February 18, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Sometimes we talk about things we didn’t learn in library school. The point of that occasional series is to illustrate that a lot of our librarian skills are learned on the job, and to acknowledge that the scope of what we do is wide and ever-changing. Before I get going on how I jumped in […]
January 22, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Earlier today, I presented a Webinar on Teens, Tech and Programming. Like you, I am in the process of putting together not only my Teen Tech Week programming, but in general I have been exploring how I can better incorporate technology into my programming. So I went a little crazy with the research. So here […]
January 20, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Teen Tech Week is March 9-15 and it is coming up FAST! The theme for this year is DIY @ Your Library and you can uptech it or downtech it as you see fit, so it’s extremely versatile as themes go if you want to run with the theme (unlike Check In @ Your Library, […]
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July 29, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I came into this Teen Librarian position all “Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose” about pretty much everything. I was revved up by library school classes that stressed the importance of Programming For Teens and introduced me to the high holy days: Teen Read Week, Teen Tech Week, and the Summer Reading Program. Teen Read […]
March 22, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Every Friday in March we’re sharing crafts with our favorite website, The Library as Incubator Project. Check their site out for awesome ways to incorporate art into your library and programming. This week, I am sharing with you some of my favorite things to do with Instagram pictures. Instagram is perhaps one of the hottest […]
March 13, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
If you were to ask me to make a list of my Top 10 books, one of the books on that list would be Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. I know that a lot of people are not fans of Card the author because of some of the statements he has made in the […]
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March 13, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
This week is Teen Tech Week! So we’ll be sharing some of our favorite tech reads, tech resources and more. Please share your favorites in the comments, we love to hear what others are reading, doing and thinking. Here are 5 of my favorite tech reads. Okay, it is technically six because I include both […]
March 13, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
The second week in March is reserved for Teen Tech Week in teen services everywhere. Sponsored by YALSA we take the whole week to celebrate the formats of tech in the library- databases and online help, text reference, ebooks, movies and much more! Yet, there is no reason why we can’t celebrate Teen Tech Week with […]
March 11, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Did you hear – Justin and Selena broke up? Sound the alarm! This is just one bit of recent pop culture news that you needed to know about. Not because you care, but because you work with teens and let’s face it – some of them care. I know who One Direction are, who Rob […]
February 27, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I don’t know why Teen Tech Week always sneaks up on me. Maybe because March is always when summer reading planning seems to be at it’s fullest. Or maybe because it always seems to fall during my school systems’ spring breaks. Or it’s because I’m waiting for spring. Who knows. All I know is I’m […]
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