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#MeToo: Teens, Libraries and Sexual Harassment
Over recent weeks, a wide variety of discussion has been happening about sexual violence, harassment, and assault. These are important conversations that have wide reaching implications. Make no mistake, these things are also happening in the lives of our teens. With the discussion there has been a lot of sharing online with the hashtag #MeToo. […]
Using Snapchat to Engage Teens at the Library
If you want to engage the teen patrons, go where the teens are. And the teens are on Snapchat. I’ve had this vision in my head of the perfect library Snapchat account since my first job in a teen department. A teen would register for an event that sounded awesome. In the middle of school, […]
MakerSpace: Using a Silhouette Cameo to Do Screenprinting
This summer as part of our Summer of Shirts, we did a very low-tech version of screen printing, which turned out to be incredibly popular. So I was excited to learn that the Silhouette Cameo can be used to do a more traditional type of screenprinting. It works really well and I HIGHLY recommend it. […]
TPiB: Easy Peasy DIY Jack-O-Lanterns
So I got a Silhouette Cameo and I was trying to figure out how to use it, and how to use it with teens, when I stumbled across an easy and fun craft idea. You can do it with or without a Silhouette Cameo, it’s easily adaptable. I made my examples using the Silhouette Cameo. […]
Silhouette Cameo 101: The Manual It Doesn’t Come With, But Should (MakerSpace)
I have spent the last couple of weeks trying to figure out how to use and evaluating the Silhouette Cameo for our Teen Makerspace at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (OH). You can read my initial thoughts here: MakerSpace Mondays: The Silhouette Cameo – a review MakerSpace Mondays: The Silhouette Cameo […]
On MOXIE, THE NOWHERE GIRLS, Current Events and the Power of Books
There has been a lot of very important discussion in the news this past couple of weeks about sexual harassment and abuse by men in positions of power, in no small part thanks to the revelations regarding Harvey Weinstein. Of course women know and have known for years that type of culture and abuse isn’t […]
October #ARCParty
October #ARCParty// The Teen and The Bestie take a look at some upcoming and newly released books. And Thing 2 who is now officially a Tween takes a look at some new Middle Grade books because she doesn't want to be left out of the fun anymore. Storify by TeenLibrarianToolbox Wed, Oct 11 2017 14:26:19 […]
View from the Director’s Chair Part II: Narrative Filmmaking by Lynette Pitrak
Since its inception in the fall of 2014, Downers Grove Public Library’s teens have been busy creating in our Media Lab! Teens have created documentary films in our Viewfrom the Director’s Chair workshop, photography in our Viewfrom Behind the Lens workshop, and music demo recordings in View from the Sound Booth. The creativity, passion, and […]
MakerSpace Mondays: The Silhouette Cameo – Vinyl 101
Earlier today, I talked about the Silhouette Cameo Vinyl Cutter: MakerSpace Mondays: The Silhouette Cameo – a review. So if you buy a Silhouette Cameo, you’ll probably be making a variety of vinyl projects. Not all vinyl is the same, so here’s a little Vinyl 101 brought to you by high school librarian Dani Fouser. […]
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