Volume 1, Issue 1
January 27, 2017
TEEN TIMES @IndyPL
Special points of interest:
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What’s Happening in Teen Services?
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TEEN-O-VATORS Roundtable

All American Boys Author Visit

Congressman Carson’s Youth Opportuni-
What’s happening in Teen Services?
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Teen services at Central are
undergoing a makeover as
part of the Reimagine Central project! A teen area is in
the works for the east end
of Central’s third floor along
with the other Reimagine
Central projects.

ties Fair

Prepare! College Prep Workshops

Teen Services Survey

ALA Great Stories Club

Teen Breakout Challenge

Staff YA Book Recommendations
SRP and summer program
planning is in full swing in
the Program Development

Staff Highlight
offices!

Teen Programs by Branch
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Articles & More
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Decatur Branch Teens pose with author Mike Mullin and Decatur Middle
School Literacy Specialist Suzy Elliot
This brand new newsletter is happening! We’ll be sending it out bi-monthly so that we
all know what’s happening in teen services around the system! If you have information
you would like included in the next newsletter, send it to [email protected]
TEEN
TEEN--O-VATORS Roundtable
The Teen Standing Committee is being transitioned
into the Teen-O-Vators
Roundtable.
The
roundtable will welcome
anyone on staff interested
in discussing and sharing
ideas and information
about teen programming
and services at IndyPL.
Opportunities for continuing
education in teen services
will also be made a part of
the roundtables! Whether
you work directly with teens
at your branch or are interested in learning more
about teen services, everyone is welcome to join the
Teen-O-Vators Roundtable!
We want to work together
to make teen services at
IndyPL exceptional and
continue the work that
IndyPL has been doing to
make our locations an inviting and useful resource for
teens!
Rountable dates and times
to be determined.
All American Boys Author Visit
Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, authors of All
American Boys will be
visiting IndyPL and local
schools on April 10 & 11,
2016. All American Boys
is a 2017 Coretta Scott
King
Honor
Book
about two teens (one
black, one white) strug-
gling to deal with the repercussions of a single
violent act that leaves
their school, their community, and, ultimately, the
country bitterly divided by
racial tension. The book
follows sixteen-year-old
Rashad who is mistakenly
accused of stealing and
classmate Quinn who
witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens
to be the older brother of
his best friend. Told
through Rashad and
Quinn's alternating viewpoints.
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logos
Date:
March 6, 2017
Time:
School Group
12 p.m. 3p.m.
General Public
4p.m.-7 p.m.
TEEN TIMES @INDYPL
Congressman Carson’s 2017
Youth Opportunities Fair
IndyPL will once again be
partnering with Congressman André Carson’s office,
the Marion County Commission on Youth, EmployIndy, and JAG Indiana to
offer Congressman Carson’s Youth Opportunities
Fair! The fair will connect
youth and families with
nonprofit organizations and
private employers offering
internships, volunteer opportunities, and paid jobs
for teens as well as youth
development programming
for all ages during the summer and year-round. The
event is set up like a job or
college fair, with vendor
tables in Central Library’s
atrium area. Participants
will be able to come and go
throughout the event, connecting with vendors individually at their own pace.
A new addition to this
year’s fair will be to include
opportunities for teens to
learn about resume building, IndyPL e-resources and
important library skills,
work etiquette, mock interviewing as well as help
submitting online applica-
tions and information
about work permits. Also
new this year is extending
the timeframe to include
an in-school component for
high school JAG students
who will be transported by
their respective schools
between 12noon and 3PM.
Youth of all ages are welcome to attend the fair and
learn about the many opportunities available to
