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TEEN TECH WEEK ™ :

TEEN TECH WEEK ™ :. Showcase Your Library’s Latest Resources. Teen Tech Week. Created by YALSA First celebrated in 2007 Annual event the second week of March

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TEEN TECH WEEK ™ :

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  1. TEEN TECH WEEK™ : Showcase Your Library’s Latest Resources

  2. Teen Tech Week • Created by YALSA • First celebrated in 2007 • Annual event the second week of March • Purpose: to provide a special time of year for libraries to showcase all the tech resources, services and programs they have for the teens in their community

  3. DIY@ your library • Dates for 2014: March 9 – 15 • To keep the event fresh, there is a different theme each year • The 2014 theme mentioned above is broad enough so that all types and sizes of libraries will have something to celebrate

  4. Key Dates • November: TTW web site goes live, registration opens and products go on sale • January: TTW issue of YALSA’s journal, YALS mails • February: Free TTW webinar recording mailed to registrants, product ordering deadline • March: celebrate the event!

  5. Planning Timeline: November • Sign up to participate by joining the site at www.ala.org/teentechweek • Browse the TTW web site for ideas or share your own • Meet with your Teen Advisory Group (TAG) to decide how best to celebrate TTW in your library • Based on your TAG meeting(s), write up a proposal and budget to share with your supervisor

  6. Planning Timeline: December • Continue planning with your TAG. Think about what area organizations might be good to partner with • Order supplies and promotional materials • ALA Graphics will have official posters, bookmarks, digital downloads, etc. • Communicate your plans to the library staff and get any TTW events on the library calendar

  7. Planning Timeline: January • Read the winter issue of Young Adult Library Services for TTW ideas and resources • Contact & confirm presenters or speakers for your TTW events • Send VIPs invitations to attend TTW events • Work with your TAG to identify ways to market TTW events then create marketing materials

  8. Planning Timeline: February • Market TTW events to area teens • Invite local press/media to TTW events • Find volunteers to be photographers or videographers for your TTW events • Work with your TAG to finalize plans • Update and prepare library staff for TTW • Work w/ TAG to create a TTW display in the library, school, community center, etc.

  9. Planning Timeline: March • Contact local press and media to confirm attendance at event(s) • Contact VIPs to remind them of the event(s) • Work with your TAG to implement event(s) • Evaluate your efforts • Send thank yous to volunteers, press, VIPs • Send press wrap up press release, photos, etc.

  10. Program Ideas

  11. Celebrating the Lighter Side of Tech • Host a film or anime festival and show age appropriate movies with a tech focus • Put on a gaming tournament • Have a tech crafting event (e.g. make jewelry out of discarded computer parts) • Sponsor a texting contest to see which of your teen patrons can text the fastest

  12. Educational Tech Programs • Have a “Build a Tumblr Page” workshop and incorporate internet safety skills into the event • Recruit teens to teach a computers or Internet 101 workshop to senior citizens • Host a “Painless Research Papers” workshop and teach teens tips for efficient, effective researching

  13. Connecting Reading & Tech • Create a space where teens can share book reviews online • Set up a microblog account, encourage teens to subscribe & use to alert them when new reading materials arrive or to send brief reading recommendations • Have teens create book trailers featuring their favorite books and post on YouTube. • Host an e-chat for teens w/ a favorite author

  14. Community Service & Tech • Have teens collect used tech items, such as cell phones, and donate them to an appropriate charity • Recruit teens to volunteer their tech expertise at a local charity or organization • Help teens create audio recordings of stories and distribute on CDs to parents of young children

  15. Additional Resources from YALSA • Advocacy Toolkit www.ala.org/yalsa/advocacy • DIY & Maker Programs Wiki http://ow.ly/ogTnU • STEM Resources Wiki & Toolkit http://ow.ly/ogTwg • Teen Tech Week site www.ala.org/teentechweek • YA-YAAC, a listserv for library workers to share programming ideas, http://tinyurl.com/YAYAAC • Young Adult Library Services (quarterly journal) http://yalsa.ala.org/yals

  16. Please contact YALSA if we can be of help YALSA 50 E. Huron St. Chicago, IL 60611 1.800.545.2433 x4390 yalsa@ala.org www.ala.org/yalsa (web site) http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/ (blog) http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php (wiki)

  17. Who is YALSA? • YALSA stands for the Young Adult Library Services Association • Parent organization is the American Library Association (ALA) • Has over 5,200 members who are school librarians, public librarians, educators, grad students and library supporters • YALSA is a national association of librarians, library workers and advocates whose mission is to expand and strengthen library services for teens, aged 12-18. Through its member-driven advocacy, research, and professional development initiatives, YALSA builds the capacity of libraries and librarians to engage, serve and empower teens.

  18. Questions or Comments?

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