[OPLINLIST] teen scavenger hunt question

[Linda Smik]

I too had a scavenger hunt for the teens and wanted them to learn that they could, "get the book from anywhere." I simply had them find information about a book that was not available in the Stark County District Library catalog, but could be found in the consortium (SearchOhio) catalog. Earlier in the scavenger hunt I had them pick up a bookmark from Reference Services which gave detailed instructions on how to find books using the SearchOhio catalog.



Of course, you would have to alter this to suit the resources available at Wilson Public Library.



You could consider having them find information about a book using World Cat, and then completing an inter-library loan request for a title your library does not own.



BTW: I used the title Battle Royale by Koushum Takami. SCDL didn't own a copy at the time and I found it appropriate for teens.  The story is so similar to Hunger Games that many people say that the basic premise of Hunger Games was stolen by Suzanne Collins.

~ Linda (Miday) Smik
Linda (Miday) Smik, Teen Services Librarian
Stark County District Library
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Canton, Ohio 44702
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From: Karen Jensen [mailto:kjensenmls at yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 6:59 PM
To: Mary Stanton; oplinlist at lists.oplin.org
Subject: Re: [OPLINLIST] teen scavenger hunt question

Good Evening,

I have done multiple Teen Scavenger Hunts and they usually take on 1 of 2 formats.

The first is more of a Library Bootcamp approach, outlined here http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2011/07/library-boot-camp.html

The second is to simply put together a 20 question "contest" sheet where you have teens look information up, bring back certain types of materials, etc.  I believe there is an example questionairre here http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2012/01/contests-everyone-is-winning.html
I usually did a Pizza Party/Scavenger Hunt as a quarterly event, always changing the questions.  I even did them with things like The Boys and Girls Club, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, etc.

I always informed the staff before they were about to take place and reminded them not to give any answers or help teens find the answers, this is sometimes difficult for the reference staff.  I also put signs on the front doors letting patrons know that teens were engaged in an activity designed to help them learn to use the library and that there may be some noise for a few minutes.

My instructions to the teens were this:
You have 20 minutes
First one back with all the correct answers wins
Do not move any items that may be necessary to answer a question
No running, yelling, kicking, spitting, hitting, punching, tripping, etc.
Please do not interrupt staff if they are helping a patron

Some of the questions I used included:
Looking things up on the PAC to get author, title, or the number of items we held on a certin subject
What book is Bella holding on the Twilight read poster?
Name a cartoon character on the cover of the Encylopedia of comics in the ref area
If a book is fiction is it true or made up?
How many public internet computers does the library have
Bring back a graphic novel with a superhero in it.  What is the call number?
Etc.

Hope that helps you,
Karen

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Hi,

I'm planning a "get to know your library" scavenger hunt for teens. All steps are designed to help teens learn what is in a library (thesaurus, cookbooks, graphic novels, AAC players etc). I'd like to have the kids use the hold system so they know we can get books from anywhere, but am not sure how to do it. Any suggestions that will not create extra work for the library?

Thanks,
Karalea Lane
ILL/Circulation Clerk
Garnet A Wilson Public Library
Waverly, Ohio
740/947-4921
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