them in Indianapolis and
Marion County. Congressman Carson’s Youth Opportunities Fair supports efforts by the City of Indianapolis to increase youth
employment opportunities
for teens.
¡PREPÁRATE! ——————— PREPARE!
Spanish
&
English
College Prep
Workshops
Teen Survey
@Central
IndyPl is once again partnering with the Indiana Latino
Institute to offer College
Prep workshops during
March of 2017. The workshops will be held at the
Pike and Southport branch
libraries.
Financing Your Education
Teens will learn the necessary steps to obtain financial assistance and how to
complete the FAFSA application.
Southport Branch Library
Monday, February 20, 2017
6:30 p.m.
Pike Branch Library
Monday, April 2, 2017
6:30 p.m.
Pike Branch Library
Monday, March 6, 2017
6:30 p.m.
For more information, call
the Indiana Latino Institute
representative at (317) 472
-1055 or a library representative at (317) 2754099 .
Scholarship Opportunities
Teens can learn about
scholarships and listen to
experts discuss scholarships available to students
that wish to attend college!
Southport Branch Library
Monday, March 13, 2017
6:30 p.m.
Surveys are being distributed to teens at Central Library to gain input into the design of the new
Central teen space on the east end of Central’s 3rd floor in to be located on 3 East, the east ind
of Central’s 3rd floor. Teens are some of our most active and savvy users. It is important to give
them a say in shaping the programming and services available for them at the Library. (see action numbers 2-14 and 2-15 in the IndyPL strategic plan) For more info contact Michelle Sharp
at ext. 4134 or [email protected]
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IndyPL Receives 2017 ALA Great Stories Club Grant
For the second year,
IndyPL has been chosen as
one of the hosts of the American Library Associations
Great Stories Club.
“The Great Stories Club
(GSC) gives underserved
youth facing significant challenges the opportunity to
read, reflect, and share ideas
on topics that resonate with
them. “
The GSC has reached 700
libraries in 49 states and
more than 30,000 young
adults (ages 13 to 21) since
2006.
IndyPL is partnering with the
Indianapolis Public School
Reclaiming Our Opportunity
To Succeed (ROOTS) program.
Teens will be reading Jay
Asher’s Thirteen Reasons
Why, Ned Vizzini’s It’s Kind of
a Funny Story and Matt Weigle’s Romeo and Juliet (No
Fear Shakespeare Graphic
Novel) version of Shakespeare’s classic tale.
The spring theme for the
GSC is Structures of Suffering: Origins of Teen Violence
and Suicide. In addition to
having the GSC with the IPS
ROOTS teens, IndyPL will be
expanding the club to a
group of teens from Pike
High School led by Erin Webster Weir and will meet both
at the school and Pike
Branch Library.
IndyPL first received the GSC
grant in 2016 when the
theme was “The Art of
Change”. IndyPL, through the
grant, was able to bring Nate
Powell, illustrator of John
Lewis’ MARCH graphic novel
to speak to 90 GSC members and local teens in November of 2016.
2017 Great Stories Club Reads
Thirteen Reasons Why
By Jay Asher
It’s Kind of a Funny Story
By Ned Vizzini
Clay Jensen returns home
from school to find a strange
package with his name on it
lying on his porch. Inside he
discovers several cassette
tapes recorded by Hannah
Baker--his classmate and
crush--who committed suicide
two weeks earlier. Hannah's
voice tells him that there are
thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is
one of them. If he listens, he'll
find out why.
Ambitious New York City teenager Craig Gilner is determined to succeed at life which means getting into the
right high school to get into
the right job. But once Craig
aces his way into Manhattan's
Executive Pre-Professional
High School, the pressure
becomes unbearable. He
stops eating and sleeping
until, one night, he nearly kills
himself.
Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah
as his guide. He becomes a
firsthand witness to Hannah's
pain, and as he follows Hannah's recorded words throughout his town, what he discovers changes his life forever."
Craig's suicidal episode gets
him checked into a mental
hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex
addict, a girl who has scarred
her own face with scissors,
and the self-elected President
