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Making it Pop: Introducing Trendspotting
It’s Valentine’s Day, and few things inspire a teen’s undying love like their favorite musicians, actors and other celebrities. Screaming teenagers welcome The Beatles at New York’s John F. Kennedy...
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Trendspotting: New Adult
Image courtesy of Flickr user drinksmachine Let’s face it, teens today can’t see their futures as easy. On top of their everyday pressures — struggling with new feelings for some peers, maintaining...
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Trendspotting: Original “TV” Content
Source Original TV content is on the rise. When I say content, I mean video from YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. And when I say TV, it’s much more than what’s available via broadcast and cable...
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Trendspotting: Game of Thrones
As someone tuned into pop culture, I fully acknowledge that the popularity of Game of Thrones is not exactly groundbreaking news. However, I am so excited for HBO’s upcoming third season of Game of...
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Trendspotting: Know Your Weaknesses
Image Courtesy of James Vaughan There is a famous line from the Lethal Weapon movies spoken by Roger Murtaugh: “I’m getting too old for this . . . .” It can be easy to feel this way when working with...
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Trendspotting: Spoiler Alert!
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunfrog1/3135349141/ Spoiler alert! Don’t spoil me! Spoiler-free zone. These phrases have been bandied about since the beginning of the Internet, but it seems...
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Religion and Libraries: Why Do It?
Religion is commonly grouped with politics as a topic libraries avoid programming with, bypass in reference interviews, and circumlocute in collection development. Treating religion this way is a...
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Religion and Libraries: Programming
There are three basic ways to incorporate religion into teen programming: collaborate with religious organizations, outreach programming at a religious event or location, and programming with a...
View ArticleYALSAblog Tweets of the Week – August 2, 2013
A weekly short list of tweets that librarians and the teens that they serve may find interesting. Do you have a favorite Tweet from the past week? If so add it in the comments for this post. Or, if you...
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App of the Week: Sing! Karaoke
Title: Sing! Karaoke by Smule Cost: Free (additional credits must be purchased or earned for some songs) Platform: iOS 5.0 or later on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad; Android 4.0 and up. So you may not be...
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YA Programming Behind the Scenes: DJ Mixing
DJ mixing is essentially creating a continuous musical track by combining songs or sounds, mixed together using loops, scratching, or other techniques. The Teen Advisory Group tends to be drawn more...
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YA Programming Behind the Scenes: Anime Fest
This was our third Annual Anime Fest. Our goal when planning this program was to expose the teens to aspects of Japanese culture featured in the manga and anime in our collection, as well as to get...
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“Welcome to Battle School”: Ender’s Game Party
by Mirele Davis and Elizabeth Savopoulos In order to spark more interest in recreational reading, our school library decided to throw an Ender’s Game party in anticipation of the release of the Ender’s...
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Dystopians … Ah, Freedom!
by author Jonathan Friesen I awoke from my nap to this sight: My son, eight-years old, standing on the deck. I saw him through my bedroom window, and watched as he stared up at the sky. He began to...
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2013 Technology Trend: Ramped-Up Gaming
Full confessions: I’m terrible at video games. I lack the hand/eye coordination needed to work magic with the controllers. But I like to watch gamers. I know I need more practice, and I think that I...
View ArticleNew Diversity in the Library: Polyamory
A recent ruling by the U.S. District Court in Utah has repercussions for how libraries serve teenagers. As a result of the ruling striking down portions of an anti-polyamory law, and the growing public...
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App of the Week: Wattpad
Title: Wattpad Platforms: iOS and Android, also web-based Cost: Free This spring, a student asked me if I knew about After, the One Direction fanfic “everyone was reading on Wattpad.” Then I saw Clive...
View ArticleIn the Know: August 2014
I was having a serious Cady-with-a-d Mean Girls moment two weeks ago as I walked into my first day in a new Teen Librarian position. Would the teens like me? Would they pity laugh at my jokes like the...
View ArticleInstagram of the Week – October 6
A brief look at ‘grams of interest to engage teens and librarians navigating this social media platform. From #librarianproblems to fun programs and new books to book messes, librarians are sharing...
View ArticleInstagram of the Week – October 13
A brief look at ‘grams of interest to engage teens and librarians navigating this social media platform. This week we’re all about those book displays! Are your displays getting patrons in the fall...
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