21st century boys and girls: youth services leads the change in public libraries

21st Century Boys & Girls: Youth Services Leads The Change in Public Libraries

Justin Hoenke@justinlibrarianjustinthelibrarian.com

No artist is ahead of his time. He is the time. It is

just that others are behind the time.”

― Martha Graham

WE ARE ARTISTS

Anna Hartmann @annaBnana80 Council Bluffs Public Library

Della Phipps, Chattanooga Public Library, teens.chattlibrary.org

WE ARE INSTIGATORS

WE ARE INSTIGATORSof awesome

Lauren Gibaldi Mathur, Orange County Library System, @laurengibaldi @oclslibrary

The San Antonio Public Library, David Gallin-Parasi @boomshackalack boomshackalack.com/shackablog

We’ve been makers for years

Amy Koester / @amyeileenk / http://showmelibrarian.blogspot.com

Photo by Alice Moore, Toronto Public Library, @kittenpie

Amy Koester / @amyeileenk / http://showmelibrarian.blogspot.com

Photo by Alice Moore, Toronto Public Library, @kittenpie

Libraries make a big shift towards programming

VIDEO GAME PROGRAMMING

OMG SO HOT IN 2008-2009

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

WE DO THE PROGRAMMING THING....A LOT

Laura Koenig @2nickels Boston Public Library

Laura Koenig @2nickels Boston Public Library

Laura Koenig @2nickels Boston Public Library

OH MY GOSH MAKERSPACES FOR

EVERYONE!

Photo by Michael Casey @michaelcasey http://www.michaelecasey.com

LEARNING=FUN

Lauren Gibaldi Mathur, Orange County Library System, @laurengibaldi @oclslibrary

Lauren Gibaldi Mathur, Orange County Library System, @laurengibaldi @oclslibrary

WE ARE SORTA LIKE TEACHERS

Focus on experience

Listen to the kids, tweens, and teens

The Public Library as a beta testing lab

HANG ON

BY

HANGING OUT

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

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