Central Massachusetts Year of the Teen

In conjunction with their “Serving Tweens & Teens” LSTA grant (awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners), the Brewster Ladies’ Library is hosting a Collection Development workshop for librarians who work with teens and young adults on Monday, November 10 at 1:00 p.m.

Professor Amy Pattee from the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science will lead a discussion addressing the challenges of creating and maintaining Young Adult Collections. She will talk about the necessity for YA collections and the function they serve for younger and older teens, the use of adult titles in YA collections, how to deal with controversial titles in your collections, and other trends in teen books.

Some of you may have had the opportunity to hear Amy speak recently at the NELA conference. For those of you who missed her presentation, this is a wonderful chance to find out what’s new in YA Collection Management.

There is no charge for this workshop. Registration is not required, but an e-mail RSVP would be appreciated! Please contact Kathleen Mahoney at Brewster Ladies Library if you plan to attend, have any questions or need directions!

There’s a great post today on YPulse from a guest blogger who took two teens with her to Comic Con over the weekend. Sounds like a great day – and it must be fun to visit a conference with teenagers. Librarians sometimes bring teens with them to our conferences … any thoughts? Have you ever considered it?

Handouts and links from our two final Year of the Teen workshops are now posted on the CMRLS website. You can find them at:

http://www.cmrls.org/development/workshop_materials.htm

Notes from our excellent workshop on writing a teen services action plan, presented by Susan Babb, are now posted on the CMRLS Workshop Materials web page. Go to http://www.cmrls.org/development/workshop_materials.htm and scroll down to Year of the Teen materials.

Handouts and Patrick Jones’ Power Point from this week’s Year of the Teen workshop are now posted on the CMRLS website. You can find them at this URL:

 http://www.cmrls.org/development/workshop_materials.htm

Scroll down to the section of Year of the Teen workshop materials. Enjoy!