October of this year.  There is also a nonfiction title in the deal which will be about divorce.  It is due to be published in 2012. Once again we can hope that a celebrity can actually write. Related articles by Zemanta Hilary Duff to write young adult book series (seattletimes.nwsource.com) Tell Us A Story, Duffster! (perezhilton.com) (Source: Kids Lit) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825643 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/KAKJ3vKm9_4/book-review-musicians-daughter.html The Musician's Daughter by Susanne DunlapClick on the cover to find a library copy.SUMMARY: Amid the glitter and glamour of musical and court life in 18th century Vienna, fifteen-year-old Theresa Maria Shurman is trying to solve a brutal mystery. Who killed her father, an acclaimed violinist, and stole his valuable Amati violin? When Haydn himself offers her a position as his assistant, it gives Theresa access to life in the palace–and to a world of deceit. Theresa uncovers blackmail and extortion even as she discovers courage and honor in unexpected places: from a Gypsy camp on the banks of the Danube, to the rarefied life of the imperial family. And she feels the stirrings of a first, tentative love for someone who is as deeply involved in the mystery as she is. (from the Amazon.com Product Description)OPINION: Theresa lives in comfort, if not style, until the day her musician father is murdered. Left with just her very pregnant mother and a younger brother, Theresa realizes that they have no money and little future without him. Theresa is duty-bound to hold her family together by making an advantageous marriage, but puts everything at risk to pursue the mystery of her father's death. The complicated political situation that emerges does threaten to overwhelm the story at times. I think it would have helped to know more about the geography and politics of the time to really understand the plot that Theresa uncovers. Nonetheless, you don't have to be a student of history to enjoy this story. With descriptions of clothes and court life, plenty of heart-pounding narrow escapes, and just a hint of romance, this book is a quick read. I recommend it for middle and high school girls who like their historical fiction on the light side. (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:03:47 +0100 825258 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/Qbj83Z2mhwM/coming-to-shelf-near-you.html Here are the newest books in the teen section: FICTIONMegan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys by Kate BrianTake Me There by Susane ColasantiGoth Girl Rising by Barry LygaThe Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness (second copy)Saving Zoe by Alyson NoelSea of Love by Jamie PontiDeadly Little Lies by Laurie Faria Stolarz (Touch series)Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz (Touch series)The Diamond Secret by Suzanne Weyn (Once Upon a Time series)SHORT STORIESImmortal: Love Stories with Bite edited by P. C. CastNONFICTIONMath Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail by Danica McKellar (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:30:33 +0100 825257 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/NHDMeexBUPc/ala-diversity-research-grants.html The ALA Office for Diversity and the Diversity Research Grants Advisory Committee seek proposals for the Diversity Research Grant program. Applicants must be current ALA members and 2010 proposals must address one of three identified topics:* Upward mobility of Library Leaders from Underrepresented Populations* Information Services and Collections for Diverse Children and Young Adults* Libraries and the Meaning of MulticulturalismThe Diversity Research Grant consists of a one-time $2,000 award for original research and a $500 travel grant to attend and present at the 2011 ALA Annual Conference (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:36:50 +0100 825270 http://keptup.typepad.com/academic/2010/03/waiting-is-the-hardest-part-for-prospective-students.html This time of year, most high-school seniors have done the grueling work of researching higher education opportunities, and filling out and sending in applications to their college choices. Now comes what is probably the most stressful phase of the college application process -- waiting to hear back. Teens can lose sleep with the pressing uncertainty about the next phase of life: "Will they accept me or reject me? Will I get wait-listed? How do I choose between two schools if they both admit me?" The wait can be especially angst-filled for ambitious students who aim for top Ivy League schools and their equivalents. Read more at: (Source: The Kept-Up Academic Librarian) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825279 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/03/meet-our-local-artists.html A Series of Conversations and DemonstrationsMarch 15 – April 910:00 amThe Hotel Plaza Real125 Washington Avenue,½ block off the PlazaCity of Santa Fe Creative Tourism and Heritage Hotels Announce “Meet Our Local Artists”. The Hotel Plaza Real will host artists participating in the Creative Tourism Initiative for a series of demonstrations and conversations offered free to the public. Starting at 10:00 a.m., Monday through Friday, March 15 – April 9, artists will provide a demonstration or presentation about their art form, followed by informal conversation.All demonstrations are free and open to the public.Week 1March 15 - Flute Building - Kokopelli Music and FlutesMarch 16 - Etched Glass - Dobbins StudiosMarch 17 - Fiber Arts - Marguerite WilsonMarch 18 - Pastel Mixed Media - Jane Shoenfeld, Art Adventures in the SouthwestMarch 19 - Black Etched Tin - Sharon CandelarioWeek 2March 22 - Photography - Dave RobinsonMarch 23 - Encaustic Painting - Teena RobinsonMarch 24 - Watercolors - Sandy CullerMarch 25 - Sculpture - John Sherrill HouserMarch 26 - Camera Obscura - Jackie MatheyWeek 3March 29 - Mixed Media - Becki BanetMarch 30 - Porcelain - Heidi LoewenMarch 31 - Collage - Elizabeth MeshApril 1 - Monotype - Jennie CooleyApril 2 - Glass - Julie DeFeoWeek 4April 5 - Acrylic Painting - Sandra Duran WilsonApril 6 - Glass - Betsy EhrenbergApril 7 - Mixed Media - Carol CoatesApril 8 - Fiber Arts - Liane BrownApril 9 - Flute Building - Kokopelli Music and FlutesThe City of Santa Fe is continuing to work with artists and arts businesses to further develop the organization and promotion of workshops that allow visitors to experience Santa Fe in a hands-on fashion. Partnerships and collaborations with the hospitality industry and other entities are welcomed. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825106 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/09/new-yalsa-releases-updated-competencies-for-youth-librarians/ Access the Updated Competencies from YALSA Also available as a PDF (8 pages). From the Announcement: The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) revised Young Adults Deserve the Best: Competencies for Serving Youth, a set of guidelines first published in 2004. The competencies were streamlined and updated to reflect changes in youth services over the past five years. YALSA developed the competencies for individuals and institutions, offering librarians guidelines for providing quality library service in collaboration with teenagers and giving libraries a framework to improve overall service capacities and increase public value to their respective communities, The competencies are divided into seven areas: leadership and professionalism, knowledge of client group, communication, administration, knowledge of materials, access to information and services. “The competencies needed to be fine-tuned in order to better reflect the world that teens and teen librarians live in,” said YALSA President Linda W. Braun. “We wanted to provide librarians, administrators, library school educators, library school students, trainers and so on with a document that can easily be incorporated into planning for and evaluating of high-quality teen services.” Access the Updated Competencies from YALSA Also available as a PDF (8 pages). Source: YALSA / ALA (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:52:28 +0100 824992 http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/rss.php?job_id=6076 27 hours/week, includes evenings and Saturdays. YA/Teen Services * Directs, plans, organizes, implements, and evaluates services to teens, including duties essential to the daily operation of the Teen Room. * Delivers reference, reader's advisory, and library orientation services to children, young adults, parents, teachers, and others. Instructs individuals and groups in the use of the library and resources such as the Internet, electronic databases, and emerging technologies. Uses technology to communicate with teens virtually. * Selects, evaluates, purchases, and weeds young adult materials in accordance with the allocated departmental budget, community needs, and professional standards. Analyzes collection use patterns. * Works with Library Director to plan and provide programs that best use the resources of the library, meet the needs and interests of the teen community, and promote library use. * Involves teens in planning and implementing services and selecting materials for their age group through active Teen Advisory Board. Maintains knowledge about the diversity of the teen community. Develops programs and acquires materials appropriate to their needs. * Initiates outreach to schools, youth centers, and other community groups. Establishes contacts and collaborates with these groups, particularly relevant to programming ideas. * Trains library staff in issues related to teens. * Promotes, publicizes, and represents teen services and the library to the community in cooperation with other library departments. * Sets short and long term goals and objectives for teen services as part of the overall library service plan. Analyzes current trends and issues affecting teens and incorporates these findings into overall services to this age group. * Advocates for teens in library discussions of policy, services and budget. May identify and work with the Director in pursuing grant and/or other funding possibilities. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:43:35 +0100 824871 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/iopWiqh7how/eric-hill-spot-the-dog The author and illustrator of the perennially popular Spot stories shows how he draws 'my little puppy' and explains how fell into writing the books almost by accident. Photographs by Martin Godwin and Ladybird (Source: Guardian Unlimited Books) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:21 +0100 824852 http://lisnews.org/world_without_public_libraries On the whole, I'm not much of a book reader. Most of my reading is done online; I read a handful of books every year, mostly non-fiction, based on various whims. Right now, I'm reading The World Without Us, a captivating exploration about how the world would revert (or not revert) back to a pre-human emergence. Some of these things have been dramatized into a series on the History Channel by a different name, providing the added element of CGI to show how buildings would collapse, infrastructure would fail, nature reclaims the suburbs, and how all that would remain for future archeologists is our stainless steel cookware. For the scientist in me, it's fascinating to see everything humans have made becoming undone by the natural forces of this world. So, in touching upon the premise of the book, I thought, "What would the world be like without libraries?" How would our demise come? Unlike the book, which asks the reader to suspend disbelief and accept the total sudden disappearance of humankind, I cannot propose nor fathom asking the same for libraries. In attempting to avoid hyperbole, I think the mechanisms of the library’s demise have already proven themselves present. It will not come through lack of innovation or adoption of technology or practices; our relevance and willingness to change in this digital information age has certainly been established. No, the end will come as it has for some libraries over the past two years: through budget cuts. Funding for all library types (public, academic, school, and special) has hung in the balance for the last couple of years after budgets tighten and communities and companies look to trim their expenditures. You need go no further than typing in the words “library budget” in a Google News search to see the current toll that is being exacted.  One problem, as I see it, is that the library as a community service does not fit nicely into any government spending niche. