TEEN TECH WEEK

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TEEN TECH WEEK

• Showcase Your Librarys Latest Resources

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Teen Tech Week

• Created by YALSA
• First celebrated in 2007
• Annual event the second week of March
• Purpose to provide a special time of year for
  libraries to showcase all the tech resources,
  services and programs they have for the teens in
  their community

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DIY_at_ your library

• Dates for 2014 March 9 15
• To keep the event fresh, there is a different
  theme each year
• The 2014 theme mentioned above is broad enough so
  that all types and sizes of libraries will have
  something to celebrate

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Key Dates

• November TTW web site goes live, registration
  opens and products go on sale
• January TTW issue of YALSAs journal, YALS mails
• February Free TTW webinar recording mailed to
  registrants, product ordering deadline
• March celebrate the event!

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Planning Timeline November

• Sign up to participate by joining the site at
  www.ala.org/teentechweek
• Browse the TTW web site for ideas or share your
  own
• Meet with your Teen Advisory Group (TAG) to
  decide how best to celebrate TTW in your library
• Based on your TAG meeting(s), write up a proposal
  and budget to share with your supervisor

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Planning Timeline December

• Continue planning with your TAG. Think about
  what area organizations might be good to partner
  with
• Order supplies and promotional materials
• ALA Graphics will have official posters,
  bookmarks, digital downloads, etc.
• Communicate your plans to the library staff and
  get any TTW events on the library calendar

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Planning Timeline January

• Read the winter issue of Young Adult Library
  Services for TTW ideas and resources
• Contact confirm presenters or speakers for your
  TTW events
• Send VIPs invitations to attend TTW events
• Work with your TAG to identify ways to market TTW
  events then create marketing materials

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Planning Timeline February

• Market TTW events to area teens
• Invite local press/media to TTW events
• Find volunteers to be photographers or
  videographers for your TTW events
• Work with your TAG to finalize plans
• Update and prepare library staff for TTW
• Work w/ TAG to create a TTW display in the
  library, school, community center, etc.

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Planning Timeline March

• Contact local press and media to confirm
  attendance at event(s)
• Contact VIPs to remind them of the event(s)
• Work with your TAG to implement event(s)
• Evaluate your efforts
• Send thank yous to volunteers, press, VIPs
• Send press wrap up press release, photos, etc.

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Program Ideas
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Celebrating the Lighter Side of Tech

• Host a film or anime festival and show age
  appropriate movies with a tech focus
• Put on a gaming tournament
• Have a tech crafting event (e.g. make jewelry out
  of discarded computer parts)
• Sponsor a texting contest to see which of your
  teen patrons can text the fastest

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Educational Tech Programs

• Have a Build a Tumblr Page workshop and
  incorporate internet safety skills into the event
• Recruit teens to teach a computers or Internet
  101 workshop to senior citizens
• Host a Painless Research Papers workshop and
  teach teens tips for efficient, effective
  researching

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Connecting Reading Tech

• Create a space where teens can share book reviews
  online
• Set up a microblog account, encourage teens to
  subscribe use to alert them when new reading
  materials arrive or to send brief reading
  recommendations
• Have teens create book trailers featuring their
  favorite books and post on YouTube.
• Host an e-chat for teens w/ a favorite author

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Community Service Tech

• Have teens collect used tech items, such as cell
  phones, and donate them to an appropriate charity
• Recruit teens to volunteer their tech expertise
  at a local charity or organization
• Help teens create audio recordings of stories and
  distribute on CDs to parents of young children

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Additional Resources from YALSA

• Advocacy Toolkit www.ala.org/yalsa/advocacy
• DIY Maker Programs Wiki http//ow.ly/ogTnU
• STEM Resources Wiki Toolkit http//ow.ly/ogTwg
• Teen Tech Week site www.ala.org/teentechweek
• YA-YAAC, a listserv for library workers to share
  programming ideas, http//tinyurl.com/YAYAAC
• Young Adult Library Services (quarterly journal)
  http//yalsa.ala.org/yals

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Please contact YALSA if we can be of help

• YALSA
• 50 E. Huron St.
• Chicago, IL 60611
• 1.800.545.2433 x4390
• yalsa_at_ala.org
• www.ala.org/yalsa (web site)
• http//yalsa.ala.org/blog/ (blog)
• http//wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php (wiki)

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Who is YALSA?

• YALSA stands for the Young Adult Library Services
  Association
• Parent organization is the American Library
  Association (ALA)
• Has over 5,200 members who are school librarians,
  public librarians, educators, grad students and
  library supporters
• YALSA is a national association of librarians,
  library workers and advocates whose mission is to
  expand and strengthen library services for teens,
  aged 12-18. Through its member-driven advocacy,
  research, and professional development
  initiatives, YALSA builds the capacity of
  libraries and librarians to engage, serve and
  empower teens.

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Questions or Comments?