March 7, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Teen librarian Karen Jensen reviews a new photo app that allows you to quickly add text to photos for social media, including filling a text with photo
November 1, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Teen librarian Karen Jensen walks you through turning recorded voice messages into soundwave art that you can scan and hear
June 7, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Teen Librarian Karen Jensen shares a quick and easy way to make personal photo buttons on the 1.25 button maker
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February 24, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Have you talked with your teens about deepfakes? Not every video we see online is the real deal and it matters.
February 20, 2019 by Karen Jensen, MLS
There are many portable photo printers to choose from and today I'm going to talk about three of them. Each devise has their advantages and disadvantages and having tried them all, I break it down for you. The three devices I will be reviewing today include the Fuji Instax Square 10 photo printer, the Polaroid Zip Pocket Printer and the Canon Selphy 1300.
August 15, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I’ve never identified as a tried and true Reference Librarian, but I have worked Reference for years. When you are a Teen/YA Librarian, every system seems to put you some place different. Sometimes it is in Youth Services. Sometimes it is in Adult Services. And sometimes, if a library is doing it correctly in my […]
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October 24, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS
If you want to engage the teen patrons, go where the teens are. And the teens are on Snapchat. I’ve had this vision in my head of the perfect library Snapchat account since my first job in a teen department. A teen would register for an event that sounded awesome. In the middle of school, […]
October 9, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS
This past week TLTer Robin Willis came and spent the week with me and visited my library (The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County, Ohio) and the Teen MakerSpace. Her visit coincided with the exploration and evaluation of a Silhouette Cameo 3 machine which we are considering for the Teen MakerSpace. Here’s what […]
August 15, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Last night, the local school district hosted a STEAMFest (more about this in a different post). One of the events they had during this day was Escape the Bus and I want to make sure everyone knows about this. Escape the Bus is a mobile escape room experience hosted by the iSchool Initiative. It is […]
April 17, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS
For months now I have been wanting to talk to you about a photo app called Enlight, the only problem is – I can’t figure out how to use it very well. This may sound like a dig at the app but it’s not, it’s an admission of my own lack of skills. The truth […]
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