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:47:19 +0100 824748 http://bb.lori.ri.gov//viewtopic.php?t=8087&sid=d6d7d55f680989cf708425e503c18654 (Source: LORI Discussions Groups :: View Forum - Jobline -- to post, send email to webmaster@lori.ri.gov) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824728 http://bb.lori.ri.gov//viewtopic.php?t=8104&sid=d6d7d55f680989cf708425e503c18654 (Source: LORI Discussions Groups :: View Forum - Jobline -- to post, send email to webmaster@lori.ri.gov) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824713 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/VVBd1XshIrI/endometriosis-hilary-mantel-women-health The "debilitating illness" (Teen motherhood not all bad, says Mantel, 1 March) from which Hilary Mantel suffers has a name: endometriosis. She has made no secret of suffering from it, having documented its horrific course in her biographical book Giving up the Ghost.As this is Endometriosis Awareness Week, perhaps you'll admit that a disease from which up to one in 10 women silently suffer, wrecking lives, families and fertility, deserves to be given a name. The cause and cure of endometriosis remain unknown partly due to its lack of profile compared with other complaints which don't involve the apparently still taboo subject of menstruation.Activities around Endometriosis Awareness week may be found at www.endometriosis.org. The point is to stop this "debilitating illness" which has already left too many women childless, or otherwise coping with intolerable pain. I know, I happen to be one of the statistics.Diana Wallis MEPLib Dem, Yorkshire and the HumberEndometriosisWomenHealthHilary Mantelguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds (Source: Guardian Unlimited Books) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:05:01 +0100 824699 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lansinglibraryteen/podcast/~3/jqYLBdUv-Bo/march-book-of-month.html From School Library Journal, 10-1-2008:According to tradition, when the Martin children turn 15, they inherit a suite in the family's small Manhattan hotel and a job: to take care of the rooms and their occupant. On Scarlett's 15th birthday, Amy Amberson sweeps into the suite that Scarlett has just inherited. The woman is demanding and brash, but she does have her charms (and large amounts of cash). In the beginning, Scarlett is overwhelmed, but then her role becomes that of Mrs. Amberson's assistant for her projects, which change on a whim. When Amy decides to help the theater troupe that Scarlett's brother is involved in put on Hamlet, the teen begins a romance with one of the actors. Then everything starts to go awry, and when things get tough, Amy abandons ship, and plucky Scarlett is left to step in and save what needs saving, something that she does with flair. Scarlett's brand of humor is particularly dry and well articulated. This novel blends sibling rivalry and the importance of family, friendship, and romance into a plot that is charming and well delivered.Emily Garrett Cassady, North Garland High School, Garland, TX (Source: Lansing Library Teen Dept. Podcast) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:01:22 +0100 824635 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/QufuHfM8C64/2010-siba-book-award-long-list.html The 2010 SIBA Book Award "Long List" has just been released, containing a complete collection of all the eligible books nominated by Southern Independent Booksellers as favorites for 2009. The list features 101 different books in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, cooking, and children's/young adult that are either set in the South or by a southern author (or both!) and were published in 2009. The long list will be sent as a ballot to SIBA member stores, who will then vote to choose finalists in each of the four categories. A jury of SIBA booksellers will then choose winners in each category. Finalists are announced in April. Winners are announced July (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:07:36 +0100 824742 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/lezdTgGhSo4/which-movie-nerd-are-you.html I was thinking about the Nerd Night program idea dreamed up by some TAB members, and I came across this internet quiz!Here's my result:You're Hermione, the slightly bossy nerd with a hard-to-pronounce name. You're so nerdy that if someone gave you a time-travel device, you'd use it to take two classes at once. A double workload would drive some nerds crazy, but you obsess over packing your brain with knowledge. The only thing more important to you than studying? Using your excellent memory and analytical skills to keep your friends out of trouble. (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:19:50 +0100 824732 http://www.librarystuff.net/2010/03/08/young-adult-lit-comes-of-age/ LA Times – “Authors may gear their novels toward the junior and senior high crowd, but adults are snapping up the books, often about misfit teens or fantasy worlds.” (Source: Library Stuff) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:00:42 +0100 824573 http://plablog.org/2010/03/final-slate-of-programs-for-pla-virtual-conference-confirmed.html The final slate of programs for the PLA 2010 Virtual Conference is now confirmed. On March 25-26, 2010 the Public Library Association (PLA) will share a condensed, live and online PLA 13th National Conference with public librarians and public library workers who can’t make the trip to Portland. The Virtual Conference will include many familiar elements of the live conference, including high-quality educational programming, poster sessions and networking opportunities with colleagues. Each day will feature five live programs – the same programs available to in-person conference attendees. During the lunch hour, Booklist editor Donna Seaman will interview notable authors on “Inside the Author’s Studio.” Thursday’s author is Mary Roach, author of “Stiff” and “Spook,” and Friday’s author is Debra Gwartney, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award and author of “Live Through This.” The Virtual Conference programs include: • If You Didn’t Work Here, Would You Come Here? • Cross-Over Advisory: Adult Books for Teens and Teen Books for Adults • LITA’s Top Technology Trends • Marketing as Conversation: How to Interact with Your Community Through Your Website • S.Y.A.S.S. Save Your After School Sanity • Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey: Words vs. Numbers • Adrift or Right on Target: Perspectives on Floating Collections • Advanced Black Belt Librarians: The Top Ten Security Issues in Public Libraries \ • Books: The Top Five of the Top Five • Shortcuts to Greatness or 10 Things That Great Libraries Know and Maybe You Don’t PLA is offering both individual and group registrations for the Virtual Conference. The group rate allows a single location to host the virtual conference for multiple attendees. Cost is determined by number of attendees. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0100 824691 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/8pWGh_QX_lM/ironman-by-chris-crutcher.html Synopsis(taken from Chris Crutcher's website)Bo Brewster has been at war with his father for as long as he can remember. Following angry outburst at his football coach and English teacher that have cost his spot on the football team and moved him dangerously close to expulsion from school, he turns to the only adult he believes will listen: Larry King.In his letters to Larry, Bo describes his quest for excellence on his own terms. No more coaches for me, he tells the talk show icon, no more dads. I'm going to be a triathlete, an Ironman.Regulated to Mr. Nak's before-school anger management group(which he initially believes to populated with future serial killers and freeway snipers), Bo meets a hard-edged, down-on-their-luck pack of survivors with stainless steel shields against the world that Bo comes to see are not so different from their own. It's here he meets and falls in love with Shelly, a future American Gladiator, whose passion for physical challenge more than matches his own.My ReviewIronman was a heartfelt story about learning to accept that you can't change who your parents are, but you can stop yourself from becoming them. That was Bo's worst fear, to end up exactly like his dad. To him there was nothing worse in the world. As he struggles along, trying to make sense of the world, Bo works hard to compete in Yukon Jake's triathlon, pushing against anyone who wants him to fail, even his own father. This was about the third time I've read this book cover to cover and it still gets me every time. The raw emotion and the stories that leave to breathless. There are no sunshine and daises in a Chris Crutcher book, you feel the life these kids live and you wonder, that could have been me. Wonderful read. (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:39:38 +0100 824734 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/tprq3gfqZLM/i-have-excellent-idea.html Let's change the subject! Lol reference to Disney's Alice in Wonderland.Seriously though, I noticed that at the Get Your Game On! club, people tend to be waiting for turns (sometimes for a long time) on Brawl, or gravitate towards Melee on the GameCube when Brawl isn't playing. I wonder if this idea would be overdoing it, or just adding to the fun: since the Wii plays GameCube games as well, perhaps I could (occasionally) bring in my Wii to a) Make the current Wii dedicated to non-Brawl, b) Offer multiple stations for Brawl simultaneously, or c) Expand the choices for people not playing on the current Wii (whether it be Brawl, Rock Band, or Guitar Hero).In case this idea is accepted... well, I have all data on Brawl unlocked, and I obviously have the game disk. For other games that my Wii does not have data for, anyone with an SD card can transfer it over (I have over 8GB of free memory across my SD and MicroSD cards). Additionally I can offer 2 Wii Remotes and Nunchucks for use, as well as 3 wireless and 2 wired GameCube controllers.Well, what does everyone think? Post your feedback! (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:31:31 +0100 824736 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/atPqhTZ6t70/oscar-party-winner.html Sarah just scored our Oscar voting sheets from Friday night, and we had five people who guessed seven Oscar winners correctly. I did a drawing from among those five, and Shannon wins the prize! She wins a $5 gift card to Blockbuster, along with candy, soda, and popcorn. Congratulations, Shannon! (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:58:00 +0100 824737 http://lisnews.org/young_potter_fan_raises_money_hull_library HULL, MA - Calliope Pina Parker is a sixth-grader who reads as many as 10 books a week and favors Harry Potter. She dresses as Potter characters for Halloween, plays Potter trivia with friends, and regularly revisits the series - all seven books and 4,167 pages. Calliope is also an avid user of libraries, borrowing from across the region and frequenting branches throughout the South Shore on her way to and from school, ballet, and karate practice. So it came as a particular blow when budget cuts in Hull not only sheared the local library’s funding and hours but also cost the town its state certification last month. “Now people from Hull can’t go to any other library,’’ said Calliope, whose card is no longer welcome at many other certified libraries. Wanting to do something about it, the 11-year-old organized an all-day reading of the J.K. Rowling book that started it all, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.’’ Yesterday’s readathon and bake sale, with wizardly cupcakes and “magic wand’’ frosted pretzel rods, raised awareness about the library’s circumstances and collected money for the nonprofit Friends of the Hull Public Library. (Source: LISNews.org) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:43:51 +0100 824550 http://lisnews.org/library_site_hot_new_social_media_hangout_teens Library site a hot new social media hangout for teens "Our goal is to draw students in so that they're comfortable hanging out in the library, and then get them to engage with the workshops and technology in the space," Neal said. "We're seeing more and more students who were hanging out, participating in workshops and on the social network. It's been great to see their interests develop." Students enrolled in workshops may check out digital still cameras or Flip high-definition video cameras for a week at a time to work on special projects. (Source: LISNews.org) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:57:41 +0100 824551 http://mcpldteens.blogspot.com/2010/03/teen-rockband-tournament.html Teens,Remember the Rockband Tournament is this Saturday, March 13th at 1pm. You will form bands and compete against the Grand Junction Police. The winning band members will each receive a 40 dollar gift card to Gamerz Planet. There will also be free pizza and prizes for all who attend. You must form 2-4 member bands, but don't worry if you are lacking band mates because I am sure there will be spare players available. For more information call Shanna at 970-683-2411.Hope to see you there!Shanna~Teen Librarian (Source: Teen Stuff @ Mesa County Libraries) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825654 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LansingLibraryTeenNewsBlog/~3/jqYLBdUv-Bo/march-book-of-month.html From School Library Journal, 10-1-2008:According to tradition, when the Martin children turn 15, they inherit a suite in the family's small Manhattan hotel and a job: to take care of the rooms and their occupant. On Scarlett's 15th birthday, Amy Amberson sweeps into the suite that Scarlett has just inherited. The woman is demanding and brash, but she does have her charms (and large amounts of cash). In the beginning, Scarlett is overwhelmed, but then her role becomes that of Mrs. Amberson's assistant for her projects, which change on a whim. When Amy decides to help the theater troupe that Scarlett's brother is involved in put on Hamlet, the teen begins a romance with one of the actors. Then everything starts to go awry, and when things get tough, Amy abandons ship, and plucky Scarlett is left to step in and save what needs saving, something that she does with flair. Scarlett's brand of humor is particularly dry and well articulated. This novel blends sibling rivalry and the importance of family, friendship, and romance into a plot that is charming and well delivered.Emily Garrett Cassady, North Garland High School, Garland, TX (Source: Lansing Library Teen News) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825572 http://www.homerlibrary.org/2010/03/library-events-mar-8th-mar-20th.asp Quick links to:Adults & Seniors | Teens | Kids | More InfoADULTS & SENIORSSenior Tax Assistance -- Wednesday, March 10th & 17th from 9am-noonThe AARP and the Senior Services Center of Will County will be providing free tax services at the Homer Library. Please bring the following items: photo ID, proof of social security number & dependent, all income statements, all deductions to be claimed, last years federal and state returns, and your property pin number. First come, first served, on a walk-in basis only. Can't make it? Tax Assistance days will also be held on March 24th, 31st, April 7th, and 14th.Prairiesmoke Writers Group -- Wednesday, March 10th at 7pmStop by the monthly meeting of the library's writers group! You're invited to discuss your work with other writers and have fun with some group writing assignments. New members are welcome! Writers of all levels are encouraged to attend. Registration is not required.Armchair Travelers: Olympic Cities -- Friday, March 12th at 1:30pmJoin Bill Helmuth as he takes you on a tour of many of the cities where the Olympic Games have been held. You'll also journey through Rio de Janeiro, the site of the 2016 Olympic Games. Light refreshments will be served.How Smart Consumers Select a Remodeling Contractor -- Monday, March 15th at 7pmYear after year, remodeling places in the top five among complaints to the Better Business Bureau. Learn the method for selecting the right company and enjoying a postive remodeling experience.Adult Book Discussion -- Wednesday, March 17th at 7:30pmJoin us as we discuss Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. New members are welcome! Books are available at the library for check out.TEENSTech Feeding Frenzy -- Monday, March 8th at 4pmThe first program for our weeklong celebration of Teen Tech Week! Make brownie iPods and Wii remotes! For teens in 6th grade & up. Registration required. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825566 http://blog.njla.org/archives/2010/03/#000691 SCI-TECH SCENE | Harold Washington's Digital Space goes beyond books to appeal to youth Comments March 6, 2010 BY SANDRA GUY Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Yves Capitaine, a 16-year-old resident of South Chicago, can be found daily on YOUMedia's online community, posting his photography and freestyle poetry and delving into haiku battles with his sister. "My sister [14-year-old Rachelle] and I have more than 100 comments on my poetry blog," Yves said. "It's fun." For adults and children new to technology, the public library offers tutors known as CyberNavigators to show people how to connect the Web and the greater world. CyberNavigators are available at 42 public library locations. Check with your local branch for details. "I get to know people who come from serious sides of the city whom I've never met," said Yves, a junior at Jones College Prep High School. Yves even got into a heated virtual battle with his online peers to claim bragging rights at the top of the "leader board" listing the top YOUMedia content producers. Think YOUMedia is the latest social media teen hangout? It is, and it's housed on the main floor of the Harold Washington Public Library, 400 S. State St., in the Digital Space for Teens. The Digital Space offers eight desktop computers, 96 laptops, two PlayStation 3's with a library of games, and musical keyboards and a recording studio so teenagers can create music, art and poetry, or jump online and talk with peers in the secure, password-protected YOUMedia forum. Select book reviews by teens are also posted publicly at chipublib.org/forteens/teensbookre views/index.php. The teens work with mentors like Erica Neal, who has watched the young people bloom creatively as they come to the Digital Space regularly. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825498 http://bclyaknow.blogspot.com/2010/03/place-your-hold-on-mockingjay.html Good news for our fellow Hunger Games fans: there is a record in the library catalog for Mockingjay, the final book in the trilogy! This means that you can place a hold on the title now, and reserve your place in line to read it when the book comes out in late August. Visit here to place that hold! (Source: YA KNOW @ BCL) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824738 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/mtutbe0qoeI/random-thon.html Even though the date was rescheduled, our first-ever library teen Random-A-Thon fundraiser was a huge success! Over the course of the day, 24 teens attended, and many stayed for the whole thing. We have raised over $700 already, and several people still have to turn in their money. I am amazed by that amount, having expected something in the $400-$500 range. Huge thanks to everyone who participated, no matter how much you raised. The top fundraising award will be announced after the March 19 donation deadline.The Teen Advisory Board came up with the idea for the Random-A-Thon by combining a lot of our regular library programs into one long marathon event. The idea was that people would raise pledges and donations, then come stay as long as they could at the library on a Saturday. We've done lots of bake sales and yard sales, but we've never tried anything this big. We had no idea it would be so successful!In the morning, we had DDR and Rock Band on the projector, and Monopoly and other board games at the tables. We took a lunch break to pig out on grilled cheese, PB&J (or fluff), carrots and celery, chips, cupcakes, and soda. Then it was on to an afternoon of chess and checkers, origami, crafts, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.In addition, we had many random things going on. I had prepared The Prize Box of Randomness, and brought it out at odd intervals and distributed prizes based on arbitrary questions and activities. A group hooked up the GameCube, Laurel practiced her katakana strokes from an iPod app, a group tried out my German Monopoly game, some guys played Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic: The Gathering, Nitha ran around harassing people with MadLibs, and several people did their homework.Special thanks to Laurel for bringing homemade bread, to Nitha for running home to get a knife to cut it, and to Maria for staying late while I cleaned up at the end of the event. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:05:17 +0100 824475 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=32232 The Teen Depression Awareness Project: Building an Evidence Base for Improving Teen Depression Care Source: RAND Corporation Presents findings from the Teen Depression Awareness Project, which explored how depression affects teens, the factors that influence teens’ readiness to seek treatment for depression, and the barriers that teens and parents face when seeking care. (Source: Docuticker) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:18:32 +0100 824395 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Farmland_Library_Blog_Farmland_Public_Library_Launches_Facebook_--- American Library Association's "Teen Tech Week" begins March 6, and to mark this special occasion Farmland Public Library has launched a Facebook gro (Source: pligg - all) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:00:27 +0100 824305 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Socialmedia_-_Chicago_Public_Library_Site_a_Hot_New_Social_Media_--- The public library as a social media host. Kudos to all at the CPL. From the Article: Think YOUMedia is the latest social media teen hangout? It is, (Source: pligg - all) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:00:23 +0100 824311 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library_Site_a_Hot_New_Social_Media_Hangout_for_--- It is, and it's housed on the main floor of the Harold Washington Public Library, 400 S. State St., in the Digital Space for Teens. The Digital Spac (Source: pligg - all) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:00:22 +0100 824312 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Overdue_DVD_Lands_Colo-_Teen_In_Jail Overdue DVD Lands Colo. Teen In JailA Colorado teen was recently arrested after he checked out a DVD from a library and forgot to return it, De (Source: pligg - all) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:00:12 +0100 824314 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/xciQqyy647U/apathy-for-devil-book-review Nick Kent was the leather-clad rock journalist of his age. But, says his NME colleague Julie Burchill, his memory for events is as bad as his prose. As for his personal hygiene…If someone picks up the memoir of a past acquaintance without turning first to the index to check if he (or she) is in it, then he (or she) is either a saint, a liar or Stevie Wonder. I am none of these, and was rewarded by promised appearances on pages 297-8 and 334 of this memoir by a man who was a colleague at the dear old New Musical Express in the years 1976-79. Sadly, in a literary twist on the old saw "Listeners hear no good of themselves", I am featured in one cameo as an "opportunistic firestarter" and in another as "a strange teenaged girl with a pronounced West Country twang, sullen eyes and a vibe about her that could best be described as 'Myra Hindleyesque'".As Kent was so off his bonce due to various medications of both a street and legal kind that he regularly apologised to the NME office hat stand when he bumped into it during this time, one hardly expects 20/20 recall. However, I did take particular exception to the passage: "I liked the idea of Julie Burchill coming aboard – she certainly knew how to shake things up – but the reality was often hard to stomach, particularly when one found oneself in close physical proximity to the young woman."I have many faults, but smelling is not one of them. On the contrary, it was Kent who was the stinker – literally and metaphorically – to the extent that he could single-handedly clear out a crowded lift in the King's Reach Tower where the NME had its offices. This accidental talent, so far as I could see, was surely the only reason that anyone ever sought out his skanky company.At least he comes clean (a first for him, to my knowledge) right there in para one, page one: "When you get right down to it, the human memory is a deceitful organ to have to rely on. ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:08:31 +0100 824116 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/06/chicago-public-library-site-a-hot-new-social-media-hangout-for-teens/ The public library as a social media host. Kudos to all at the CPL. From the Article: Think YOUMedia is the latest social media teen hangout? It is, and it’s housed on the main floor of the Harold Washington Public Library, 400 S. State St., in the Digital Space for Teens. The Digital Space offers eight desktop computers, 96 laptops, two PlayStation 3’s with a library of games, and musical keyboards and a recording studio so teenagers can create music, art and poetry, or jump online and talk with peers in the secure, password-protected YOUMedia forum. [Snip] The teens work with mentors like Erica Neal, who has watched the young people bloom creatively as they come to the Digital Space regularly. “Our goal is to draw students in so that they’re comfortable hanging out in the library, and then get them to engage with the workshops and technology in the space,” Neal said. Access the Complete Article Access You Media Source: Chicago Sun-Times (Source: ResourceShelf) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:43:52 +0100 824159 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=33072 Cause for Concern: National Study Shows Reverse in Decade-Long Declines in Teen Abuse of Drugs and Alcohol Source: Partnership for a Drug-Free America After a decade of consistent declines in teen drug abuse, a new national study released today by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America® and MetLife Foundation points to marked upswings in use of drugs that teens are likely to encounter at parties and in other social situations. According to the 2009 Partnership Attitude Tracking Study, sponsored by MetLife Foundation, the number of teens in grades 9-12 that used alcohol in the past month has grown by 11 percent, (from 35 percent in 2008 to 39 percent in 2009), past year Ecstasy use shows a 67 percent increase (from 6 percent in 2008 to 10 percent in 2009) and past year marijuana use shows a 19 percent increase (from 32 percent in 2008 to 38 percent in 2009). The PATS data mark a reverse in the remarkable, sustained declines in several drugs of abuse among teens: methamphetamine (meth) was down by over 60 percent and past month alcohol and marijuana use had decreased a full 30 percent over the past decade from 1998-2008. Underlying these increases are negative shifts in teen attitudes, particularly a growing belief in the benefits and acceptability of drug use and drinking. The percentage of teens agreeing that “being high feels good” increased significantly from 45 percent in 2008 to 51 percent in 2009, while those saying that “friends usually get high at parties” increased from 69 percent to 75 percent over the same time period. The Partnership/ MetLife Foundation Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) also found a significant drop in the number of teens agreeing strongly that they “don’t want to hang around drug users” – from 35 percent in 2008 to 30 percent in 2009. + Full Report (Source: Docuticker) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:44:30 +0100 824141 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=32766 Youth Deaths: The Reality Behind the ‘Knife Crime’ Debate (PDF; 253 KB) Source: Insitute of Race Relations The media portrayal of, and government response to, the ‘knife crime epidemic’ created a distorted image of the reality on the ground, according to new research undertaken by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR). The evidence suggests that, whilst some marginalised young people are carrying knives, the image of violently nihilist, feral, often Black or ethnic minority teen gangs armed with knives and guns is, at best, only a snapshot of the grim reality for a very small minority. At worst, this kind of imagery, replicated unchallenged and unqualified on our screens and from the dispatch box, leads to a punitive and misguided political climate which may ultimately fail the very teenagers it aims to reach. Here, the IRR publishes a summary of its key findings for 2008. It aims to provide a description of who was killed and by whom and in what circumstances – a factual description which was largely missing from much media and political evaluation at the time. (Source: Docuticker) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:15:41 +0100 824147 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/_QIWcfYS-ns/ Via the Librarian by Day: (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:30:26 +0100 824034 