Library Services for the Teen Generation

April 13, 2010

Trendy Topics: Alliance Library System

Contact Information

Kelly Czarneckitechedlibrarian@gmail.com

Slides: www.slideshare.net/kczarnec

Who are Young Adults?

Ages: 12-18

Stages of Adolescence:

Early

Middle

Late

Why do we serve young adults?

•Media content creators

•Mobile generation

•Gamers

•“Totally Wired”Who are Young

Adults?

Who are Young Adults?

•Media consumers

•Use many platforms

•Read on and offline

Serving Teens is Everyone’s Job!

• Creating Experiences

• Evaluating and Assessing Experiences

Library Collections

Library Collections

Teen Spaces

YouMedia at Chicago Public Library

SpyHop Productions in Salt Lake City, Utah

www.spyhop.org

Q2Learn

www.q2l.org

Global Kids in New York City

http://olpglobalkids.org

Teen Spaces: Online

Resources

Competencies for Librarians Serving Young Adults: http://bit.ly/9ZFiII

Pew Internet & American Life Project: www.pewinternet.org

Hip Librarian’s Book Blog: http://hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com/

YALSA blog: http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/

YALSA online courses: www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/onlinecourses/info.cfm

Simmons College Continuing Education courses:

www.simmons.edu/gslis/careers/continuing-education/workshops/index.php