[OPLINLIST] Community Relations First (Even With Teens)

Wed Jan 15 14:56:46 EST 2014

It’s easy to feel jealous when you hear a presenter talk about their 
library event that brought in 300 teens, got covered on the local news, 
etc.

      Money isn’t the challenge. Community relations is.

That’s the word from Krista King-Oaks and Jami Thompson, Teen Services 
Librarians who are speakers at the upcoming Summer Reading Program 
webinars 
<http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventCalendar.aspx?df=list&et=6&kw=summer>. 
You don’t dive straight into planning a big event. You start by getting 
to know people; by listening to your teens.

When you see there’s interest in a topic, start a club and schedule 
regular meetings. Regular meetings are easier for patrons to attend (and 
invite people to), and they don’t have to be expensive to host. Besides 
being a good program, they’re a great way to build an audience toward 
hosting a big event.

      Recommended reading

Here are two books Krista and Jami recommend for building relationships 
with teens:

  * Young Adults Deserve the Best: YALSA’s Competencies in Action
    <http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=3193>
  * Risky Business: Taking and Managing Risks in Library Services for
    Teens <http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2977>

There’s risk involved in trying anything new, whether you’re working 
with teens, children or adults. Listen to your community first, and 
you’ve made a start toward events your patrons will love.

Hear more from Krista, Jami and other Teen Summer Reading Program 
webinar presenters on February 4th 
<http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=779>, 
February 11th 
<http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=780>, 
February 18th 
<http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=781>, and an 
Adult Summer Reading Program webinar on February 25th 
<http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=782>.

  * Nathan Swartzendruber, SWON Technology Educator

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    The best books of 2013?

Share your favorites from 2013 and hear what books your colleagues 
enjoyed the most at SWON’s annual Best Books meeting. Bring a copy of 
each books to show others. And paper. Better make it college rule, cause 
your list is going to get long. The meeting is at the newly-renovated 
Covington Branch of the Kenton County Public Library on January 28. 
Register here 
<http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=816>!

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    When will you read all those “best books”?

Why not join the Teen Reading Challenge <http://tiny.cc/trc2014>? A 
little competition could nudge you to read through that list. Find new 
books you’re ready to recommend (or recommend your library to buy) at 
the Challenge. It’s friendly and free.

For a great related resource, ask your library to buy the (Teen Reader’s 
Advisory Guide](https://gum.co/TeenRAGuide). It’s a compilation of all 
of the reviews written during last year’s Challenge. Buy a PDF 
(https://gum.co/TeenRAGuide) or email Nathan to ask about print copies: 
nathan at swonlibraries.org <mailto:nathan at swonlibraries.org>.

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Calendar excerpts from the next two weeks. (Please register for online 
classes at least two days before they take place.)

  * *Level-Up Lab: HTML
    <http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=789>* -
    (1/16/2014) - SWON Meeting Room
  * *Surviving the Stressors of Organizational Change
    <http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=791>* -
    (1/16/2014) - Online
  * *Martin Luther King Jr. Day* - SWON Libraries Office Closed
  * *Customer Service for Challenged Libraries
    <http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=803>* -
    (1/21/2014) - Online
  * *Public Libraries and the Common Core Curriculum: Overview &
    Resources
    <http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=795>* -
    (1/23/2014) - Online
  * *Outreach (SIG) Meeting
    <http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=760>* -
    (1/24/2014) - Kenton County PL, Covington Branch
  * *How to Hire a Library Tech
    <http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=817>* -
    (1/28/2014) - Online
  * *Best Books of 2014
    <http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=816>* -
    (1/28/2014) - Kenton County PL, Covington Branch

SWON Libraries - http://www.swonlibraries.org
10250 Alliance Road, Suite 225
Blue Ash, OH 45242
phone (513) 751-4422 - fax (513) 751-0463
For subscription information on SWON's Events list, click 
here:http://lists.swonlibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/events
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