Can I say I like how sassy teen librarian, Leila, is in this blog (http://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/)? I know exactly how she comes by it, too -- if you spend any amount of time around middle schoolers and teens like I did last year as a teacher, all that sarcasm and naughty sense of humor tends to rub off on you (of course, I think most who want to work with young people already tend to have a bit of a sassy side to them -- I know I do). I think it makes her blog 'real' and would be appealing to the young patrons she serves.
She certainly doesn't come off as a stuck up bibliophile in the reviews of books she has read, or any of her posts for that matter. I know from my teaching experience that kids enjoy it when an adult employs humor in their instruction and aren't afraid to act a little goofy -- kudos to this blogger for catching on to that. I particularly love the asterisked sidenotes she tends to include in her posts, such as in her review of the ridiculous sounding Marked:House of Night #1, as seen here: http://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/2008/10/marked-house-of-night-1----pc-and-kristin-cast.html
Just for the record, I will never read a book where vampire is spelled V-A-M-P-Y-R-E (how cheesy is that?) and said vampyres speaks as if he or she is stuck in a badly done Elizabethan-style play.
All snarkiness aside, I like how Leila also sheds light on articles and issues that matter to librarians, such as an article on the decline in quality of Newbery winning books (see here: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6600688.html).
Overall, a great blog whose feed I will continue to keep up with long after I am finished with this class (though I'm not sure I can say the same for Blogger -- all these visible hyperlinks make me miss LiveJournal's LJ cuts, and I really don't like that I can't seem to find a way to search for other blogs or view an updated version of my own blog. Grrrr . . .).
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Thoughts on Alternative Teen Services
One of the feeds I'm subscribed to, Alternative Teen Services (http://www.yalibrarians.com/), had some great ideas on outreach programs. The blogger suggests that librarians travel to local schools to discuss information literacy with students, such as how to judge a website's content for quality, or describing what the library has to offer to help with standardized tests, like practice courses and tests via Learning Express. She related that this would also be a good opportunity to share with students details about upcoming fun programs at the library, like Dance Dance Revolution or Guitar Hero. She suggests that if there is extra time available after the educational program, to bring these fun activities along for the students to indulge in. She stated that she had many more participants in these programs after doing so, as many of the students were not aware that the library had anything fun to offer.
The blog also offers reviews for books they recommend for teen readers. The latest reviews were written on a selection of fiction books covering the topic of ammnesia. I am definitely checking out Adoration of Jenna Fox, by Mary Pearson if my local library has it, as it sounds mysterious and intriguing.
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