Politics in Practice
Karen Jensen, MLS, August 6, 2012 | Book Reviews, Flesh and Bone, Jonathan Maberry, Zombies
“The act of dying is one of the acts of life.” –Marcus Aurelius Releases September 12, 2012 from Simon & SchusterISBN 9781442439894 Flesh and Bone is the third book in the Rot & Ruin series by Jonathan Maberry Rot & Ruin imagines a post apocalyptic world in which a virus turns everyone who dies into […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, July 2, 2012 | Resources for Teens, Teen Volunteers
Today we have a guest post from Simone, a founding member of Volunteen Nation. Volunteen Nation is was created by teens, for teens to encourage volunteering and help teens find places to volunteer. Then, stop over and read about my library teen volunteer program here. If every library had a young adult librarian like Betsy […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, May 25, 2012 | Booktalking, Collection Development, Guest Blogger, Teri Lesesne
One of my teens making a match! A few weeks ago, I read about the YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) summer course entitled Making the Match. I decided to email the instructor for this course, Teri Lesesne, to see if she would be interested in writing a guest post for us. Teri is @professornana […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, April 30, 2012 | Advocacy, Teen Librarian, YA Librarian
ad·vo·cate/ˈadvəkit/ Noun: A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy. Also, you, the teen services librarian! Advocacy is the act of making your library’s presence in the community known, understood and valued. You want to make sure the community knows what your library is doing in the community and why it […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, March 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today, the TLT Teen Review, Cuyler Creech, tells you his top 10 favorite dystopian series. There are definitely no shortage of them. Did your favorite make the cut? Think your world is unbearable? Unthinkable? Maybe even unlivable? Well I think these heroes and heroines may beg to differ with you on that. Welcome to the […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, February 21, 2012 | Poetry, Teen Programming, Teen Programming in a Box, TPIB
“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, February 14, 2012 | Programming, Prom, TPIB
One of the worst parts of having worked at a tuxedo shop is that you suffer from “Prom Brain” every spring. So, if you’re going to be thinking of prom anyway, why not embrace it and help your teens at the same time, right? I can’t take credit for the basic idea of this program. […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, December 2, 2011 | Autism, Autism and Libraries
Today’s blog post is brought to you by Matthew Ross, he is the director of the Bucyrus Public Library in Ohio and the father of 3 children, one of whom is Autistic. Alex’s mom, Angie, is also an MLS librarian. Together they write this blog post for us with a unique perspective for librarians to […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, November 21, 2011 | Art, Graphic Design, Tools
I am not a graphic design artist, but I play one on the Internet. In fact almost all teen librarians are forced to play one at some time or another in their career as they make program flyers, teen area displays, and put stuff up online. Over the years I have learned some basic design […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, November 8, 2011 | Art, Crafts, Creativity, Programming, TPIB
“All the world’s a stage,And all the men and women merely players:They have their exits and their entrances;And one man in his time plays many parts,” – William Shakespeare If all the world’s a stage, you can help teens play their part with some fun, theater themed programming. Right after Halloween your local stores will […]
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