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~5/wblwLpknnIc/ballot.pdf Tonight, 17 teens showed up for our first-ever Oscar Party. I said people who signed up could bring their friends, and they did! It made me happy because I wasn't expecting that many people and we ended up with a nice group. Thanks to the Teen Advisory Board (TAB) for sponsoring this event with a $50 donation, and thanks to TAB members Genni and Nitha for attending!Since we were celebrating the Oscars, everyone started the evening with a swag bag that had microwave popcorn and a water bottle in it. Through the evening, everyone had the opportunity to earn more swag by participating in activities. We wrote scripts using only the phrases on candy hearts, did a digital scavenger hunt around the library, and decorated star magnets. My favorite part was when people gave Oscar acceptance speeches for fake movies from The Official Movie Plot Generator. I gave away gum, boxes of movie candy, magnets, Ghirardelli chocolate squares, bubbles, candy jewelry, glow bracelets, and erasers as swag.We also watched some clips from Oscar-winning movies and ate cheese, crackers, and grapes as our snack. At the end, everyone filled out their guesses for the Oscar winners, and whoever gets the most right after the broadcast will win a $5 gift card to Blockbuster, along with candy, soda, and popcorn. We used a really nice voting sheet that I downloaded from the Acadamy's Oscar Party Kit.Watch the show this Sunday night! Our photo area featured Johnny Depp (thanks, Genni!) and Robert Pattinson. We had a red carpet and everything!A cute picture! No love for RPattz. Boys being goofy... (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:59:34 +0100 824096 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LibrariansMatter/~3/5Wnd515EN6g/ I have been flat out like a lizard drinking  since VALA2010, preparing presentations for a forthcoming seminar and finally looking at my thesis for the first time since October… Normal blogging will return here after June, but until then, you’ll read posts like this – either a shameless plug or derivative text stolen shared from other bloggers. This one is both…. <begin text from Michelle’s post> < begin shameless plug> It is with great delight that I will be presenting “Libraries 2.0: using Web 2.0 and new media to revolutionise your library or information centre“, with my Libraries Interact co-blogger, colleague and friend, Michelle McLean from Connecting Librarian . So, if you: have a good-sized training budget (which many of you I know don’t) are wanting to learn more about using Web 2.0 in your library would like to see a couple of engaging library presenters at work can attend a two day seminar at the end of March and either live in Melbourne or could get the package deal to get here for two days, then we would love to have you join us and other attendees, for what we are planning will be a learning, collaborating, questioning, informative and hopefully also a bit entertaining two days. </end of shameless plug> </end of text copied almost word-for-word from Michelle’s post > Here is the brochure about the event, which even includes an hour by hour outline of what we will cover. We have included 12 different exercises for participants during the two days, some involving moving and one with the chance to pretend to be your boss or maybe a teenager… Using Web 2.0 and new media to revolutionise your library or information centre (Source: Librarians matter) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:42:28 +0100 825202 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/GhiFur-3RQc/ian-mcewan-solar The novelist explains to Nicholas Wroe why he's chosen to grapple with climate change in his new book, SolarJust inside the front door of Ian McEwan's London home, the one in the shadow of the BT Tower made famous in his novel Saturday, is the obligatory recycling box full of paper, plastic and glass. "Of course we recycle," he laughs. "Who doesn't? And I'm all in favour of cutting 10% off our carbon. And of domestic solar panels. Anything that slows our consumption is useful. But ultimately I don't really think the bottle bank is going to get us out of this. And being virtuous is not going to get us out of it either. Civilisation is going to need another energy source."McEwan's own view – having been persuaded by thinkers such as Stewart Brand, and despite his own long-held suspicions of the industry – is that nuclear energy is probably our best bet in the medium term. Michael Beard, Nobel prize-winning physicist, glutton and the protagonist of McEwan's latest novel, Solar, has an even more technologically complex solution. His work in the field of artificial photosynthesis as a way of harnessing the sun's power has made him rich and famous. Beard got his Nobel for "modifying Einstein's photovoltaics", and McEwan enthusiastically explains that the bleeding-edge science in the book is real, if some way from practical application. "If you go to America the amount of ingenuity being deployed, and the private capital – until this present recession – being invested in nanotechnology and solar energy is astonishing."For McEwan science is the road not taken, and he talks slightly enviously about his geneticist son's work and training. At the age of 16 he "agonised" at school over the arts or science route. "My maths was actually pretty mediocre, but I did love science and eventually even 'got' calculus, although I always felt if I so much as sneezed I would probably lose it again. ... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:08:11 +0100 823792 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/OG3nrqGmmek/waters-edge-wildness-lister-kaye Sean O'Brien on a back-to-nature book that misreads human beingsIn this calendar of walks and reflections the distinguished naturalist John Lister-Kaye urges us to live in the world rather than be distracted by the doomed comforts of over-consumption. It's hard to imagine anyone disagreeing, but you'd have to admit they do – lots of them. They do so deliberately or by thoughtless reflex, wholly or in part, for reasons including sentiment, stupidity, greed and cynicism. And the behaviour of many who agree with Lister-Kaye is often inconsistent with their principles. He seems to reckon without the effects of that allegedly disgraced term "ideology", whereby people treat artificially created conditions as natural and inevitable. Cars, to take one grim example, feel "natural" to many people, not just knuckle-dragging petrolheads.Lister-Kaye is a Darwinian, for whom life is a ceaseless competition to survive – to take and retain power – and among the creatures he describes with such power and beautiful exactitude his favourites are predators such as the wildcat: "The club tail, blunt as an aubergine, far thicker at the tip than a fox's brush, is black-ringed to a tip dipped in Indian ink . . . The white whiskers flare. The mad metamorphic eyes coldly fire." A book wholly of this order would be a treasure. His favoured activity is solitary walking and observing, and he has managed to arrange a crowded life so that indispensable solitude is just beyond the study door, beside the loch he owns on the eastern slopes of the Scottish Highlands.He is clearly a man of principle, but his immediate world is very different from one occupied by the long-term unemployed on a sink estate in Hull or in small towns in northern Scotland. ... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:06:55 +0100 823795 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/373 Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc — LeBlanc spent a decade hanging out with two young women in the Bronx and the many people who came in and out of their lives — boyfriends, husbands, children, friends, and other family. It’s a long book, and one that took a long time to write, and one that took me a long time to read, but I am still stunned at how she managed to make me go from a sort of revulsion to a real love of these people in the course of a few hundred pages. The History of Love by Nicole Kraus — January’s book discussion book. Meh. Not a bad book in any way, just not one I got very excited about. [listen] That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo — While I love all of Russo’s books (and I’ve read most of them), I kind of keep hoping that someday he will write Straight Man again. That Old Cape Magic comes closest, as it also deals largely with academics. It’s not as funny (but few things could be), but it’s quite good, and the narrator did a decent, if not inspired, job. Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinskey — Delinskey’s novel about high school girls who form a pregnancy pact and its effects on them and their mothers (who are all best friends, too!) is just as melodramatic and terrible as you might suspect. Melodrama is my favorite indulgence, though, so it worked for me. [reread] A House Like a Lotus by Madeleine L’Engle — I had forgotten, or perhaps I never knew, how very preachy L’Engle can sound at times. I was rereading bits of A Wrinkle in Time because I was thinking about using it for a set of booktalks, and I was thinking about how I always think of that book as a sort of touchstone for smart kids who grow up feeling isolated and as though no one understands them. ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:31:20 +0100 823932 http://www.librarian.net/stax/3178/redefining-what-it-means-to-read-the-seven-stages-of-librarianship/ Enjoying listening to Jenny Levine talking about gaming in libraries. I’m still not much of a gamer, but I’ve definitely been seeing the value of gaming programs bringing teens into libraries. She pointed me to a document that I hadn’t read and am really enjoying [kill me, I'm multiasking!] called Fiat Lux, Fiat Late­bra: A Cel­e­bra­tion of His­tor­i­cal Library Func­tions [pdf] by D. W. Krum­mel. Not a new article (Jenny posted about it in 2008) but a great read including, especially “The Seven Ages of Librar­i­an­ship” which is a great exposition of how the library has evolved and is evolving. (Source: librarian.net) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:53:10 +0100 824317 http://www2.worthingtonlibraries.org/teen/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=399 It is that time of year again! The 8th Annual Worthington Libraries' Teen Poetry and Short Story... (Source: Worthingteens) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:44:56 +0100 824493 http://www.lisnews.org/overdue_dvd_lands_colo_teen_jail Overdue DVD Lands Colo. Teen In Jail A Colorado teen was recently arrested after he checked out a DVD from a library and forgot to return it, Denver TV station KMGH reported. He claims it was an honest mistake, saying he checked out the DVD and then inadvertently packed it while moving. (Source: LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:37:10 +0100 823762 http://lisnews.org/overdue_dvd_lands_colo_teen_jail Overdue DVD Lands Colo. Teen In Jail A Colorado teen was recently arrested after he checked out a DVD from a library and forgot to return it, Denver TV station KMGH reported. He claims it was an honest mistake, saying he checked out the DVD and then inadvertently packed it while moving. (Source: LISNews.org) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:37:10 +0100 823729 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlaJobline/~3/8tnRTiJ0dnI/summer-reading-program-coordinator.html Leduc Public Library requires a creative and enthusiastic student to organize and deliver this year’s Summer Reading Program. This position requires excellent communication and organizational skills and a passion to deliver programs that encourage children to celebrate the wonders of literacy.This temporary full-time position runs May 17h through August 27th, 35 hours per week, and reports to the Youth Services Coordinator. The bulk of the work will take place during the day Monday through Friday however some weekend or evening shifts may be required. Experience working with children and knowledge of children’s literature will be a definite asset as is enrollment in a MLIS, Library Technician, or post secondary Education program.Salary: $17.00 per hour Duties: Creation and delivery of age appropriate Summer Reading Program activities for 6-12 year olds which includes storytelling, crafts and puppetry.Coordinate summer reading performers and guestsPromotion of Summer Reading Programs (e.g., visits to schools)Supervision and coordination of any teen volunteers (ages 12-15)End of summer evaluation of all programs and activitiesContacting local businesses regarding program donations Ability to lift at least 50 lbsOther duties as assigned Resumes with references should be sent by March 19th, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. local time to:Carla FrybortLibrary DirectorLeduc Public Library#2 Alexandra ParkLeduc, ABT9E 4C4Fax: (780) 986-3462cfrybort@library.leduc.ab.caOnly those applicants that have reached the interview stage will be contacted. (Source: FLA Jobline) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:11:50 +0100 823922 http://www.librarystuff.net/2010/03/05/colo-teen-arrested-for-not-returning-library-dvd/ AP – “A teenager who forgot to return a DVD to a Littleton library was arrested for failing to appear at court to respond to the charge. The father of 19-year-old Aaron Henson says his son never got the court summonses because they were being sent to an old address. Authorities discovered Henson had a warrant for failing to appear in court during a traffic stop a couple of weeks ago.” (Source: Library Stuff) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:06:26 +0100 823866 http://media.libsyn.com/media/oclspodcast/teen_teentechweek2010.mp3 When the Library lady is attacked by everyday electronics, she makes sure to let the teens in on all the stuff going on at the library. Teens, don’t miss out just because of a Robot Revolt. You can catch up with us on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and at programs. We’ll see you there. Beep bo bop bo beep bop boop. Transmission ended. (2:17) (.mp3 audio format) (Source: