Teens and Social Networks

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Program and Reader's Advisory: Low fi solutions to engaging teens

TLT: Teen Librarian's Toolbox: Teen Issues: Street Harassment (guest post by Paul...

TLT: Teen Librarian's Toolbox: Teen Issues: Street Harassment (guest post by Paul...: Street harassment isn’t how we envision teenagers learning about themselves. We don’t name it as a form of education or discuss its consequ...

TLT: Teen Librarian's Toolbox: Things I Didn't Learn in Library School: Thoughts ...

TLT: Teen Librarian's Toolbox: Things I Didn't Learn in Library School: Thoughts ...: I sent an email to Karen Jensen thanking her for this site. I get so many great ideas and book reviews that I just wanted to let her kn...

Create Your Own Mad Libs!

This is a post partially for fun, and partially with a fun outreach tool.  Does anyone want to try my Mad Libs?  Wordlibs.com allows you to create a Mad Libs with a piece of writing.  It doesn't take long to set up--I think I spent 20 minutes total, between writing my Summer Reading description and then entering it in the software.  When you finish it, you are sent to a screen for filling out the mad libs online.  In the upper right hand corner is a "print" button, which creates a printable PDF.  I can't wait to try it out on my 5th graders tomorrow!

Make Your Summer @ Your Library

Make Your Summer @ Your Library

This program is a companion to the Collaborative Summer Reading Program’s Beneath the Surface teen program. The aim of Make Your Summer is to broaden OCPL’s Summer Reading program offerings to allow for the participation of teens with varying creative interests, to promote an array of library services, to meet the needs of 21^stc learners, to support and enhance digital literacy, and involve our community in content creation.

Inspired by Maker Spaces and gamification concepts, Make Your Summer programs can be low or hi tech, where libraries provide materials and space for spontaneous creativity or planned engagement. Instead of traditional prizes, teens earn a digital badge for their achievement. Digital badges are virtual icons awarded for the acquisition of skill or knowledge and are a popular online form assessment and display of proficiency (often used as part of an web-based resume and widely accepted by contemporary technology companies and colleges).

OCPL teens register on Evanced at their home library and log into the Make Your Summer Google Site to select activities of interest to them. When they complete the activity, teens earn virtual badges that they may then display on web-based applications or social media sites (FB, Twitter, etc.) and record on Evanced.  

May Webinars

Have you seen the Library Webinars blog?  Updated usually at the end/beginning of the months, this has a great compilation of free--with some to pay--webinars that are of interest to Librarians.  The topics range from Reader's Advisory to Programming, as well as Technology and Management.  It's a great blog to keep an eye on!  The first list for May just came out, though there will be updates as they receive information from other sources.

 Here is the main list for May: (<---click on this link to get to the registration links, this is just a copy of the text!)

May webinars. Go learn stuff!

May 1.  E-Government: Matching People with Jobs (ALA)

May 7.  Federal Government Information Made Easy (WSL)

May 7.  The Fiduciary Duties of Nonprofit Board Members (WSL)

May 9.  Library Learning Goes Online (AL Live)

May 9.  How Senior Friendly is Your Website (ATC) Reg Required

May 14.  Resource Sharing Best Practices (OCLC)

May 15.  Urban Fiction in Public Libraries (PLA)  $

May 15.  Building Collaborative Relationships with Your IT Dept (CSL) 

May 15.  eDiscovery Solutions [and Legal Issues] (eSchoolNews) 

May 28.  Hiring and Employing People with Disabilities (ADA Online)  

May 29.  Increasing Productivity by Securely Managing Mobility (eSchoolNews) 

ALA (American Library Association)  All = $
15 events in May.  Click the link if interested.
 
Booklist
May 7. What's New in SF/Fantasy
May 9. Hooking Reluctant Readers with Middle Grade Series
May 14. Hot Debuts: New Names in Fiction
 
Infopeople
May 14.  Handling Challenging Situations - Part I
May 15. Planning an Adult Program on a Budget
May 21.  Handling Challenging Situations - Part II

Nebraska Library Commission May 1. What does a Successful Internship Look Like?
May 8. Hastings Storywalk: Walk, Read, Explore
May 15. Library Planning: A Customized Program for Success
May 22.  Tech Talk with Michael Sauers

School Library Journal
May 6. College and Career Readiness with Digital Resources
May 9.  Lerner's Fall 2013 Preview
May 16.  Raise the Bar with Effective Collaborations
May 14.  Spring Reading for Growing Minds
May 21.  Common Core - Serving the CCSS and Youth
May 22.  Navigating K-3 Curriculum Objectives

Texas State Library
May 3.  MS Office Tricks
May 10. Prezi
May 17.  Wikis
May 24.  Music Fun

WebJunctionApr 30.  Extending Access to e-books: New Strategies
May 7. Library as Content Creator
May 22.  Broadband Adoption Toolkit 

Wild Apricot
May 1.  Recruiting Professional Volunteers
May 8.  The Three Languages of Appreciation
May 16.  Google Grants/Free Online Advertising   
May 29.  Proposal Budgeting Basics

New Badge Request ~ YA Librarian Checklist

Hello OCPL YA Librarians ~
Here is a link http://www.scribd.com/doc/130570089/New-Badge-Request-2013?secret_password=23sp806bd8w8j2fy2i9for the New Badge Request document:
All new badge requests need to be submitted to oclcgroup@gmail.com
by Thursday, March 21, 2013
Please fill out the badge request above with your ideas and send to oclcgroup@gmail.com.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, Pam, at pgottheld@onlib.org

If you need it, here is the link to the .doc form.

