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Who knew a library could be so epic?
Last night, we held the first Teen After Hours event at the Portland Public Library. This program was a collaboration between the library and Officer Ray Ruby of the Portland Police Department. All...
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Make Music at the Library
THE BACKSTORY I wanted the teens using my library to do something creative this summer. I’ve recently grown weary of having programs for the sake of programs, so with this mindset I reached out to...
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Programming is great, but…
Have you ever given your all for a teen program, only to feel less than spectacular about the end result? We’ve all been there. Maybe we don’t attract the attendance numbers we hoped for or that our...
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Please consider supporting the Young Writers & Leaders Film
The Young Writers and Leaders film is part of a Telling Room program, Sonya Tomlinson, David Meiklejohn, and 15 Portland, Maine area teens (all of whom use my teen library everyday!). Simply stated,...
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Distracted Driving PSA created by Teens at the White Plains (NY) Public...
The White Plains Public Library is doing some amazing things with their teens (claymation, LEGO catapults, and more) with Teen Librarian Erik Carlson at the helm. Recently, they finished up a minute...
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Ms. Pac Man at the Chattanooga Public Library (by TTW contributor Justin Hoenke)
This is what it’s all about: A tween and his Dad enjoy Ms. Pac Man at the Library When I was a teenager, I spent most if not all of my time in video game arcades in shopping malls. It was the time of...
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Designing Libraries That Encourage Teens to Loiter (by TTW Contributor Justin...
Image by Michael Moran and Rice+Lipka Architects Instead of siphoning teens off into different rooms (and locking away noisy activities), the space is airy and completely open. The openness means,...
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DEV DEV – Summer of Code at the Chattanooga Public Library by TTW Contributor...
During the month of July 2013, my colleagues, community partners, fifty teens, and I were stationed on The 2nd Floor of the Chattanooga Public Library for DEV DEV: Summer of Code. It was, to be...
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Public Service is a Library Program: By TTW Contributor Justin Hoenke
10 PRINT “Hello World!” The last time I posted on Tame The Web was on August 6, 2014 in a post titled Catching Up. The title of that post sort of sums up the past year and a half in my life here at the...
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Never Going Back Again: by TTW Contributor Justin Hoenke
When people ask me why I became a librarian, I offer them a two-part story. First, it’s so I could get married to my wife Haley. Her mom (who is an amazing librarian doing great things) told me that I...
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