Competency 9: Internet

The Texas State Library site for young adult library services is a great resource for service, collection and program information for teens. I choose to present this website on my blog because it has many great ideas for youth librarians who either need new ideas or to breath fresh air into tried ones. The site can be found with the link below: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/ya/

This site is relevant to my topic based on its Young Adult library themes. In order to entice and inspire young people to be active members of the library while also inspiring them to read, the youth librarian must be equipped with vast and varying ideas to accomplish this goal.

I located this site using Clusty.com.

Competency 8: Research Visual/Multimedia

The chart below shows the percentage of teens, ages 13-17, who participated in various leisure activities on the day prior. The Gallup survey found that 90% of teens watched television while only 33% read a book. The complete findings can be found at: http://www.frankwbaker.com/teenleisurehabits.htm

This chart is relevant to my blog topic because it demonstrates the lack of activity in teens' daily lives. In order to help promote leisurly reading and participation (outside of school hours) in the library or other community organizations, new programs and ways to entice teens must be provided.