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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I have a large Youth Advisory Board of 31 teens and the teens are very active and engaged in all the activities. The teens ages range from 6<sup>th</sup> grade to 12<sup>th</sup>. Once a teen joins our YAB group, they tend to stay until they graduate. Our YAB group is not open to all teens, there is an application process, which the current YAB’s have total control over. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>YAB’s are required to get 3 hours of volunteer time in a month, most go above and beyond this. They can stock pile hours in the summer if they like, which most do. I just tallied the total number of hours these 31 teens volunteered this year and it equaled over 900 hours. These hours include, writing trivia questions, completing book reviews, prepping crafts, shelf reading, and assisting with children’s programs, helping with our SummerREAD programs and so much more. We have a monthly meeting, which counts for an hour of volunteer time. We talk business (new books, programs, decorations, planning and changes they would like to see), we have snacks and we try to play a few mixer games or have time to just talk. YAB’s also run our teen programs, they plan them and lead them, with my help. We try to have between 3 to 6 teen programs a month, plus additional YAB only programs. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The things that keep all these teens active is that I do an overnighter once a year and an after-hours party at Christmas time. If they are behind in their hours they do not get to attend. Plus they also get to go on a book buying trip, this year they were able to spend $1000 to buy books they wanted for the teen area. Most of these teens are also very active in their schools and need volunteer time for National Honor Society or what them for collage applications. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have been running YAB’s for 2 years now. When I started our group had 14 teens. The Youth Advisory Board is by far my favorite thing about working with Library’s teens. I would be glad to share any other helpful information, please feel free to email me. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Erin A. Gillespie<br>Children's Associate and Young Adult Staff Representative<br>Findlay-Hancock County Public Library<br>206 Broadway<br>Findlay, OH 45840<br>419.422.1712. ext. 230<br><a href="mailto:Gillespie@findlaylibrary.org" target="_blank">Gillespie@findlaylibrary.org</a><br><br>Confidentiality Notice: e-mail sent to us is generally subject to Ohio Public Records Law<br>except as otherwise provided by Ohio law or under a legal privilege. If the reader of this message is<br>not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it<br>from your computer. Thank you.</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> oplinlist-bounces@lists.oplin.org [mailto:oplinlist-bounces@lists.oplin.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marsha Wagner<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 29, 2011 8:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> Nancy Koebel<br><b>Cc:</b> OPLINlist<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OPLINLIST] Calling all Teen/Young Adult Librarians<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>We just got our TAB going strong when we had a change in personnel. Jennifer Morton our wonderful YA librarian is now working for Cuyahoga Falls Library. She can tell you about some of our more successful programs: tie dye t-shirts; Japanese food program. We have a small budget and offer pizza and pop for TAB meetings. Even with that it has taken a couple of year to build the group. FYI we just hired Kathleen Walker from the Massillon Library for the position, so we hope to start up again soon. Marsha Wagner Canal Fulton Public Library<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Nancy Koebel <<a href="mailto:nancy.koebel@birchard.lib.oh.us">nancy.koebel@birchard.lib.oh.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We tried a TAB when they first became popular and had a negligible group. By the time I took over YA it had stopped and I just haven't had the time to restart one.<br><br>One of the suggestions I got from a webinar I took last month on teen programming through Webjunction was if you can't have an official board that meets at regular times, try putting a teen program suggestion box out. Once they see their suggestions come to life they might be more interested in participating in an official TAB.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Sheena Striker" <<a href="mailto:sstriker@mljlibrary.org">sstriker@mljlibrary.org</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:Oplinlist@oplin.org">Oplinlist@oplin.org</a><br>Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 3:21:18 PM<br>Subject: [OPLINLIST] Calling all Teen/Young Adult Librarians<br><br><br>We have been looking at our numbers for adult programming and are not happy with what we are seeing. It has become clear that our focus needs to be more on teens and young adults. Therefore we are talking about starting a youth advisory board and expanding our youth programs. I would like some advice/information about how things are done at other libraries. How do you go about finding teens for the board? Do you have a close working relationship with local school districts? What are some of the struggles/triumphs you have faces? Is there a specific type of program that goes over the best? Any information or advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much! Sheena<br><br>--<br>Sheena Striker<br>Adult Programming Coordinator<br>MLJ-Hardin County Library<br><a href="tel:419-673-2278">419-673-2278</a><br><a href="mailto:sstriker@mljlibrary.org">sstriker@mljlibrary.org</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>OPLINLIST mailing list -- <a href="mailto:OPLINLIST@lists.oplin.org">OPLINLIST@lists.oplin.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.oplin.org/mailman/listinfo/oplinlist" target="_blank">http://lists.oplin.org/mailman/listinfo/oplinlist</a><br><br><a href="http://aboutbooks.info" target="_blank">http://aboutbooks.info</a> -- Search for author, title, subject... anything about books.<br>_______________________________________________<br>OPLINLIST mailing list -- <a href="mailto:OPLINLIST@lists.oplin.org">OPLINLIST@lists.oplin.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.oplin.org/mailman/listinfo/oplinlist" target="_blank">http://lists.oplin.org/mailman/listinfo/oplinlist</a><br><br><a href="http://aboutbooks.info" target="_blank">http://aboutbooks.info</a> -- Search for author, title, subject... anything about books.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Marsha Wagner <br>Library Director M. L. S. 1981<br>Canal Fulton Public Library <br>154 Market St. NE <br>Canal Fulton, OH 44708 <br>330 854-4148; fax 330 854-9520 <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Canal Fulton Public Library has been named a Top 10 Library in the 2010 HAPLR index!<br><a href="http://www.haplr-index.com/HAPLR100.htm" target="_blank">http://www.haplr-index.com/HAPLR100.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>