Doing YA programming
- Libraries should find productive teen activities – if either:
- you don't have teens coming or
- teens at library are not productive
- Teen advisory group has officers, raises funds makes purchase decisions for materials & games
- Apparent barriers can be overcome
- no time
- no money
- no support
Characteristics of YAs
- Seven developmental needs of young adolescents
- Physical activity
- Competence & achievement
- Self-definition
- Creative expression
- Positive social interaction with peers & adults
- Structure & Clear Limits
- Meaningful participation
- Also: they travel in packs, they're brutally honest, they need positive influences in their lives
How To Make Programs Successful
- Schedule programs at regular time
- Include food in all programs, mention food in all PR
- Do distinctive handouts on die cuts, have volunteers fill them out and distribute at school
- Announcements at middle school
- Email kids to get them to show up
- Summer - activities every day, get one point per day for showing up, earn chances at prizes
- Hot Topics a good place to shop for program supplies & prizes (Goth stuff) – use a trusted teen to do the shopping
Activities
- Games
- Apples to Apples - good for short attention spans, educational
- Zobmondo - good for getting to know each other, exploring values
- Man Bites Dog
- Magic: the Gathering (tournaments every Wed. aft in summer with cards as prizes)
- Video games can be purchased used or donated
- Gaming policy developed by SLAG on website
- DDR - Dance Dance Revolution - Playstation 2
- Guitar Hero
- Studies show DDR meets all developmental needs of teens
- other PS2 games: Soul Calibur 1, 2, 3, Crash Bandicoot, Ace combat simulator, Madden 2007 football, Final Fantasy 12
- Other activities
- Genius pads - big sticky notes
- Read poster software
- Making buttons
- blurb.com - use your scanned images & photographs to make a book
- Magnetic poetry
- Goth sock puppets
Resource books
- Connecting Young Adults and Libraries 3rd ed (the bible)
- A Year of Programming for Teens
- Teen Volunteer Services in Libraries
- more information on YALSA web site
Collections
- take kids book shopping twice a year
- Have great browsing books, esp. "YALSA quick picks for reluctant readers"
- "Book of bunny suicides"
- Books about crafts, temporary tattoos, mehendi
Fundraising
- car washes with cookout
- washing windshields at truck stops
- selling book bags, book lights, food in the library, food fridge in teen room
- booths at community events
- don't say you don't have money - once teens are using library, you have a fund raising machine
- Waupaca got grants incl $15K from Community Foundation for YA furnishings
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