YA Services Minutes - August 21, 2019

1:30   Welcome and introductions 

Todd welcomed our Teen Services staff to the Southern Oaks Library and invited everyone to look at Tina’s new decorations in the teen area, the butterfly garden in full bloom, and Phil’s Talk Like a Pirate Day display. 

1:35   Project Team Updates from Round 1 – PT Representatives    

The following staff members reported from the completed Round 1 project teams. Resources are available on the intranet for each team. Emily passed out an infographic with statistical highlights from this round of project teams. 

• 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten – Mary Cordova, Kristin Williamson 
• Library as a Job Center Webpage – Kellie Delaney 
• Caregiver Resources – Kristin Williamson 
• Online Government Resources and Help – Kellie Delaney 
• Voter Education Resources – Jessica Gonzalez 
• Programming Best Practices/Planning Guidelines and Workflow – Natasha Parker, Dana Beach 
• Coordinating System-Supported Themes – Teresa Matthews 
• Background Checks – Emily Williams and Heidi Port 

2:40   Lucky Day Collection and more from Collection Development 

Sadie reported on Overdrive’s new Lucky Day Collection and the changes coming to Lynda/LinkedIn Learning. 

2:45 Break 

Emily passed out a VOYA Teen Pop Culture quiz and encouraged staff to work on it during the rest of the meeting. ARC prizes were passed out at the end to those with the highest scores. 

3:00   Summer Reading Debrief 

What went well? 

• WA had the best teen volunteers (12) 
• Points – went well 
• Easier to grasp because of the activities 
• Points = reward / time = chore 
• Activity sheets went well – very appreciated 

What didn’t go well? 

• SR - Didn’t seem like it was a big thing 
• Seemed subdued 
• Probably because Beanstack is more popular 
• The exhibit was downtown so the theme didn’t have same impact 
• Space was the national theme – so it wasn’t themed 
• Didn’t have the same theme as national theme 
• Too many teen volunteers – didn’t have enough for volunteers to do 

Ideas for next year 

• Maybe cap teen volunteers 
• Volunteer task basket 

3:15   Teen Volunteer Recognition Party Debrief – Heidi Port, DVS 

Heidi asked for stories about this summer’s teen volunteers. We also discussed the volunteer recognition event at the Downtown Library. The only complaint was from Kassy’s teens who wished it was longer! 

• Balloon drop was huge 
• Add more balloons 
• Survey teen volunteers for their thoughts 
• “it was lit” 

3:15   Sharing 

The group talked about programs and events at their libraries, asked questions of each other, and talked about sharing resources. 

BI – ATLAS 

AL – regular teen program night moved to Thursday from Wednesday, Learning Express program 

SO – gross science 

WA – escape room 

NW – inflatable planetarium (NASA JPL) 

ED- balloon twisting, hour of code/coding club 

VI – coding club with mentors after fall break 

CL – homeschool time, Kimberly’s first meeting, “welcome to the library” event at middle schools 

MC – escape games folder in Teen SharePoint and STEAM rocketry and robotics 

DC – D&D for teens, make your own Funko Pop 

CH – college application week 9/16, haunted house 

BE – VR/space program with OK History trunk and stations 

CD – Say Nothing book recommendation 

DN – GeekCon, first con for a lot of teens, Lit Fest- zine workshop, Paranormal Fest – astrology workshop 

CL – equity through teen service learning – YALSA webinar 

EPS – please continue to upload program ideas and shared files to the Teen Programmer SharePoint!