Posted in Library Programs, Reading, Teens, tagged Albany, summer, teenagers on Friday, June 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Now that the last few strenuous weeks of dances, field trips, locker cleaning, and yearbook signing are over, you Albany teens may be wondering what you’re going to do with all your spare time. Here are some ideas: On Tuesday, June 17, bring your friends to the library for an afternoon of Dance Dance Revolution, music, [...]
Posted in Teens on Friday, May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Thanks to a budget infusion for Teen audiovisual items, the Albany Library now carries a selection of Teen DVDs and books on CD. The audiobooks are classics like Crime and Punishment, and may help teens who have reading disabilities by supplementing school-assigned books with a different format (or may just help pass the time on [...]
Posted in Library Programs, Teens, tagged computer games, Steve Klitzing, Teens on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
On Saturday at the library, a roomful of teenage computer gamers got a laugh out of seeing what used to be state-of-the-art games–Asteroid, Centipede and the like. (What would they have thought of Pong?) Renaissance man Steve Klitzing–who has designed computer games, does 3-D animation, and recently wrote a book about dreams–then progressed to showing more [...]
Posted in Library Programs, Teens on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 | No Comments »
As you’ve probably noticed, librarians love lingo. In Librarian, “TAG” means Teen Advisory Group. This is a group of teenagers who meet to tell us what they want to see at the library. The Albany Library’s TAG is getting off the ground this Saturday, January 19, at 3pm. If you’re a teen, we’d love to [...]
Posted in Libraries, Teens, The Albany Community on Thursday, December 20, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s the time of year that many of us look back over the last 12 months, take stock, and make goals for the new year. I’m happy to say that 2007 has been a very good year for me in many ways. I was hired at the Albany Library in February and am now fortunate [...]
Posted in Teens on Saturday, December 8, 2007 | No Comments »
The first meeting of our newly forming Teen Advisory Group took place earlier today. We started a dialog about what teens would like to see at the library; what kind of programs would be popular (game design, anyone?); and what theme, interactivity, and prizes people would like to see in next year’s Teen Summer Reading program. [...]
Posted in Books, Reading, Teens on Thursday, November 29, 2007 | No Comments »
This can be a hard time of year for many teenagers. There are the school tests, report cards and SAT exams; the Homecoming dance and prom, with their own potential for drama and heartbreak; not to mention the family dynamics that flare up during holidays (heightened by relatives visiting, school breaks, etc.). If you’re feeling a little [...]
Posted in Libraries, Teens on Thursday, November 8, 2007 | No Comments »
Idaho recently released the findings from a focus group they conducted with digital natives–that is, those who grew up with computers and the Internet, young adults ages 12 through 25. The goal was to find out why this group was using the state’s libraries less than other groups and to see what could be done to serve [...]
Posted in Books, Teens on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 | No Comments »
I was asked recently to compile book suggestions for a small teen center under development at MacGregor, the continuation high school in our district. After looking at online booklists and thinking about books teens have often requested at the reference desk, I came up with a wide array of fiction and nonfiction titles that young [...]
Posted in Books, On the Web, Reading, Teens on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 | No Comments »
Teen Read Week is underway. This year’s theme is “LOL @ your library.” The event’s homepage links to lists of funny books you may want to read, a list of teen-chosen top books of every genre, and a survey you can enter online to pick your favorites from among these popular titles. Check it out [...]
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