OCLS Podcast (OCLS Teen Podcast)) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:44:00 +0100 824488 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=33021 High School Counselors Get Low Marks from Students on College Advice Source: Public Agenda Most young adults who go on to college believe that the advice they got from their high school guidance counselors was poor or fair at best, according to a recent survey by Public Agenda for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Asked about their experiences with their counselors in high school, nearly half (48%) say that they felt like “just another face in the crowd.” The national study, “Can I Get A Little Advice Here?” compared the responses of 614 individuals aged 22 through 30 who completed at least some college; the survey also included focus groups in five cities. It is the second in a series of reports underwritten by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation describing young Americans’ views on college selection, higher education and college completion. In the eyes of the students themselves, 48% said they felt like “just another face in the crowd” in dealing with their guidance counselor, with 62% rating their guidance counselors as fair or poor with helping them find ways to pay for college (e.g. financial aid and scholarship programs). Over two-thirds give them fair or poor ratings for helping them decide which school to go to, and 60% give their high school guidance counselors fair or poor ratings for helping them think about different careers. “We’ve set up a system that is simply not giving most students the help and attention they deserve. The counselors are often over-worked, and many are under-prepared when it comes to helping students think through the wide variety of college and career choices open to them,” said Jean Johnson, Executive Director of Education Insights at Public Agenda. + Full Report (Source: Docuticker) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:27:37 +0100 823862 http://www.lisnews.org/book_review_alcatraz_versus_evil_librarians_brandon_sanderson Book Review: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson Brandon Sanderson's Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians is a new twist on the young adult fantasy genre. Instead of integrating magical elements into a modern story world, the book is written to inform us that our modern world (and even our history) is an illusion that librarians want us to believe. (Source: LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:13:48 +0100 823766 http://lisnews.org/book_review_alcatraz_versus_evil_librarians_brandon_sanderson Book Review: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson Brandon Sanderson's Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians is a new twist on the young adult fantasy genre. Instead of integrating magical elements into a modern story world, the book is written to inform us that our modern world (and even our history) is an illusion that librarians want us to believe. (Source: LISNews.org) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:13:48 +0100 823610 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/Rn9XxaiRYAo/fresh-parallel-world-fantasy Stories of other worlds adjacent to our own are perennially popular, but the latest generation are refreshingly recognisableParallel-world and portal fantasies, involving characters who step into worlds beyond, are perennially popular, especially with children. As in CS Lewis's Narnia, or Alan Garner's grittier Elidor, the young protagonists often discover that they've breached the gap in order to fulfil a prophecy, and have heroic clean-up roles to play. Subsequently, they may return home safely, or even wind up as royalty - or both. Perhaps portal fantasy goes down so well with children because the idea of being a fate-sent hero in another world contrasts pleasingly with the reality of being a homework drone and washer-up in this one. And teenagers already inhabit the parallel world of adolescence, where all the colours are brighter but the greys and blacks are quicksands of despair. But the Narnia books are falling out of favour, not only because of the Christian only-just-subtext but because of the insidious suggestion that death and sweet fruit in Aslan's country are preferable to growing up and developing an adult sexual identity. Current variations on the theme of travel between worlds seem to be moving away from chivalric escapism, encouraging the reader to see their own world newly vivid instead.China Miéville's UnLunDun, like Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, features a contiguous fantasy capital, UnLondon, alongside the everyday one. Miéville's poetic, cartographic imagination produces an uncity defended by broken brollies ("unbrellas"), a half-ghost love interest, Hemi, and a contemporary, pollutant villain – the Smog – and his UnLondon is a far cry from Neverland or bucolic Narnia. The fantasy convention he has most fun with, though, is the idea of the prophesied Chosen One (or, in UnLondon, the "Shwazzy"). Of the two 12-year-olds drawn into UnLondon, it's charismatic Zanna who's supposed to be the Shwazzy. ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:00:02 +0100 823577 http://198.209.8.180/teens/2010/03/mockingjay-is-coming.cfm The third book of The Hunger Games trilogy will be hitting shelves August 24, 2010. To help us count down the days, Scholastic has made a very cool Mockingjay countdown. Pretty cool, right? And for the record, I'm totally Team Peeta! If August seems too far away, you can always check out these other dystopian novels:Candor by Pam BachorzThe Maze Runner by James DashnerThe Other Side of the Island by Allegra GoodmanGone by Michael GrantThe Giver by Lois Lowry (Source: TeenThing) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824832 http://www.takomapark.info/library/books/archives/002164.html Alicia Afterimageby Lulu Decacre reviewed by leila "Alicia Afterimage" is by Lulu Delacre and it is a true story about a teenager, named Alicia, who is killed in a car accident by a friend who was speeding and had hit a pole. Lulu Delacre had interviewed everyone who was touched by Alicia and they had their own part in the book to explain their feelings and emotions after the crash. One thing I liked about "Alicia Afterimage" is that Delacre had used the characters' real names because it's very rare that that ever happens. Something that I didn't like was that it was short and there weren't enough details. People who have lost a friend would like this book. Lulu Delacre wrote this book after her daughter died in a car accident, and she herself plays the character Mamì. "Alicia Afterimage&quot is a very touching story and you have to have some sad books in your life, don't you? This book is best for teens because of how sad it is. (Source: Book Comments) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824499 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/N0wwmT0S8HA/pop-top-bracelet-craft.html Yesterday, 7 teens showed up to make pop top bracelets. I thought we would make at least two, but everyone got so involved with the Sharpies that we almost ran out of time to complete one bracelet! We colored the pop tops, then threaded them together into a two-layer bracelet that closes with a button. We did a really basic pattern, but it has a lot of potential for variation. Some people's bracelets looked preppy while others were more punk. We used colored cord, but I think doing it with ribbon would look really cute. There are leftovers, so look for this craft at the Random-A-Thon on Saturday! (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:48:29 +0100 823532 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/zys7_V_rNdE/books-r-us.html Here are the newest additions to our teen shelves:FICTIONBeauty by Nancy ButcherHeist Society by Ally Carter (author of the Gallagher Girls series; two copies)The Queen of Cool by Cecil CastellucciThe A-List by Zoey Dean (A-List series)Heart of Glass by Zoey Dean (A-List series)Some Like It Hot by Zoey Dean (A-List series)Tall Cool One by Zoey Dean (A-List series)The Clique by Lisi Harrison (Clique series; replacement copy)It's Not Easy Being Mean by Lisi Harrison (Clique series; second copy)Scarlett Fever by Maureen Johnson (sequel to Suite Scarlett)The Clone Codes by the McKissacksHero by Perry Moorettfn by Lauren Myracle (second copy)Breaking Up Is Really, Really Hard to Do by Natalie Standiford (Dating Game series)Can True Love Survive High School? by Natalie Standiford (Dating Game series)The Dating Game by Natalie Standiford (Dating Game series; second copy)I Like It Like That by Cecily von Ziegesar (Gossip Girl series; second copy)Nobody Does It Better by Cecily von Ziegesar (Gossip Girl series; replacement copy)Unforgettable by Cecily von Ziegesar (It Girl series)Would I Lie to You by Cecily von Ziegesar (Gossip Girl series; replacement copy)You're the One that I Want by Cecily von Ziegesar (Gossip Girl series; second copy)SHORT STORIESThe Eternal Kiss: Thirteen Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:05:53 +0100 823534 http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/new/index.php/2010/03/04/take-the-national-financial-capability-challenge/ Help high-school students to take control of their financial futures! The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Education have teamed up to launch the National Financial Capability Challenge for 2010, an awards program designed to engage teachers in teaching personal financial fitness, and to increase the financial knowledge of high-school aged students across the country. Encourage your high-school teachers to register for the challenge by visiting challenge.treas.gov prior to March 14th.They’ll receive access to educational materials and a toolkit to help students prepare to make smart financial decisions. An online challenge exam can be administered anytime between March 15 - April 9, and top performers from all schools will be nationally recognized. Spread the word in your community by posting a flier, and ask your teachers to participate in the Challenge! Looking for more information on personal finances for teens? Check out the Teen Finance Series, with information about savings, credit, debt, finding money for college, and more. (Source: What's New) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:26:40 +0100 823538 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lansinglibraryteen/podcast/~3/luCDdaamMBY/march-events.html Teen Tech Week: Learn, Create, Share @ Your Library: March 7-13Stop by the Teen Desk throughout the month of March to get your internet scavenger hunt. Those who complete their scavenger hunt may be eligible for a prize.Movie Night: National TreasureWednesday, March 10 @ 5 p.m.Grades 6 and upSince his childhood, Benjamin Franklin Gates has known that his is a descendant of a long line of people whose job it has been to guard a treasure hidden by the Founding Fathers. They hid clues to its where-abouts in the country's currency and on the back of the Declaration of Independence. Now, Ben has learned of a plot to steal the Declaration, and has only one option: he has to steal it himself. Even if he pulls off this monumental task, keeping the treasure safe is still going to be incredibly hard, especially since the FBI now knows of his plans. Rated PGCD CraftThursday, March 11 @ 5 p.m.Saturday, March 20 @ 5 p.m.Grades 6-12Celebrate technology by transforming it into something new. Use pieces of CDs to create picture frames, disco balls, or your own artistic mosaic.Sign-up is appreciated but not required."Off the Shelf" Book Discussion:Lemonade Mouth by Mark Peter HughesMonday, March 22 @ 5 p.m.Grades 6-12A disparate group of high school students thrown together in detention form a band to play at the school talent show and end up competing with a wildly popular local rock band.Sign-up is appreciated but not required.Reminder!The Read for a Lifetime program ends March 31st. Stop by the library once you've read four books from the list in order to get your Certificate from the State of Illinois and your chance to win a gift card. (Source: Lansing Library Teen Dept. Podcast) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:21:34 +0100 824636 http://www.cla-net.org/weblog/2010/03/2010_california.php Please visit the 2010 Summer Reading Workshop page to view this year's summer reading training workshop and find information on: setting the scene and decorating the library; programming ideas for children, teens, and adults, including storytimes, book discussions, games, crafts, environmental programming, and programming on a budget; offsite summer reading programs; teen volunteers; and planning your adult summer reading program. The workshop is divided up by topic for ease of viewing, and powerpoint presentations and handouts are also available for download. If you have any questions or would like to provide feedback on the videos, please email Natalie Cole at ncole@cla-net.org. For full information on the 2010 California Summer Reading Program, please visit http://www.cla-net.org/summer-reading. The workshop took place on November 5, 2009, at the Arthur F. Turner Community Library in West Sacramento, a branch of Yolo County Library. It was presented by CLA in partnership with the NorthNet Library System. Thank you to the members of CLA's 2010 California Summer Reading Program steering committee for preparing and presenting our workshops, and to Infopeople for hosting the videos on their server. The California Summer Reading Program is a project of the California Library Association, supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Submitted by: Natalie Cole, PhD Programs Director California Library Association (Source: CLA Weblog) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:57:19 +0100 824696 http://ppld.org/blogs/ppld/?p=1386 Briargate Branch Library is hosting a Teen Mural Competition open to teens ages 13 – 19. Applications for the competition are available until March 15 at the Briargate Branch. Teens are welcome to apply individually, or in groups