Armelio. There, Craig is finally
able to confront the sources
of his anxiety.
Romeo & Juliet (No Fear
Shakespeare Graphic Novel)
Illustrated by Matt Wiegle
The No Fear Shakespeare
Graphic Novels are a series
based on the translated texts
of the plays found in No Fear
Shakespeare. The original No
Fear series made Shakespeare’s plays much easier to
read and understand and
features an
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Illustrated cast of characters
A helpful plot summary
Line-by-line translations
of the original play
Illustrations that show
the reader exactly what’s
happening in each scene—making the plot and
characters even clearer
than in the original No
Fear Shakespeare books
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TEEN TIMES @INDYPL
Breakout Challenge @IndyPL
Staff Picks
Teens will have one hour
to find clues and keys to
access the final lock box
in order to win the game!
For more information
about the Breakout
Challenge, contact
Kirsten in the Program
Development Office at
STAFF HIGHLIGHT
Teens and tweens will have
the opportunity to test their
skills, smarts and teamwork with IndyPL’s Teen
Breakout Challenge at
branches March 2017.
The Breakout Challenge
will be held at 11 branch
locations and will test not
only teens observational
abilities but the ability to
work as part of a team as
well.
Lois Lane: Fallout
by Gwenda Bond
ext. 4086 or by email at
[email protected] .
Lois Lane is the new girl at
East Metropolis High, and
her instinct to ask questions
brings her and her online
friend, Smallville Guy, into
conflict with some bullying
video gamers called the Warheads, who are being used
in a dangerous virtual reality
experiment.
MARCH: BOOK 1
By John Lewis
Book one of the MARCH
graphic novel trilogy spans
John Lewis’ youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King,
Jr., the birth of the Nashville
Student Movement, and their
battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent lunch
counter sit-ins, building to a
stunning climax on the steps
of City Hall.
Michelle Sharp: Teen Librarian at Central
Michelle started
her
career with
IndyPL when she
was 15 years old
at Shelby Branch,
now Garfield Park
Branch, waaaaaay back in 1991.
Life happened. Then after graduating with her MLIS from the
University of Illinois she started
working at the Southport Branch
in January 2014 as a PSL. She
quickly joined forces with the
Teen Services Committee. During
her time at Southport she worked
with Volunteer Resources to
create forms and documents to
enable the startup of a teen
advisory board volunteer opportunity. After almost 3 years at
Southport, Michelle joined Central’s Learning Curve as teen
Librarian and Page Supervisor.
Now Michelle spends time managing pages and dreaming up
new ways to reach teens at
Central while managing the teen
collection. Her current teen
project involves surveying teens
to find out their vision for the
teen space at the library.
Michelle is currently serving on
the Young Adult Library Services
Association (YALSA) Teen Read
Week
Committee, the Indy PL Program
and Scholarship Committee, and
the Indy PL Reader’s Advisory
Committee. Likes: tacos, reading,
binge watching TV shows, cooking, social media. Dislikes: onions,
cold weather, short days.
You can connect with Michelle by
phone, email or on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/
michellenicolefrost
Kirsten Weaver: Teen Programming Specialist
A 2010 graduate of IUPUI, Kirsten
has been working in libraries
since 2002. She has worked as
everything from a checkin attendant and circulation clerk to a
floating librarian at the Allen
County Public Library. After earning her MLS she spent 5 years as
the teen services librarian at the
Frankfort Community Public Library. Kirsten is passionate about
connecting teens with literature
through fun programs. A member
of ALA, YALSA, ILF, CYPD and the
BCALA, she also feels a strong
responsibility to represent minori-
ty populations in professional
settings. Kirsten was a 2013
ALA Emerging Leader. Kirsten
began as the Teen Programming
Specialist
at
IndyPL in January of 2016 and
now spends her
time planning
teen programs
system
wide.
She’s super excited to plan and
wants everyone to feel free to
talk to her about program planning big and small! Likes: Doctor
