Connecting With Teens @ Your Library

1. Connecting With Teens @ Your Library Presented by Jenine Lillian October, 2011

2. Connecting with Teens @ Your Library No matter what your library has or doesn't have, the teens in your community need YOU! Learn some quick tips to reach teens where they are, to be relevant to them, and to get and stay connected to them on any budget or schedule. Jenine Lillian will cover her research and results on Cool Teen Programs for Under $100 and speak to what teens need and want from the mentors and community leaders in their lives. You became a YA Librarian to make a difference and here's your chance to shine. 



3. What I do:AdvocateCatalystConsultantEducator Innovator Librarian Mentor NetworkerSociologist Where to find me: www.jeninelillian.com jenine@jeninelillian.com facebook twitter linkedin

4. How can we transform for teens? • Make sure teens have a unique, visible space • Be an advocate and mentor in the community • Meet teens where they are • Show teens that we “get it” • Shift our models of service, collection development, and promotion • Create new worlds for all

5. Think outside the book! • Compelling programs • Teen involvement/ownership • Multiple learning styles • Individual preferences • Unique interests • Varying reading levels

6. Multiple Formats What the world needs now is multiple formats! • Audio books • Mosaic non-fiction • Graphic novels • Zines • Old mixed with new • New interpretations • Many voices, many styles, new worlds!

7. FRESH IDEAS

8. Formats & Tips • Mosaic Non-Fiction • Audio Books • Graphic Novels and the 741.5s • 10 Minute Displays • Speed Dating Book Talks

9. Ideas • Book Talks • Displays • Face-Outs • Shelf Talkers • Mix It Up!

10. More Ideas • Teen Book Promos • Book Lists/Book Marks • Bulletin Boards • Teen Web Page/Blog/Facebook • Newsletter What else?

11. BOOK TALKS

12. Book Talks Imagine that you’re sitting at home, watching television. Someone rings the doorbell and you get up to answer it. The girl standing there says your dad is her dad, too. What would you do? My Father’s Daughter by E.L. Konigsburg, ISBN: 1-4169-5500-3

13. Book Talks Kirby Nickel is in 7th grade and he’s brilliant about basketball. Trouble is, he’s a terrible player and can’t shoot a free throw to save his life. Captain of the Basketball Team and long-lost son of the town’s b-ball hero? It’s all in the uniform… Airball: My Life in Briefs by L.D. Harkradar, ISBN: 0-312-37382-1

14. Other Great Tween Fiction

15. 10 Minute Displays • Themes • Color • Pattern • Mix It Up! • Award Winners (unmarked) • Recommended by teens • Book to Movie to Book Perfect cheat: NoveList Check boxes for Teens and Older Kids, click search Click on Reader’s Advisory tab (far right) Voila!

16. Speed Dating Book Talks It’s like MySpace. For Elements. The Periodic Table: Elements with Style by Adrian Dingle, Illustrated by Basher, ISBN: 0-7534-6085-8 A skull a day let’s the strange artist play. Skulls by Noah Scalin, ISBN: 1-60059-375-5

17. Speed Dating Book Talks Imagine if World Book and South Park made an Encyclopedia. Do Not Open: An Encyclopedia of the World’s Best-Kept Secrets by John Farndon ISBN: 0-7566-3205-6 A Yearbook says nothing about who you really are. What would you write? Class Pictures by Dawoud Bey ISBN: 1-59711-043-4

18. Dung Beetles and Super Glue? The book 4th and 5th graders fought over (for an entire school year) How Strong Is It? A Mighty Book All About Strength by Ben Hillman. New York: Scholastic. This nonfiction book features amazing digital images and compares the strength of 22 different objects or animals, included such wonders as hair strength, a shark bite, a martial arts kick, glue, an icebreaker and many more. From math to science, this book offers possibilities and projections for science projects, math extrapolations, and discussion about the popular television show, MythBusters. (from IRA’s Children’s Choices, 2009)

19. Not your parents’ Non-Fiction

20. Raucous Audio The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr Skullduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy Bloody Jack : being an account of the curious adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy by L.A. Meyer

21. Raucous Audio The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs Candy Freak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America by Steve Almond This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women Edited by Jay Allison (NPR)

22. PROGRAMS

23. Beginning “You can’t do everything.
But that doesn’t mean you should make the mistake of doing nothing. Many of us find ourselves struggling with time, money, and ideas that will allow us to reach teens and bring them into the library. Cool Teen Programs for Under $100 is meant to be a source of ideas and tips for engaging teens as well as a source for programs that are: innovative, inexpensive (and sometimes even free), and easy to implement.”   Introduction by JL

24. Cool Teen Programs for Under $100 Collaborative between 40 Librarians Fundraiser for YALSA Available only through ALA Store

25. MULTIPLE FORMATS

26. Graphic Novels ≠ Genre • Most popular format being published in U.S. • Most popular format being purchased/added • Graphic Novel Generalist is a good goal • Terms: • Graphic Novel • Manga / Manhwa • Comic Book • Comic Strip Collection • Illustrated Novel

27. Guides for 741.5s Wikipedia’s Portal on Anime and Manga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Anime_and_Manga Wikipedia Article on Graphic Novels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novel YALSA’s Graphic Novel Resources: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/GraphicNovelResources.pdf

28. Guides for Audio Books Mary Burkey’s Audiobooker Blog http://audiobooker.booklistonline.com/page/2/ School Library Journal—Audio Books for Tweens: http://www.libraryjournal.com/slj/printissue/currentissue/885853-427/heard_any_good_books_lately.html.csp The Odyssey Award: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/odyssey/odyssey.cfm

29. RESOURCES

30. Resources VOYA’s Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers, 2010: http://www.voya.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/top_shelf_fiction.pdf Children’s Book Council & IRA: http://www.cbcbooks.org/ Naked Reading (excerpt) by Teri S. Lesesne Book excerpt on Google Books Teri’s Blog: http://professornana.livejournal.com/

31. More Resources! YALSA’s Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers Lists: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/quickpicks Non-Fiction Book Talks, Tips, and Reviews: http://www.kathleenbaxter.com/booktalking/talktips.html Alex Awards: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/alexawards.cfm

32. Even More Resources! • Search Institute’s Developmental Assets • http://www.search-institute.org/developmental-assets/lists • The 4YA Blog • http://www.the4yablog.com • Reading Rants • http://www.readingrants.org/ • YALSA’s Book Lists & Awards • http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/

33. Contact me! • Email: jenine@jeninelillian.com • Visit my website: http://www.jeninelillian.com • Join the community:http://www.jeninelillian.com/community • Collaborate with Jenine & others online

34. LAST BUT NOT LEAST

35. Thank you! For your commitment to serving teens. Every gesture you make matters. Keep up the good work! We need YA!