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Serving Full T.I.L.T. : What I Wish You Knew About Teens
As kind of a wrap up to our Serving Full T.I.L.T. (Teens in Libraries Today), I took to Twitter to get your input asking, “What do you wish adults would remember about teens today?” What follows are some of your answers. If you would like to add more, please leave us a comment. @TLT16 They’re […]
Serving Full T.I.L.T. : Talking Up Teens
For our final piece in our Serving Full T.I.L.T. (Teens in Libraries Today) series, Eden Grey is talking about advocacy. Next week we’ll here from you. Why is in-house advocacy important? We all see advocacy at a national level, in social media blasts by ALA and YALSA, awareness campaigns by School Library Journal, fundraisers by […]
Serving Full T.I.L.T. : A Teen Services 101 Infographic (And the Serving Full Tilt Index)
As part of the Serving Full T.I.L.T. series, we wanted to put together an infographic that would put all the information we had gathered into one place that would be easy to use and reference. This is that infographic. The sources for the information are cited below. Sources: YALSA Issue Paper 2011: In their 2007 […]
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Serving Full T.I.L.T. : Empathy, remembering what it’s like to be a teen and how it helps us be better teen services librarians
In the summer before I began my Junior year of high school my family moved. Again. That’s what happens when you are a military family. But even though you know it’s going to happen, it doesn’t make it suck any less. A few weeks into the new semester at a new school I received a […]
Serving Full T.I.L.T.: Sharing Stories to Make the Case
I’ve been to a lot of workshops, lectures, and conferences over the years. I’ve heard perspectives from and philosophies of many different librarians and educators. I’ve learned a lot. But the points that have really stuck with me and become part of my daily practice are not based on the statistics or the research findings or […]
Serving Teens Full T.I.L.T. : Diverse Teens, Diverse Needs (Eden Grey)
When talking about serving teens, we can’t neglect the need to talk about diversity because like all people groups, teens are a diverse population. We can talk in general terms about the development of teens, but at the end of the day each teen is a unique person shaped by a unique genetic combination and […]
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Serving Teens Full T.I.L.T.: Asset Building 101, How using the 40 Developmental Assets can help us plan and evaluate teen programming
Early on in my career as a YA librarian I was invited to a community meeting where I learned about the Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets. This information became one of the guiding principles for me in youth librarianship; it informs what I do as a YA librarian along every step of the way from […]
Serving Full T.I.L.T.: Teen Brain Science 101
Our series continues with a brief look at the teen brain. Why? Well, first of all, it’s just really fascinating stuff. But those of us who serve teens need to understand where our patrons are if we are to structure environments, programs, and services that are appropriate to their developmental phase. Additionally, gaining a greater […]
Serving Full T.I.L.T.: Sarcasm, Spice and Everything Awesome: The Developing Teen by Rebecca Denham
Teenhood is a confusing time for teens and the adults in their lives. Adolescents who never before questioned authority are suddenly abusing sarcasm, questioning every authority figure in sight and dependent on their friends rather than parental figures for emotional support. There are biological changes impacting teens physiologically and social development factors that influence the […]
Serving Full T.I.L.T. (Teens in Libraries Today): By the numbers, making the case for teen services with demographics
The idea for Serving Full T.I.L.T. began with a seemingly simple question: How do you convince library administrators, staff and your local community that we need to be serving teens? One of the answers seems obvious to me and amounts to basically why would you want to invest in children and then start ignoring them […]
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