TAG met Saturday. What can I say? These teens have lives of their own and they still show up and speak up about improving the library for teen patrons. HUGE THANK YOU AGAIN! Next meeting February 12th, plans afoot for a spoof photo essay…”Who Needs the Library?”…so be appearing locally and often.
A big thank you to the members of the TAG team who successfully hosted the ‘Mystery at the Library’ Night Friday. Eighteen suspects & investigators arrived, questioned, ate literary food like Snow White’s apple pie, Goldilocks honey sticks, etc. and finally narrowed down who got rid of unsavory King Henry (It was Cinderella who had totally tired of the obnoxious royalty and took care of him in a fashion befitting a true princess.). Take a peek at the video from the event…TAG members provided food and costumes and the event idea. Thanks to all who came.
This month’s meeting has a focus…a camera focus. We’re doing ‘mini-mercials’ for the library from the TAG members viewpoint. Nothing fancy just a start at using the media for getting the point across about how the library & literacy matter to these TAGgers. Look for more ‘moving pictures’ on the blog…another bite of the literary Sandwich.
Well, in the big scheme of things, WE ALL MAKE A DIFFERENCE….and following that universal advice, the launch meeting of the SPL Teen Advisory Group (for lack of a final decision of nomenclature) met Saturday, Sept. 19. This is the beginning of what I hope can be a true participatory opportunity for teens (6th-12th grades) to make a difference in their public library. Form follows function so as the group (and future attendees) develops our mission, goals & form, we’ll keep you posted. I am very excited about the input a TAG can make on the Teen Reads Area, programming, and outreach. I’ve already got the word that YES, the Sandwich Teen Reads SHOULD have a Facebook account. Just an aside, the benefits of being on a TAG (besides a fine free library life) could be but are not exclusive to…making an impact on your community, meeting others involved in making the library a better place for teens, improving services for your friends and others at the library…well, I can go on, but how about just checking out some of the links over to the right for Library TAGS, TABS, TFL. I thank the teens who came Saturday. There is a lot of depth there already. Thanks for tuning in. I promise the next entry will be about books. By the way, what have you read, listened to or heard about lately? I’d love to know.
