Connecting With Teens @ Your Library

Presented by Jenine Lillian October, 2011

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.

What I do: Advocate Catalyst Consultant Educator Innovator Librarian Mentor Networker Sociologist Where to find me: www.jeninelillian.com

jenine@jeninelillian.com

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How can we transform for teens?

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

Think outside the book!

o o o o o o Compelling programs Teen involvement/ownership Multiple learning styles Individual preferences Unique interests Varying reading levels

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!

FRESH IDEAS

Formats & Tips

o Mosaic Non-Fiction o Audio Books o Graphic Novels and the 741.5s

o 10 Minute Displays o Speed Dating Book Talks

o o o o o Book Talks Displays Face-Outs Shelf Talkers Mix It Up!

Ideas

More Ideas

o o o o o Teen Book Promos Book Lists/Book Marks Bulletin Boards Teen Web Page/Blog/Facebook Newsletter What else?

BOOK TALKS

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

Book Talks

Kirby Nickel is in 7 th 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

Other Great Tween Fiction

• • • • • •

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

As If Being 13½ Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President

by Donna Gephart

Dominic

by William Steig

The Daydreamer

by Ian McEwan

My One Hundred Adventures

by Polly Horvath

Canned

by Alex Shear • • • • • •

The Adventures of Blue Avenger

by Norma Howe

Lawn Boy

by Gary Paulsen

Time Stops for No Mouse

by Michael Hoeye

The Mysterious Benedict Society

by Trenton Lee Stuart

The Cabinet of Wonders

by Marie Rutkoski

The Alchemyst

by Michael Scott

10 Minute Displays

o o o o o o o 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!

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

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

Dung Beetles and Super Glue?

The book 4 th and 5 th 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)

Not your parents’ Non-Fiction

Work: The World in Photographs

by Ferdinand Protzman

Ghosts Caught on Film

by Melvyn Willin

Basher Physics: Why Matter Matters

by Basher and Dan Green

Earth: Then and Now

by Fred Pearce

Graffiti L.A.: Street Styles and Art

by Steve Grody

Gadget Nation: A Journey Through the Eccentric World of Invention

by Steve Greenberg Post Secret (series) by Frank Warren

Alter Ego: Avatars and Their Creators

by Robbie Cooper

Take Me to Your Leader: Weird Facts, Bizarre Stories, and Life's Oddities

by Ian Harrison

How to Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the

Coming Rebellion (and others in series) by Daniel H. Wilson

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

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)

PROGRAMS

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

Cool Teen Programs for Under $100

Collaborative between 40 Librarians Fundraiser for YALSA Available only through ALA Store

MULTIPLE FORMATS

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

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/GraphicNovelReso urces.pdf

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/885 853-427/heard_any_good_books_lately.html.csp

The Odyssey Award: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/odyss ey/odyssey.cfm

RESOURCES

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/

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/al exawards/alexawards.cfm

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/

Contact me!

o Email: jenine@jeninelillian.com

o Visit my website: http://www.jeninelillian.com

o Join the community: http://www.jeninelillian.com/community o Collaborate with Jenine & others online

LAST BUT NOT LEAST

Thank you!

For your commitment to serving teens. Every gesture you make matters. Keep up the good work!

We need YA!