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
facebook
twitter
linkedin
How can we transform for teens?
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Make sure teens have a unique, visible space
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Be an advocate and mentor in the community
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Meet teens where they are
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Show teens that we “get it”
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Shift our models of service, collection development, and
promotion
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Create new worlds for all
Think outside the book!
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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!
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Audio books
Mosaic non-fiction
Graphic novels
Zines
Old mixed with new
New interpretations
Many voices, many styles, new worlds!
FRESH IDEAS
Formats & Tips
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Mosaic Non-Fiction
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Audio Books
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Graphic Novels and the 741.5s
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10 Minute Displays
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Speed Dating Book Talks
Ideas
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Book Talks
Displays
Face-Outs
Shelf Talkers
Mix It Up!
More Ideas
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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 7th 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
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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 4th and 5th 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
Basher Physics: Why Matter Matters
by Basher and Dan Green
Ghosts Caught on Film
by Melvyn Willin
Earth: Then and Now
by Fred Pearce
Graffiti L.A.: Street Styles and Art
by Steve Grody
Post Secret (series)
by Frank Warren
Gadget Nation: A Journey Through
the Eccentric World of Invention
by Steve Greenberg
Alter Ego: Avatars and Their Creators
by Robbie Cooper
Take Me to Your Leader: Weird Facts, How to Survive a Robot Uprising:
Bizarre Stories, and Life's Oddities
Tips on Defending Yourself Against the
by Ian Harrison
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
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Terms:
Graphic Novel
• Manga / Manhwa
• Comic Book
• Comic Strip Collection
• Illustrated Novel
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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/wpcontent/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!
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Search Institute’s Developmental Assets
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The 4YA Blog
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http://www.the4yablog.com
Reading Rants
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http://www.search-institute.org/developmental-assets/lists
http://www.readingrants.org/
YALSA’s Book Lists & Awards
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http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/
Contact me!
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Email: jenine@jeninelillian.com
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my website: http://www.jeninelillian.com
Join the community:
http://www.jeninelillian.com/community
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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!