Notes: YA Services Meeting, March 1, 2013

Big thank you to René Battelle from Marcellus who recorded--and wrote up--these detailed notes from Friday's meeting.  Thank you to Dan Golden from Onondaga Free for hosting...hot coffee, sweet snacks, and great company!

Badging the Library, Part 1

If you're still wondering about the relationship between digital badges and the library, look no further than Badging the Library, Part 1 by Ahniwa Ferrari of WebJunction. In the first of a series of posts about digital badges and their role in the life of today's library, Ferrari introduces her readers to digital badges and provides a selection of excellent resources, some of which may be seen in previous posts on this blog. As you can see, OCPL's Summer Reading Program renovation is part of a cutting edge movement. I wonder what a badge for super savvy librarians would look like?



 

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 Bookworm badge mock up by Justin Grimes @justgrimes

Creating in the Library Article

Sooo..  I was planning on doing a follow-up to my last article with ways to get creative without getting crafty, but then I saw this article from Voya.com: Creating in the Library.  Clearly, someone is connected with my wavelengths.  Poor fools.  Anyway, this article has a TON of websites rated with VOYA's great rating system (5 star system for Instructional, Readibility and Usability, with M = middle school, J = junior high, S = senior high and a/ya=Marketed toward adults but YA appropriate).  There's a lot of wonderful resources here, some of which (Instructibles.com!) I am kicking myself for not including in my previous post.  Enjoy!

Awesome Resources for Getting Crafty With Teens

Interested in getting your Teens crafting?  Not really sure where to start?  What might interest this fickle age group?  Here's a collection of some of my favorite resources for crafting/creating with teenager:

Blogs (Pulled right off my RSS feed!):

Make Zine: This is the home of all things Maker.  A lot of the projects found here are pretty high tech and elaborate, but don't let that scare you.  There's also plenty of simpler projects that can be used with teenagers.  This is also a great place for inspiration: sure, that project looks crazy complicated, but there is often a way of simplifying!

Think Crafts!: This is the blog for an online craft supply store that does a really good job of NOT trying to sell you stuff with every post.  I've found several interesting crafts here, and bonus -- Freebie Friday giveaways!

Dollar Store Crafts: I think the title here says it all: fun crafts, for cheap!  I LOVE the dollar store, and often get ideas just by walking down the aisles!  This blog collects some really great crafts that can be made with supplies found at a local dollar store (and often found right in your craft closet!)

Good Ideas From VT Public Libraries: I am always very excited when a new post from this blogshows up on my reader!  Sure, it's a more general programming blog, but there are some really great ideas in here for all ages, teens included!

Tally's Treasury: "Funny" story -- I found this blog because the author is connected with an online sketch comedy group that I love!  Anyone on Pinterest may have even seen her Monster Bookmarks!


Great Sites:

Cut Out and Keep: I have this blog on my reader, but I'll admit I don't always look through it, since SO many projects get posted each day!  However, I keep it as a reminder for when I need some inspiration.  Note: most of the posts are just finished projects, so you may need to search a bit to find the original instructions.

Pinterest: Have you heard of this Pinterest thing?  It's awesome.  Basically, Pinterest is a way of bookmarking sites through images and sharing them with friends.  The first thing I did when I decided to start a Pinterest account was to go through the bookmarks on my home computer, laptop, and work computer.  If you are doing any programming, I suggest that you join and see what is out there.  I have a personal account and work on updating my library's Pinterest boards with activities, apps, books, etc.  Here's some of my favorite teen projects that I've pinned and actually used

    No-Sew Sock Crafts:  Had a bunch of tweens and teens attend this program, and my favorite part was how different each project turned out.  Pulling this one out again this summer!
    Capri Sun Pouch Bag: There's a few projects here, but the bag went over AMAZINGLY.  It was easy enough for a big group of teens, and it only took a month of nothing but Capri Sun at our programs, collecting from patrons, and a few hours of rinsing and drying pouches!
    Glow-in-the-Dark Comet Ball: This is one of the easiest crafts I've ever made here, with great results.  It's the perfect thing for a large group of tweens and teens.


There's my "secret" resources for crafting with teens!  I do highly recommend both creating your own RSS feed reader (I use Google Reader--easy enough if you already use Gmail!) and joining Pinterest to keep on top of things.  Happy Crafting!


  ~Monica