Who, Korean dramas, Netflix,
pizza & sushi (preferably not at
the same time), YA fiction,
cheesy romance novels, Dwayne
“The Rock” Johnson and any
film with lots of explosions and
fabulous action scenes! Dislikes: Peas, bananas, snow and
cold weather in general, historical fiction (in print and on film),
impoliteness and characters
being killed off on her favorite
shows!
You can connect with Kirsten by
phone, email or on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/
kirsten-weaver-05055013/
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Teen Programming by Branch
BRANCH
Date
Program
Monday, February 6, 2017
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Happy Un-Valentine
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
eEntertainment @ Beech Grove
College Avenue
Branch
Thursday, February & March
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm
AftersCool @ College Avenue!
Decatur Branch
Monday, March 13, 2017 4:00 pm
Teens & Tweens Breakout Challenge
Eagle Branch
Monday, March 20,,23,30 2017
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Minecraft @ Eagle!
Friday, March 31, 2017 3:00 pm
Teens & Tweens Breakout Challenge
East 38th Street
Branch
Monday, February 6, March 6
2017
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
College Scholarship & Financial Aid Series
Fountain Square
Branch
Friday, March 24, 2017 3:00 pm
Haughville Branch
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 5:00
pm
InfoZone Branch
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 3:00 pm Teens & Tweens Breakout Challenge
Irvington Branch
Tuesday, February 14 &March 14,
2017 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Beech Grove Branch
Saturday, February 18, 2017
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Teens & Tweens Breakout Challenge
Teens & Tweens Breakout Challenge
Tablet Tuesday
Monthly Make-It @ Irvington!
Thursday, March 23, 2017 4:00
pm
Teens & Tweens Breakout Challenge
Lawrence Branch
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
4:00 pm & March 15
Social Studio for Teens
Nora Branch
Sunday, March 5, 2017 2:00 pm
Teens & Tweens Breakout Challenge
Pike Branch
Thursdays
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Teen Game Day at Pike
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 3:00
pm
Teens & Tweens Breakout Challenge
BRANCH
Southport Branch
Date
Saturday, February 11, 2017
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Lego Club
Wednesday,
February 15, March 15, 2017
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Career Training for Teens
Monday, February 20, 2017
6:30 pm
Warren Branch
Wayne Branch
Program
Prepárate! College Prep Workshops: Financing Your
Education
Thursday,
February 23, March 23 2017
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Off the Cuff Teen Book Club
Monday, March 13, 2017
6:30 pm
Prepárate! College Prep Workshops: Scholarships
Monday, March 27, 2017
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Search App Instruction for Homeschoolers
Monday, March 27, 2017
2:00 pm
Teens & Tweens Breakout Challenge
Monday, February 27, 2017
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool Database Instruction
Tuesday, February 14, March
14 2017 5:00 pm
Snacks & Stories Teen Book Club
Saturday, March 4, 2017
1:00 pm
Teens & Tweens Breakout Challenge
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
6:00 pm
Teens & Tweens Breakout Challenge
Articles & More
Young Adult Library Association Teen Programming Guidelines
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/sites/ala.org.yalsa/files/content/TeenProgramingGuidelines_2015_FINAL.pdf
“A Flame in Water”: Jason Reynolds on Writing for Middle Grade Readers
http://www.slj.com/2017/01/interviews/a-flame-in-water-jason-reynolds-on-writing-for-middle-grade-readers/
Georgia Girl Who Has Read 1,000 Books at Age 4 Visits Library of Congress, Becomes Honorary Librarian
http://ktla.com/2017/01/11/georgia-girl-who-has-read-1k-books-at-age-4-visits-library-of-congress-becomeshonorary-librarian/ (Suggested by Sarah Woodruff, E38)
If you haven’t checked out the 2017 Youth Media Award Winners, be sure to take a look at Sarah Batt’s special edition of Friday Focus to peruse the winners!
https://www.smore.com/d5e33-special-edition-friday-focus?ref=email