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teens

In brief: Intellectual freedom and equal access to information are central to libraries’ mission, but libraries often fail to consider the intellectual freedom needs of...

2013–05–22

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What I Wish I’d Known About Building Teen Services From Scratch

In brief: During my first professional position I found myself building a teen services program from scratch at a public library in a small town....

2011–07–27

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Are You Reading YA Lit? You Should Be.

by Gretchen Kolderup I’m a young adult librarian, but I didn’t read young adult lit when I was a teen myself. I was a precocious...

2010–04–14

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Making Connections: YAAN as a Paper Blog?

by Cindy Welch Brooke Shields is a descendant of Louis XIV; Emmett Smith is seven percent Native American; and Matthew Broderick’s ancestor fought at Gettysburg....

2010–02–17

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Teen Tech Week: Create, Share, Learn @ Your Library

by Robyn Vittek Have you ever noticed how many special events there are in library-land? National Library Week, Read across America Day, Teen Read Week,...