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Connecting Young Adults with Library Services: Strategies for Engagement

Join Patrick Jones from Connecting YA for an insightful lecture aimed at improving library services for teens. This session will cover the core issues of providing effective services to young adults, explore ten current trends affecting teen engagement, and identify both bridges and barriers to reaching young adult readers. Participants will engage in active learning exercises, reflecting on their experiences and attitudes, while discussing developmental needs and assets that promote healthy growth. Perfect for library staff looking to enhance their connection with young patrons!

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Connecting Young Adults with Library Services: Strategies for Engagement

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  1. Patrick Jones www.connectingya.com

  2. WHO? Audience Customers / students Presenter WHAT: Objectives WHEN? WHERE? HOW? Lecture Handouts Active Learning Peer Learning Question and answer Applying Connecting Young Adults and LibrariesPatrick Joneshttp://www.connectingya.comGetting started www.connectingya.com

  3. WHAT: OBJECTIVES • Review the core issues and values in providing services to teens • Examine ten trends shaping services to teens in the 21st century • Understand the bridges and barriers to success with young adult readers • Develop a “YAattitude” and think about teen services in a fresh way www.connectingya.com

  4. Where you stand, depends on where you sit- (exercise #1) • Divide into pairs • Introduce yourself and your position in the library • Complete this sentence. The thing that aggravates me most about working with YAs is • The thing I like best and WHY? • How do we increase the good and reduce the bad? • What do we accept, redirect, and terminate? www.connectingya.com

  5. ~ten core values~ Youth development www.connectingya.com

  6. ~ten core values~ Developmental needs. www.connectingya.com

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  8. The Developmental Needs of Teenagers: • Physical Activity • 2. Competence and Achievement • 3. Self-Definition • 4. Creative Expression • 5. Positive Social Interaction with Peers and Adults • 6. Structure and Clear Limits • 7. Meaningful Participation www.connectingya.com

  9. Access Unchained(exercise #2) Remember Accept Project www.connectingya.com

  10. ~ten core values~ Developmental assets www.connectingya.com

  11. ~ten core values~ • Developmental assets are the building blocks of young people’s successful growth and development • The more assets young people have, the more likely they are to grow up healthy and become competent caring adults. www.connectingya.com

  12. ~ten core values~ • Assets promote actions (aka thriving behaviors): • Succeeding in school • Helping others • Valuing diversity • Maintaining good health • Resisting danger • Exhibiting leadership • Delaying gratification • Overcoming adversity www.connectingya.com

  13. ~ten core values~ • The more assets a young person has, the less likely he/she is to: • Use drugs or alcohol • Smoke or chew • Vandalize • Get into trouble • Choose violence • Skip school • Become depressed/suicidal • Become sexually active www.connectingya.com

  14. ~ten core values~ Youth advocacy www.connectingya.com

  15. ~ten core values~ Youth participation www.connectingya.com

  16. TEEN ADVISORY GROUPS www.connectingya.com

  17. Spring Into Song Karaoke www.connectingya.com

  18. Book Discussion Group www.connectingya.com

  19. TUTORING www.connectingya.com

  20. TEENS AND TYKES www.connectingya.com

  21. TAPPING TEEN CREATIVITY www.connectingya.com

  22. SPECIAL PROJECTS www.connectingya.com

  23. ~ten core values~ Collaboration www.connectingya.com

  24. Connecting Young Adults and LibrariesPatrick Joneshttp://www.connectingya.com PARTNERSHIP ROLES • COMMUNICATIVE • COOPERATIVE • COLLOBRATIVE www.connectingya.com

  25. ~ten core values~ Information literacy: Teen Tech Week Mini Grants (www.ala.org/yalsa) www.connectingya.com

  26. Information literacy is youth development in action www.connectingya.com

  27. ~ten core values~ Adolescent literacy www.ala.org/yalsa www.connectingya.com

  28. ~ten core values~ Learning and achievement www.connectingya.com

  29. ~ten core values~ • Texas • Pennsylvania • Colorado • Alaska • Georgia • Illinois www.connectingya.com

  30. Reading ability is positively correlated with the extent to which students read recreationally.” -National Center for Education Statistics. www.connectingya.com

  31. ~ten core values~ Equity of access /intellectual freedom www.connectingya.com

  32. Consulting, training, and coaching for providing powerful youth services including library card campaigns and web projects patrick@connectingYA.com Connecting Young Adults and LibrariesPatrick Joneshttp://www.connectingya.com www.connectingya.com

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