of up to four. Designs must be inspired by the Teen Zone theme quote by Cornelia Funke, author of Inkheart: “Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.” The winner(s) will paint his or her mural design on a wall in Briargate’s Teen Zone, and will be guest of honor at an Artist’s Reception at the branch after the mural’s completion. For more information, call 260-6882 or stop by the Briargate Branch Library (9475 Briar Village Pt.) today! (Source: The Blog @ ppld.org) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:26:23 +0100 824803 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/_0dYfaPPvYA/ This provides so much food for thought – school librarians please take a look – and really, everyone in LIS – how will can we provide them a world for learning? (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:53:04 +0100 823469 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=32961 Partnership for a Drug-Free America’s 21st Annual Teen Survey Shows No Significant Increase in Over-the-Counter Medicine Abuse Rates Source: Partnership for a Drug-Free America and MetLife Foundation New survey data released today by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America and MetLife Foundation point to the need for continued efforts to combat substance abuse among teens. While there was no significant increase in the abuse of over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicines containing dextromethorphan, the 21st annual Partnership/MetLife Foundation Attitude Tracking Survey (PATS) found an overall waning in teens’ negative perceptions about many drugs along with increases in abuse rates for alcohol, ecstasy, and marijuana. Teens in this study expressed a significant increase in the perception of these party drugs and alcohol as beneficial and acceptable. … Lifetime abuse rates among teens for OTC cough medicines have remained relatively flat over the past few years: 12 percent of teens report having abused an OTC cough medicine to get high at least once in their lives. + Full Report (PDF; 1.1 MB) (Source: Docuticker) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:22:55 +0100 823462 http://marincountyfreelibrary.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_marincountyfreelibrary_archive.html#2101955036399396761 In honor of our 2010 One Book One Marin book selection, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, the Civic Center Library is presenting a workshop on how to draw comics. Michael Scagliotti, an instructor at the Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco,will be offering this free two hour workshop just for TEENS (ages 12-18).Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010Time: 6 pm to 8 pmWhere: Civic Center Center LibraryFor more information call the Library Reference Desk at 415-499-6058 (Source: Marin County Free Library Blog) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824805 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=32939 Reporting on first sexual experience: The importance of interviewer-respondent interaction Source: Demographic Research Survey methodologists typically seek to improve data on sensitive topics by standardizing surveys and avoiding the use of human interviewers. This study uses data collected from 90 never-married young adults in rural Malawi to compare reports on first sexual encounters between a standard survey and an in-depth interview. A significant fraction of young women who claimed in the survey to have never been sexually active affirmed sexual experience during the in-depth interview, fielded shortly thereafter. Two elements of the in-depth interview, flexibility and reciprocal exchange, foster trust and more truthful reporting. The findings contradict the long-standing presumption that face-to-face interviews are inherently threatening when the topic is sex. + Full Report (PDF; 1 MB) (Source: Docuticker) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:51:59 +0100 823111 http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/03/article-note-on-assessing-promotion-of.html Citation for the article:Sobel, Karen, "Promoting Library Reference Services to First-Year Undergraduate Students: What Works?" Reference and User Services Quarterly 48.4 (2009): 362-371.Read via Academic Search Complete (EBSCO).I continue my look at some articles on reference assessment that I started over here and continues here. This one seemed relevant to me given the work I do as an outreach librarian where a good part of my job is promoting the library. When it comes to promotion for undergraduates, it is something I try to do in collaboration with our instruction librarian when it is feasible. Sobel's article explores three things. First, it looks at how aware are undergraduate students when it comes to reference services. Second, it asks what percentage of those students seek help from reference librarians. Third, the author asks about what online media the students find comfortable to use in communicating with the reference librarians. I think that last question could have been explored a bit further. It certainly can be explored further now given the ubiquity of services like Facebook and Twitter. That would be something I would be interested in especially since we do have a Facebook page for the library, and we use Meebo chat widgets in our subject guides. I know the study took place in 2007, according to the article, when things like Facebook (it opened to everyone in 2006) and Twitter (also founded in 2006) were still gaining ground, but I guess the fact I can ask the question just shows how quickly things have changed. By the way, Meebo was launched in 2005, and the widgets we use in 2006. I guess I am just saying if I was expanding this type of assessment, I would want more on how social networking is used by the library to reach students.The article opens with a brief summary of promotional techniques that libraries commonly use such as flyers and online links to chat services, things that I will note we do her as well. ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:30:00 +0100 824192 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6721471.html?rssid=190 Jessica Markowitz discovered her life’s mission at the ripe age of 11—to help girls her age in Rwanda get an education of their own. Three years later, Markowitz and her Seattle, WA-based charity, IMPUWE, has sent 22 impoverished Rwandan girls to school, and there are now plans to build a school library. Impuwe is the Rwandan word for compassion. (Source: School Library Journal Breaking News) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:10:00 +0100 824053 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/FrgkwjCR8fg/deborah-orr-hilary-mantel-young-mothers Hilary Mantel has opened up a debate that goes right to the heart of what feminism is aboutFrom Alistair Darling's warning of an economic downturn the like of which had not been seen for 60 years, to George Young's assertion that Lord Ashcroft is a non-dom, it has never been more clear that the most awful political gaffes occur when some fool acts on a ghastly impulse to speak the truth. But the contagion is spreading. Hilary Mantel is no politician. But the novelist's supposedly controversial statement that "Having sex and having babies is what young women are about, and their instincts are suppressed in the interests of society's timetable" is simply a statement of the obvious. Why Mantel's observations have been held up over the last few days as somehow subversive or challenging is something of a mystery.How else, after all, can the finding of the Young Foundation's research into recent patterns in lone motherhood be explained? The foundation's liberal antecedents are impeccable, and the organisation certainly has no axe that it wishes to grind to a sharp point, the better to swipe at single mothers with. Yet last month it presented findings to the Centre for Policy Studies which strongly suggest that a greatly increasing number of women now prefer to bring up children alone, on benefits, instead of hanging about waiting for a breadwinner dad to hove into view.Looking at how parenting patterns have changed over the last 20 years, the research found that the proportion of lone mothers had risen from 10% to 25%. No great revelation there. But the research also found a significant change in the characteristics of lone motherhood over that period. In 1986, the report says, a lone mother had typically separated from a partner after some years of marriage or cohabitation, with just 15% describing themselves as never having lived with the father or fathers of their child or children. But by 2006, the proportion had shot up to 57%. ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:00:01 +0100 823254 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/z9xrqTrE3bw/random-thon-update-1.html I have already gotten fundraising packets from two people and both paid in change! One was wrapped (thank you!), but I just counted the other. Between the two, we already have $30.75, and we haven't even held the event yet! The teen Random-A-Thon will be this Saturday, March 6, from 9:00 to 5:00. Drop by anytime for games, crafts, reading, video games, and more. We're even having lunch! Everyone who attends must raise at least $10. See you Saturday! (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:04:20 +0100 823246 http://ppld.org/blogs/ppld/?p=1358 Teen Tech Week, running March 7 – 13, is a national initiative aimed at teens, librarians, educators, and parents meant to encourage teens to take advantage of libraries’ nonprint resources. The 2010 theme — Learn Create Share @ your library — fosters teen creativity and positions the library as a physical and virtual place for safe exploration of the many types of technology available at libraries. PPLD is having events throughout the District as part of Teen Tech Week. Click here for a complete list of these fun programs. (Source: The Blog @ ppld.org) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:43:41 +0100 824804 http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=41&BlogPostID=6509 Falling in love with Maia, hard and deeply, wasn’t something that Leigh Hunter wanted to do. He already had a beautiful, normal girlfriend, and Maia was anything but normal. Lovely, yes, but tortured, too. Maia sums herself up as, “…a bunch of parts that are a mess…Cutter, self-mutilator, anorexic, crazy, anxious, drunk girl.” But she intrigued and enchanted Leigh. His mother’s boyfriend described the attraction as, “A beautiful girl screaming trouble. I doubt there’s a man alive who could resist that at seventeen.” And so Leigh plunges in, despite Maia’s lack of encouragement, and finally wins her affection. But Leigh is in over in his head with Maia, and barely understands what she really needs. When he tries to come to her rescue, he instead botches everything, and brings their relationship to an end. This book is a rich exploration of Leigh’s complexity and intensity, and the depiction of Maia’s struggle with anorexia is heartbreaking. Freymann-Weyr is the Printz Honor Award winner of “My Heartbeat.” Ages 14 and up. (Source: Teen Scene from Wright Memorial Public Library) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:00:05 +0100 823012 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/67G71tT1S78/ali-sparkes-blue-peter-prize Frozen in Time, Ali Sparkes's novel of two children cryonically frozen for 50 years, wins Blue Peter prize for children's fictionAli Sparkes's novel Frozen in Time – the adventure of two children cryonically frozen for half-a-century and then returned to life in 2009 – has won this year's Blue Peter Book of the Year award.Announced this afternoon on a special edition of the venerable children's TV show, the Blue Peter Book awards have the unusual distinction of being judged by a panel of eight- to nine-year-old readers. Sparkes pronounced herself delighted to have won the prize. "I think if you asked any children's author which they thought was the most important prize for children's books, it's highly likely they would say the Blue Peter prize," she said."Not only does it have a big TV audience, which is important, but well, it's Blue Peter! You can talk about Carnegie, and Kate Greenaway, you can talk about Smarties – but everyone immediately understands about the Blue Peter prize."Even on the way over to the TV studio, the taxi driver asked me if I had got a Blue Peter badge!"Initial entries for the prizes were whittled down into three shortlists of three by the programme's editor, Tim Levell, children's librarian Debra Conway and last year's overall winner, Matt Haig. Panels of young readers then decided on winners in three separate categories, as well choosing the overall Book of the Year.So, as well as the top honours, Frozen in Time took the Book I Couldn't Put Down prize. Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things by Guy Bass, meanwhile, took the Most Fun Story With Pictures prize, and Why Eating Bogeys Is Good For You by Mitchell Symons carried off the Best Book With Facts prize.Jamie Fenlon, 10, was one of the prize's judges; he reported a process as engaged and passionate as any of the infamous behind-the-scenes debates at the Man Booker prize. ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0100 823028 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=32931 Association Between Cannabis Use and Psychosis-Related Outcomes Using Sibling Pair Analysis in a Cohort of Young Adults Source: Archives of General Psychiatry Early cannabis use is associated with psychosis-related outcomes in young adults. The use of sibling pairs reduces the likelihood that unmeasured confounding explains these findings. This study provides further support for the hypothesis that early cannabis use is a risk-modifying factor for psychosis-related outcomes in young adults. (Source: Docuticker) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:32:16 +0100 823115 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/RL-u4q_bBh8/shirley-hughes-top-10-picture-book-characters From Fungus the Bogeyman to Babar the Elephant, the creator of Dogger and Alfie looks at the compelling creations that turn small children into readersShirley Hughes has written and illustrated more than 50 books, selling some 11.5m copies, and collected a string of awards for creating some of the most enduring characters in children's literature, including Dogger, Alfie, and Lucy and Tom. Her latest book is Don't Want to Go, published this week by The Bodley Head.Buy Shirley Hughes books at the Guardian bookshop"With picture books small children can see themselves as readers long before they have learned to decipher the text. They turn the pages with relish, exploring the plot through the illustrations with tremendous concentration. They are learning how to look, rather than being passively overwhelmed by fast moving electronic imagery. Little wonder then, that the great heroes and heroines of picture books are among the world's best remembered fictional characters."1. Fungus the Bogeyman – Raymond BriggsFungus is one of Briggs's most inventive picture books. Adults as well as children will be gleefully sucked down into that world deep in the slime, a place of blocked drains, dubious smells and infestations, where the Bogey family thrive. Fungus's sorties above ground to plague luckless humans who are fighting a losing battle against Bogeydom are wonderfully funny. 2. The Bear with Sticky Paws – Clara VulliamyWhen The Bear with Sticky Paws arrives at Pearl's house, chaos of one kind or another ensues. Clara Vulliamy can draw real children as convincingly as she can invent anthropomorphic animals, a rare quality in contemporary picture books. (I have to declare an interest here, as she is my daughter!) These stories explore Pearl's changing reactions to the engagingly maverick bear, who tears through the action with delicious abandon.3. ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:00:01 +0100 823030 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/bxe4_Bf8djU/canadian-library-association-announces.html The Young Adult Services Interest Group of the Canadian Library Association is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2010 Young Adult Book Award. This award recognizes an author of an outstanding English-language Canadian work of fiction (novel, collection of short stories or graphic novel), published in 2009, that appeals to young adults between the ages of 13 and 18. The winner of the award, and the Honour Books, will be announced prior to the Canadian Library Association National Conference and Trade Show. The award will be presented at the conference in Edmonton, Alberta on June 3, 2010. The finalists for the 2010 CLA Young Adult Book Award, in alphabetical order by author, are:* Poster Boy by Dede Crane (Groundwood)* Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant (Alfred A. Knopf)* Not Suitable for Family Viewing by Vicki Grant (HarperCollins)* Haunted by Barbara Haworth-Attard (HarperCollins)* Girl on the Other Side by Deborah Kerbel (Dundurn)* Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston (HarperCollins)* The Gryphon Project by Carrie Mac (Puffin)* Dragon Seer by Janet McNaughton (HarperCollins)* Vanishing Girl by Shane Peacock (Tundra)* The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade (HarperCollins) (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:36:39 +0100 823075 http://mcpldteens.blogspot.com/2010/03/more-book-reviews.html Magic Under Glassby Jaclyn DolamoreIf there was such a genre as "historical fantasy," this book would fall into that category. I don't remember the story ever defining a clear time period, but I feel like this tale takes place during the mid-1800s. Nimira is a young dance hall girl singing and barely getting by, when a wealthy sorcerer approaches her with an offer of employment. The sorcerer is the owner of a unique piano-playing automaton, which is basically a machine man/toy that can be wound up to play tunes on the piano. The sorcerer wants Nimira to perform with the automaton for his influential guests. Initially, she is ecstatic about her good fortune, but Nimira begins to suspect that there is more to the automaton than machine. Is there something alive within? Read this book to discover the magic that surrounds Nimira and the automaton!Tricksby Ellen HopkinsFans of Ellen Hopkins will not be disappointed by her latest book, Tricks. Per usual for this author, the book delves into a deep dark world that many of us fear to tread, let alone mention. In fact, I hesitated reviewing this book because of the sensitive topic, but perhaps by exposing the subject of prostitution it will prevent people from succumbing to the same fate. The book tells the story of 5 different teens, and despite their various upbringings and circumstances, they all end up in similar situations. This book is told in poetry verse and reads very fast (something positive!). I enjoyed the book, but teens, you must sens0r yourselves when it comes to reading, so if this sounds like it is too dark for you, choose something else. However, fans of Hopkins other novels will know what to expect and eat this new novel up.Heist Societyby Ally CarterOn the lighter side of things, this book is a fast enjoyable read for teens of all ages. This story revolves around the life of Katarina Bishop, a regular teen girl. Well, regular is what she is hoping to achieve. ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825656 http://unionlibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/03/save-los-angeles-public-library.html Los Angeles Public Library is facing massive budget cuts! * The Mayor's office has proposed and 11% reduction in staff-- more than any other department. * ONLY the LIBRARY and Recreation & Parks are marked for additional staff cuts by the hundreds over the next 5 years. * The City Council voted to layoff more than 4,000 city workers. This is just the beginningWhat This Means: * Reduced hours * Reduced services * Closed branchesWhat This Really Means: * Fewer books * Limited Internet access * Fewer DVDs, CD,s, Books on CD * Fewer story hours, teen activities, literacy education activities, after-school activities, computer instruction classes, adult programs * Limited assistance for students, job seekers, writers, artists, researchers, entrepreneurs, teachers, recreational readers, armchair learners, and others.Contact the Mayor and your City Council Member Today and Let them Know that: * You don't want the library to be cut * You want your library open * You want programs and service at your library * This is your city, your library and you should be able to access materials and information=Librarians' Guild AFSCME Local 2626 (Source: Union Librarian) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824473 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LansingLibraryTeenNewsBlog/~3/luCDdaamMBY/march-events.html Teen Tech Week: Learn, Create, Share @ Your Library: March 7-13Stop by the Teen Desk throughout the month of March to get your internet scavenger hunt. Those who complete their scavenger hunt may be eligible for a prize.Movie Night: National TreasureWednesday, March 10 @ 5 p.m.Grades 6 and upSince his childhood, Benjamin Franklin Gates has known that his is a descendant of a long line of people whose job it has been to guard a treasure hidden by the Founding Fathers. They hid clues to its where-abouts in the country's currency and on the back of the Declaration of Independence. Now, Ben has learned of a plot to steal the Declaration, and has only one option: he has to steal it himself. Even if he pulls off this monumental task, keeping the treasure safe is still going to be incredibly hard, especially since the FBI now knows of his plans. Rated PGCD CraftThursday, March 11 @ 5 p.m.Saturday, March 20 @ 5 p.m.Grades 6-12Celebrate technology by transforming it into something new. Use pieces of CDs to create picture frames, disco balls, or your own artistic mosaic.Sign-up is appreciated but not required."Off the Shelf" Book Discussion:Lemonade Mouth by Mark Peter HughesMonday, March 22 @ 5 p.m.Grades 6-12A disparate group of high school students thrown together in detention form a band to play at the school talent show and end up competing with a wildly popular local rock band.Sign-up is appreciated but not required.Reminder!The Read for a Lifetime program ends March 31st. Stop by the library once you've read four books from the list in order to get your Certificate from the State of Illinois and your chance to win a gift card. (Source: Lansing Library Teen News) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823448 http://bhplnjbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/03/19th-wife-by-david-ebershoff.html This Friday the morning book group will discuss David Ebershoff's novel, The 19th Wife, which alternates between two narrators. Ann Eliza Young was one of the fifty-something wives of the Mormon leader Brigham Young, and after her divorce in 1875, she went on a national lecture tour to denounce polygamy. Ebershoff based his fictional memoir partly on Ann Eliza's own memoir, Wife No. 19, which you can read here.The other narrator of The 19th Wife is Jordan Scott, who grew up in the present day in a polygamist cult which closely resembles the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints*. When Jordan was a teenager, he was excommunicated from his church and left alongside a highway to fend for himself. When Jordan's mother is wrongly jailed for shooting her husband to death, Jordan decides to return to Mesadale to investigate.*If you are interested in the true stories of women who escaped from FLDS, try Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall or Escape by Carolyn Jessop, both available at BHPL. (Anne reminded me that I've overlooked Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer, which is about Mormon fundamentalism.)This is the third historical novel the book group has read with a 19th century feminist protagonist (purely by chance, I think). I wish we could invite Mamah Borthwick (from Loving Frank), Isabella Beecher Hooker and Victoria Woodhull (from Harriet and Isabella) as well as Ann Eliza Young to our meeting. Maybe when Google gets that time travel thing worked out?Discussion questions for The 19th Wife are available here. The author also has a several of his interviews posted on the book's website, but the best one's on the Random House site. (Source: Berkeley Heights Public Library Book Blog and Buzz) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823381 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/15908 Alliance Library System and TAP Information Services Announce Trendy Topics  2010:  Teens and Technology Alliance Library System and TAP Information Services are pleased to announce the third in a dynamic monthly series of online workshops librarians can enjoy right at their desktops on hot topics.  The latest conference on Teens and Technology is scheduled for Tuesday, April 13.  Kelly Czarnecki from the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County is the keynote speaker.  She will talk about “A Great Fit: Teens, Technology and Libraries!”  Kelly’s talk will take a look at how libraries throughout the country are engaging teens with technology and why. Then she will address ways (low budget!) that libraries can integrate more technology programs and services for teens in their library and community and convince their administrators along the way.   ·             Other speakers for this inspiring  day-long conference include:   ·             Dodie Ownes, Edito (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823217 http://bb.lori.ri.gov//viewtopic.php?t=8087&sid=a0c350ef8802854211c1f1ea9ecad161 (Source: LORI Discussions Groups :: View Forum - Jobline -- to post, send email to webmaster@lori.ri.gov) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823060 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/yDsfOqz8f8U/ Dr Michael Stephens delivered the Dr Laurel Anne Clyde Memorial Keynote Address at the ASLA XXI Biennial Conference, held in Perth, Western Australia, from 29 September to 2 October 2009. Reprinted with permission from the Australian School Library Association Inc. (ASLA) Access 2010 24(1): 5. The evolving Web is an open and social place. The Web has changed everything. Its impact on every facet of our lives — home, work and school — would be difficult to measure but the ‘always on, always available’ Internet is certainly a game changer. Can you recall the first time you realised that the Internet would change your job? Your school? Your students? Dr Laurel Anne Clyde recognised the power and potential for emerging technologies in schools and spent time exploring the implications. As technology evolved, so did her research. Her work examining weblogs was one of the first scholarly endeavours with emerging Web 2.0 tools. Now many of us study and move in a world of hyperconnected spaces: Facebook, WordPress Multi- User Blog communities (WordPress MU), Flickr and any number of socially enabled sites. What a world Dr. Clyde would see today! Sadly, this world includes the fact that many libraries are suffering financial setbacks. The recent news that Australian school libraries are in dire need of support all too well illustrates that changes are needed. The press release from the Australian School Library Association (ASLA 2009) detailed the findings of a 2007 study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), including: That means ensuring there are enough qualified teacher librarians as well as maintaining and improving infrastructure. Having a new or refurbished school library is important, but the full potential of these resources cannot be realised without a qualified teacher librarian in place as well. This fact cannot be ignored. Schools need qualified librarians. ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:09:41 +0100 822933 http://lisnews.org/orlando_pl_no_over_18s_allowed_ya_department Blogger Sarah N. Fisk, an author of young adult novels, questions the Orlando Public Library's policy on keeping adults out of the YA section of the library. She wrote a letter to the library expressing her unhappiness with the policy, and received this response in return. What are your thoughts and what is your library's policy on this issue? (Source: LISNews.org) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:18:04 +0100 822805 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/PQyvGO0vhy4/aba-announces-finalists-for-2010-indies.html On Monday, March 1, the American Booksellers Association unveiled the finalists for the 2010 Indies Choice Book Awards. Booksellers at ABA members stores will cast ballots to choose the winners in eight categories - Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, Adult Debut, Young Adult, Middle Reader, New Picture Book, Most Engaging Author, and Picture Book Hall of Fame - throughout the month of March. The Indies Choice Book Awards reflect the spirit of independent bookstores and the IndieBound movement. The winners, to be announced in April, will be honored at BookExpo America 2010 in New York City (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:33:23 +0100 822772 http://blog.njla.org/archives/2010/03/#000687 Times of Trenton Sunday, February 28, 2010 Nicole Gough SPECIAL TO THE TIMES To the iGeneration, whose access to information is faster than ever, libraries may seem like archaic institutions that have fallen behind in the times. Images of weathered tomes and the labyrinthine Dewey Decimal System seem to have teens running in the opposite direction -- and toward a computer. But the Hamilton Township Free Public Library is one of many facing the challenge and adapting, merging books and the Internet and creating a more modern space for today's teens. Librarian Kathleen Breitenbach is piloting that change at Hamilton. "Prior to the library adding a specific teen librarian, service to teens and collection development in the teen department was handled by one of the reference librarians who had other responsibilities," said Breitenbach, recently hired and appointed head of Teen Services. "By having someone whose sole collection development duty is for the teen section, we can provide better service." One of the more difficult tasks the library faces is attracting teenagers and maintaining their interest in the library. In addition to updating the library's collections, Breitenbach plans to organize programs and committees that will cater to teenagers' needs and reignite their interest in the library. "We plan to offer a wide variety of programs, make our collections more current, do more outreach by visiting the schools and talking to teens where they are, and develop a teen advisory board," said Breitenbach. "Additionally, we are designing a space just for teens to hang out and study in the library." The library's new initiative and outreach plan will provide teenagers with more programs and utilities that are relevant to their interests and needs. ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823356 http://bclyaknow.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-fiction-for-march-in-like-lion.html Well, not exactly. Then again, here in the northwest, Spring comes in more like a pussycat anyway. In keeping with that non-conformity, this latest new fiction has shown up like a zombie. And a dead person. And a freak. Mermaid anyone? Take your pick! Of course, there are always more on our New Book shelves in the Teen Room.I Kissed a Zombie and I Liked It by Adam Selzer (Fantasy)YA Selzer, AAlgonquin “Ali” Rhodes, the high school newspaper’s music critic, meets an intriguing singer, Doug, while reviewing a gig. He’s a weird-looking guy—goth, but he seems sincere about it, like maybe he was into it back before it was cool. She introduces herself after the set, asking if he lives in Cornersville, and he replies, in his slow, quiet murmur, “Well, I don’t really live there, exactly. . . .” A few more curiosities unfold after they start dating, to which she is of course blinded: he never changes clothes, his head is a funny shape, and he says practically nothing out loud. So, there’s sincere goth, and then there’s zombie! Time to break up! Turns out, zombies aren’t very good at that. At the same time she learns that vampires don’t think much of music critics who make fun of vampires in reviews. . . .Don’t expect Batman to come to the rescue on this one kids!Walk of the Spirits by Richie Tankersley Cusick (Supernatural)YA Cusick, R.Something is cloying at Miranda Barnes. Something lonely and sad and . . . very pressing, which she can't escape. Whispers when she's alone, shadows when no one is there to make them, and a distant pleading voice that wakes her from sleep. Like her grandfather before her, she seems to have a special gift of communicating with spirits who still walk the town of St. Yvette, Lousiana, with its moss-draped trees and above-ground cemeteries. And no matter where she turns, Miranda feels bound by their whispered pleas for help . . . unless she can somehow find a way to bring them peace. ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 822926 http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/madreads/index.php/2010/03/01/scarletts-story-continues/ YA writing goddess Maureen Johnson’s second installment in Scarlett Martins’ story was worth the wait, Scarlett Fever was great!  Unless you have read Suite Scarlett, which was madly reviewed here, most of this new novel would not make much sense.  So go read Suite Scarlett and then come back and read this review. Just kidding, read on my good friend and just put both books on your holds list. Sixteen-year-old Scarlett Martin lives and breathes NYC.  Her family owns and operates a tiny retro hotel there and goes to the most elite public school in town. Her boss Mrs Amberson, a former hotel guest, has started a new talent agency whose first client is Scarlett’s gifted acting brother Spencer.  Spencer has finally landed a gig, but the catch is he’s the on screen villian whose killed off tv’s beloved Sonny Lavinksi (think Law and Order) and the fans of the show are not happy.  Scarlett is already stressed out because her old boyfriend Eric keeps popping up (goes to NYU acting school) and she’s still crushing on him hard.  Life becomes even tougher when she’s asked to keep an eye on Mrs. Amberson’s newest client’s older brother Max, the trouble maker who could sabotage his sister Chelsea’s budding broadway career.  Scarlett’s relationship with Max is tense, but then somehow the romantic sparks start flying. Life at the hotel gets even more stress filled when her cancer surviving sister Maureen becomes uncannily kind, what does she have up her young sleeve?  Lots of dramatic conclusions in this YA novel and one heckuva cliff hanger too.  This other reviewer really lets Johnson have it about her ending. Johnson’s writing style is fun and quirky and that’s what makes these Scarlett books so darn good. ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:49:36 +0100 822588 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6720948.html?rssid=190 The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is seeking the creative ideas of it members—and they’re willing to pay up to $250 for them. (Source: School Library Journal Breaking News) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0100 824061 http://lisnews.org/lapl_facing_drastic_cuts_movement_039save_library039_launched Proposed cuts to services and other departments in the City in the face of a serious budget crunch means that many of our cherished, under-appreciated, and already under-served resources stand to lose a great deal. The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) is no exception, and in order to gather public support they have launched a "Save the Library" campaign. Currently the LAPL is experiencing a surge in usage as a result of the budget crunch most residents are feeling, however City Hall has targeted the library system for massive cuts: In a time when recession has increased library use for its FREE services, in helping the citizens find anything from a new jobs or their favorite DVDs, The Mayor wants massive cuts to the library - beginning with an 11% cut (more than most every city department) by July - followed by even deeper cuts. This means cuts to hours, branches closing, fewer hours of computer access, cuts or elimination of story time and other programs for teens and kids, no literacy services and other adult programs, and no new books brought into circulation. http://laist.com/2010/03/01/lapl_facing_drastic_cuts_movement_t.php (Source: LISNews.org) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:51:28 +0100 822570 http://blog.ocls.info/Teens/2010/03/are_you_artistic_enter_this_co.html You should totally enter the Teen Art Contest between by March 19th. All types of media are accepted, including, but not limited to, paintings, drawings, sculpture, jewelry and graphic design. Prizes will be awarded to the Best of Show winner and winners in four art categories. Isn't that AWESOME!? Winners will be announced and art displayed at the Teen Art Show on March 25, 2010. Pick up an entry form at any Orange County Library System location or print one online. Don't forget the deadline for entries is March 19, 2010. Ages 13-18. Better go work on your entry! Bye-bye for now creative people! (Source: Techno Teens LIVE) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:16:18 +0100 822373 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/L9X3UVKbfZQ/ Check-ins, badges, and becoming mayor have nothing to do with libraries and everything to do with the geolocation game foursquare…. well it did until some of the librarians here at Darien began hijacking our own venue (Darien Library).  We began checking in every time we came into work, closely monitoring who among us was crowned Mayor of Darien Library.  Possibly making snide comments to our new ruler – of course in good fun. Then it dawned on us: Why are we checking in all the time when we could offer up this service to our users? We began looking a little closer at it, finding out how we could build a whimsical program out of it that, yes, would be a little silly, but also potentially informative and rewarding.  foursquare allows users to add to-do’s to venues for individual use and tips for others who check-in.  What tips could we offer? To our benefit, our cadre of staff foursquare users represents pretty much every department in the library: User Experience (UX), Teens, Technology, Knowledge and Learning Services (KLS), and Children’s.  Together we thought of 3 to 5 tips we could each offer up from our department.  For example, Teens has video games, UX puts together some great programming, KLS has a fabulous Bloomberg Terminal, and so on.  So when we thought of ideas and potential hurdles we all funneled them into our Google Wave and then filtered the good ideas off to the venue as tips. We were left wondering about incentives.  foursquare is like twitter was in the beginning, popular for early adopters but seemingly useless for the rest of the population.  We wanted to invite our users to try a new technology, to not worry about the “silliness” of it at the beginning.  To do this we needed our incentive.  Because we can track who becomes Mayor of Darien Library we thought it best to give out a prize:  a fancy tote bag (a $25 value!).  Become Mayor, get a tote bag. ... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:36:20 +0100 822584 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/Woq_lQV3Gs8/ssbb-review-ike-black-hole-in-melee.html Hey guys its me again finally out of the deadly Cycle of a busy secudual and percrastination and is finally posting again with grammer mistakes galor (which Gretchen will be fixing from here on out) . I notice I lost my place on the sidebar *sniflle* but I understand. I don't think my posts are looked at often anyway.Now, let's just cut the chit-chat and talk about Ike. Ike is a newcomer to the Smash universe. Originating from the Fire Emblem series, some serious critics wish he made his appearance in Melee and not Brawl. He's what they call a late apperance. Here is the dojo page with his moves etc.Now it's time for my rating. Ike is a great character to brawl with. He does massive devistating moves that can decide a brawl hands down. If you ever have a team you would want Ike. Now a powerful character at this standard has to have a downfall. He is a what people call "heavy character," causing you not to want him on small stages. But a good recovery is an Up B if he's close enough. Or, if he's above the stage, use a quick Side B to go on the stage. A up B should be your last recovery resort because if you're too far away from the edge, you go straight down, no stop. I give Ike an 8.Now, in other news, in our last gaming club some of our gamers created one of the most famous glitchs in Melee called the black hole. Now how do you make the black hole? Well... I haven't done it, but you can see some other gamers doing it on YouTube.Now those people did almost the same thing as our gamers did. But our gamers caused the game to crash =) ...A game is never a game til you crash it.Well that's it. I'll post more when I escape my cycle again. (And I will try again really soon.) (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:12:01 +0100 822493 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/sTISaRQeLTc/rescheduled-random-thon.html The Random-A-Thon has been rescheduled! It will now be Saturday, March 6, from 9:00 to 5:00. Raise money for library teen programs and materials while hanging out and having fun! The Teen Advisory Board planned this Random-A-Thon Fundraiser for students in grades 6 to 12. Register in advance, collect donations and pledges, then stay as long as you can! Activities will include video games, crafts, board games, lunch, and more--ask for an event schedule for details. You must raise at least $10 to attend.If you were already signed up, plan on attending this Saturday. If you're not signed up, you get a second chance! And if you were signed up but can't attend, please donate the money you collected anyway. All donations and pledges are now due by March 19. (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:54:18 +0100 822491