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Yes, they ran in the library…
Originally uploaded by circulating.
A majority of the library’s Youth Services clerks are moving on… to marriage, to college or university, to careers and whatever lofty exciting goals they dream by the end of the summer:( Some of them have been with us as volunteers since they were 14 or 15… others started after school and during the summers of their high school sophomore to junior years.
So the library had a party to celebrate our Last Summer Together! After the library closed on Friday night, we shared snacks, skills, stories, and silly smiles.
Their biggest surprise of the night was the fact that the party was determined to be a staff retreat and so everybody that came out for it was “on the clock”!
How is that for staff development…??
Add comment June 2, 2007
GET Active @ your library®!
“We now return you to our regular programming…”
What fun we had during Teen Read Week!
For some of the activity at McCracken County Public Library please visit our flickr set and see what we and the teens have been up to this week!
We even read a book or two…!!
Add comment October 22, 2006
Teens and Tech Give and Gain Respect
six networked Dell Dimension 9150 Desktops – Customizable: $$$$
multiple copies of Battlefield 2: PC: $$$
a couple bagfuls of double cheeseburgers with fries for the teen tech guys: $$
one Library Board of Trustees who values extreme services for teens: priceless
there are just some things most folks won’t spend the money to buy
come see what’s free – check out your public library
5 comments August 3, 2006
YAM Bar: not sweet potatoes but no small potatoes either
Snacks, sodas, and Sony PlayStation2s @ your library? Sure!
Since the library opened a Young Adult Media Bar in June, 2003, we have had lots of requests from other libraries for more information. Just last week at ALA in New Orleans, Frances and Angela both asked for pictures and details.
So what is a YAM Bar? Restaurant booths line one wall opposite six Sony flat screen televisions and Playstation2s stocked with a selection of about 20 games of various kinds.
Youth are expected to play fair, share, and be cool with the volume! Anyone can use the YAM BAR even thought the area is designed for teens. Normal teenage behavior is to be expected but explicit language is not allowed. All games are rated “E” for Everyone. Now, snack as well as soda machines are located in the media bar. Graphic novels, comic and magazine displays, a media room with Youth Services’ A/V circulating collection as well as the Teen Tech Lab are located nearby.
The YAM BAR has offered an opportunity for teen participation at the library, reached out to at-risk or special needs groups in Paducah’s downtown neighborhoods, reacted to social and cultural trends, and advocated free and equal access for McCracken County youth. Gamer’s tournaments and pizza parties have proven to the kids that Youth Services staff are not “library police’ and have encouraged their participation at their library all year long for homework help and class project suggestions.
So, if you too want to know more about how to give and gain a little respect with the teens @ your library, check out why we decided to offer gaming, how we designed the YAM Bar, and who can provide support to help your library become a place for those teens to just be! Click here for (more…)
1 comment July 2, 2006
