NYC library cuts UPDATE

So, I am totally behind the times (library school keeps me pretty busy), but in a good way — the New York City libraries have reached a ‘handshake’ deal with the Mayor’s office to ensure library service remains unaffected by the upcoming budget. The budget still needs to be passed officially tomorrow, but this is [...]

Best. Library. Advertising. Ever.

After writing my last post about budget cuts and the library, I wanted to post something a little more on the funny and uplifting side. So, you are trying to get teens into the library? ….just tell them it is where all the cool kids hang out. * For the story behind this photo, check [...]

‘Save my library, Bloomberg!’: Library cuts and home schooled children and teens

With the looming NYC library budget cuts, I was struck by one article in particular in the NY papers about the projected cuts – two 9 year old girls who had written in to Mayor Bloomberg (see the Daily News Brooklyn article about it here) to protest the cuts because, specifically for them as homeschooled [...]

The kind of summer camp I wish I had attended….

The VPL is hosting their 9th annual ‘Canadian Book Camp’ August 10th-14th where teens ages 11-13 and 14+ attend workshops on creative writing, and listen to keynote speeches by Canadian authors and illustrators – including Meomi (creators of the world’s cutest Olympic mascots! check out Miga, Sumi and Quatchi here). I stumbled across the posting [...]

More Music @ the Library

Clips from the London Public Library’s L.O.U.D. Program: And an oldy (but goody) post from YASLA entitled, “Where Multicultural and Multimedia Meet” describes how music in the library can also be used to promote different cultures and countries — while keeping with current interests, such as this single from Bhangra artist Panjabi MC featuring an [...]

TV, Music and Movies in the Library

While I was working at the library recently I had a patron approach me to complain that some teens in the library were being ‘too noisy.’ When I went to investigate I found that they were not being disruptive or inappropriate, but they were not, as the patron who spoke to me hoped, reading quietly. [...]

YA in the library and in the bookstore

The library that I work in part-time has a great YA department. It is located right by the library’s entrance and it has an excellent range of materials from YA fiction and non-fiction to YA reference and magazines. There are also computer terminals and lounge space in the section reserved especially for YA patrons, who [...]