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Supporting Teen Sexual Health: The Role of Young Adult Libraries

Young adult libraries play a crucial role in supporting teen sexual health by promoting digital information literacy. These libraries provide essential resources and safe spaces for teens to access sexual health information without fear of censorship. Barry Lyga highlights the subtler forms of censorship that can stifle important discussions. This article explores initiatives from libraries across the U.S., such as those in Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Tennessee, and showcases digital resources available to empower teenagers with reliable health information.

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Supporting Teen Sexual Health: The Role of Young Adult Libraries

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  1. How Young Adult Libraries Support Teen Sexual Health mk Eagle Fostering Digital Information Literacy

  2. “It’s sort of a soft, quiet, very insidious censorship, where nobody is raising a stink, nobody is complaining, nobody is burning books. They’re just quietly making sure it doesn’t get out there.” -Barry Lyga on the plight of Boy Toy

  3. Fountaindale Public LibraryRomeoville, IL

  4. Stow-Munroe Falls Public LibraryStow, OH

  5. Northfield Mount Hermon SchoolMount Hermon, MA

  6. Lake Oswego Public LibraryLake Oswego, OR

  7. Nashville Public LibraryNashville, TN

  8. University Laboratory High SchoolUrbana, IL

  9. Health Resource Pages University Laboratory High School Library http://unihighlib.pbwiki.com/LGBTQ+Reads Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library http://www.smfpl.org/node/1723/171 Northfield Mount Hermon School http://libguides.nmhschool.org/health Lake Oswego Public Library http://www.ci.oswego.or.us/library/teen/teen_links_health_and_sexuality.htm Fountaindale Public Library http://www.fountaindale.lib.il.us/teens/healthinfo.php Nashville Public Library http://www.library.nashville.org/research/res_ws_health.asp

  10. References “Anime & manga” CC Attribution share-alike 2.0 generic license From bluemodern's photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_fisk/1036115462/ Every Thug Needs a Lady Cover image from LibraryThing http://www.librarything.com/work/898778 A Hustler's Son Cover image from LibraryThing http://www.librarything.com/work/2361338 Our Bodies, Ourselves Cover image from ourbodiesourselves.org http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/inside/artcover.asp

  11. References Uni High Library photos courtesy of Frances Harris Gargoyles Loose in the Library http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/library/blog/ New York Public Library photos courtesy of Jack Martin http://teenlink.nypl.org/index.html Fresno County Public Library photos courtesy of Lisa Lindsay Sunnyside Teen Council http://www.myspace.com/sunnysideteencouncil Whelan, Debra Lau. "A Dirty Little Secret: Self-Censorship." School Library Journal, 2/1/2009 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6632974.html Do Something http://www.dosomething.org/

  12. References Young Adult Library Services Association Teen Tech Week http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teentechweek/ttw09/home.cfm Teen Health & Wellness http://teenhealthandwellness.com/ Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

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