My tweens and teens are in love with emojis. Half of their devices’ memory is specialized emoji, whether it’s additional faces and gestures or specialized characters devoted to their favorite fandoms and movies. There are times when I will get messages from them entirely in emoji, and I actually enjoy figuing out the puzzle of […]
Tag: library programs
Upcycling T-Shirts
I missed the dress-up gene somewhere along the line. I go to conferences, I go to amusement parks, and I see people in business casual attire or dresses, going around in heels or other dress shoes, and all I can think of is, “How can they do that?” My work shoes are a dressy version […]
Duct Tape Inspirations
If you asked them, the one material that my teens have loved to work with more than anything else has been duct tape. Doesn’t matter when, where, or what, it has been, “Miss, when are we doing another duct tape night?” or, “Miss, can I make a duct tape thingie?” I made it worse […]
April is for Craft Ideas!
Wait, you may be thinking, MARCH is National Craft Month! What are you thinking? Here’s the reasoning: MAY has always been the craziest month for me scheduling-wise in the public library sphere. In May, I’ve always been pulling together all the last-minute details for summer reading programs, staff meetings and schedules, school visits and book talks, not […]
Programs for Young Adults
Teen and young adult program services is tricky. Typically, depending on when you start serving your kids (and if you’re like me, they are your kids), you either have them from tween (8 or 10) or teen (12 or 13) until they age out of the teen programs. Usually, teen services are either a. their own department […]
A Taste of Pi
If you investigate the exciting world of hand-held computer coding, you’ll find that there are two major options out there: the Raspberry Pi and Arduino. So how do you know which one to choose? Take a good look at what you want to do with your library, your space, and your programs.
PS4 Games for Programs
PS4, being the one system my teens ask for CONSTANTLY, has obviously seen the most gameplay (at least, until it crashed). With four wireless controllers and a wide variety of games to appeal to all ages, PS4 games can be used for programs for all the different divisions within a library- youth, tween, teen, and […]
Playstation 4 from a Library Standpoint
Playstation first hit American soil in 1995, a little over 9 months after its launch in Japan. It’s history can be traced back to a joint project between Nintendo and Sony to create a CD-ROM based gaming system; the partnership died when the two future gaming giants couldn’t come to terms over how to split […]
Wii U Games
Continuing into Tech*Cember, today I’m talking about Wii U games, library style. Obviously using a gaming console in a library is extremely different from normal household use. There are a ton of factors to consider when choosing games to purchase, especially considering the time and energy you’ve spent convincing the higher-ups to back you in this […]
Winter Reading Program
My teens love this time of year- not because of the weather (which in Texas can be freezing one day and 70 the next), and not because of the holiday breaks (they tend to signal more testing) but because of our annual Winter Reading Program. Why? Because I am insane enough to have a 13 […]