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Libraries + Teens
why libraries need teenswhy teens need libraries
Angie Manfredi Los Alamos County Library System
Who Am I? Why Am I Here?
Member of YALSA since 2006. Head of Youth Services in Los Alamos, New
Mexico. Los Alamos was interested in pursuing a teen
program, basically from scratch. Not a lot of dedicated teen services staff in
NM libraries.
Teens Need Libraries
Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets are “ positive experiences and qualities that help influence choices young people make and help them become caring, responsible adults.”
A Sample
Search Institute’s Developmental Assets Young person receives support from three or
more nonparent adults. Young person perceives that adults in the
community value youth. Young person reads for pleasure three or
more hours per week.
Blah-Blah-Blah
The Developmental Assets are a great way to build community support.
They are nationally recognized, well-known, and have research to back them up.
They are an easy way to make a case for teen services to reluctant community members, even outside your library.
Teens Need Libraries Because..
We bridge their digital divides. We help them make sense of information
overload. We provide access to popular materials. We advocate for them within the community.
Digital Divide
NY Times article (6-17-11) about the digital divide in the Hispanic community in California: “at a recent neighborhood [the Mission district in SF] event for sixth to eighth graders, 30 percent didn’t have e-mail addresses.”
July 2010 Pew Internet poll: “Fifty-one percent of Hispanics and 46 percent of blacks use their phones to access the Internet, compared with 33 percent of whites.”
Information Literacy
Digital natives still need road-maps. The “Doesn’t Google mean we don’t need
libraries?” issue. Not only do all students and teens need
information literacy skills but they continue to need them at a younger age.
www.martinlutherking.org
“Teens Don’t Read”
New York Public Library Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
4 holds on 308 copies Divergent by Veronica Roth
3 holds on 67 copies Salt Lake City Public Library
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 2 holds on 57 copies
Divergent by Veronica Roth 30 holds on 2 copies
It costs money to buy…
50+ volumes of a manga series. DVDs, musical CDs, magazine subscriptions. The sheer number of YA books being
published and sold. Pretty Little Liars sold 2.4 million copies Last Sacrifice sold 484,849 copies The Necromancer sold 202,614 copies
Teens + Libraries
YOU must advocate for teens in your library. YOU must share your enthusiasm and first hand
experience. You would never “give up” on programming for any
other age group. Teens need YOU to not give up on them. If you don’t like the tone, YOU have the power
to change the tone.
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