Teen Advisory Group - meeting report

Hey, Everyone -

On April 4, five of us met together for a productive hour or so at the Teen Advisory Group meeting. And we ate most of the refreshments.

Everyone had ideas for Teen activities this summer. Here are some -

- Young Adult room: make it more informal-looking; hang a ceiling light or other decoration.
- Summer Reading program: the theme is "metamorphosis." The group came up with a lot of books and movies that explore this theme, e.g. "The Picture of Dorian Gray," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "The Fly," "The Time Machine," "Flowers for Algernon," stories by Isaac Asimov and the HP-based book, "The Seems".
- Movies: the library currently has no license to show movies; the librarian will investigate rights to show movies again.
- Crafts/games: customizing t-shirts is still fun (t-shirt metamorphosis); open to other craft ideas as well. Chess club will meet again this summer; other games are good, too.
- Improv/acting: MS students are interested in theater; maybe an adaptation of a classic or current work, with minimal set design; one more improv session will be scheduled.
- Technology: last summer a webmaster class was held. This summer tech classes that support the teen film festival were brainstormed, e.g. film techniques, animation, sound; may also want podcasts on teen webpage.
- Film Festival: not everyone at the meeting participated last year, but heard it was really good, and would like another festival this year.

Thanks for all the ideas! As a creative group, we can line up some fun, interesting summer events. Stop by or email anytime. Cheers!

"I was raised on books. They're not bad with ketchup."

Hello everyone. My name is Lucy Paras, and I'm following Michelle Reasso as Teen Librarian. I am lucky to have worked with Michelle, and we miss having her at the library each day.

Ms. Reasso did a lot of work building teen programs here at HPPL and her dedication to teens started a lot of good communication of ideas and programs. I hope we can continue that.

Next, the ketchup quote above is not mine. It's David Lubar's. He wrote "Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie," which is the Teen Book Club's pick for the next club meeting on Monday, April 14 at 7:00 PM. Pick up a copy at the library and come to the meeting even if you don't get through the whole book. It's an easy read with lots of quotables. "Pick your favorite quotes as you read," she said selectively. [A Tom Swifty. They're in the book].

I'll write more soon. Please stop by and say hello when you're in the library, and join us at Teen Book Club. Copies of the book are at the circ desk, and anyone who's read other David Lubar books will add good stuff to our discussion as well. Snacks will be provided!