Library Literature, and B.I.P Search

As a public librarian, one of my main goals is to find ways to entice teens into the library, and to have them participate in more programs.

My naive question:
How can I increase teen participation in public library programing?

In my Library Literature search, using advance search, under subject, I typed in
public library OR resources AND adolescents
the search resulted in 6 records, of these 6, 2 met the criteria I was hoping for.

Boon, L.A. Designing Library Space for Children and Adolescents: Planning the Modern Public Library Building. Libraries Unlimited, 2003

Allen P.D. Lifestyle Variables and Adolescent Public Library Use. 1988 p.48.

For my B.I.P search I attempted to use the same query.
Under Advanced search, using the same terms, under subject, I typed the terms as I had in my Library Lit. search. Public Library OR resources AND adolescents under keyword.
my search turned up 673 results.
Revising the search, under subject, I typed in public library resources, and keyword adolescents.
My search resulted in 0 records this time.
I decided to try quicksearch (mainly because I had not tried it before), I typed in youth programing hoping for better results,this time my search resulted in 308 results.
I did find a pertinent search result I liked, listed below, as well as an additional search I found interesting. I knew I needed to narrow the search,but I was unsuccessful in doing so, and my continued searches resulted in similar results. I was not comfortable in my B.I.P search, overall, I felt I did a poor job of findingresults for my search.

Lupa,Robyn.More Than My Space: Teens, Librarians and Social Networking. Aug.2009 p.130

As I searched this title for information I noticed under Bowker Subjects a link to an additional resource. This title also seemed to fit in well with my search criteria.
Walter, Virginia A. Twenty First Century Kids, Twenty First Century Librarians. Aug 2009
American Library Association. p.112

WorlCat/ERIC Competency

My query:
How can public libraries acces grants to fund teen programming?

My search using WorldCat

My search took me to OCLC search
using the search statement
ss1.
public library funding and grants
and
library funding
12 records were found
I browsed through each of the 12 records, and decided that the best match to my search query was:
Showing you the Money: LSTA Funds and Fifty Two Resources to Find Funding forYouth Services in Libraries.

My ERIC search
ss1
public library funding for teens
and
grant funding for public libraries
result - No matches found
ss2
library funding
and
grants
and
public libraries
result- 141 records found
of these, I chose
A Catalyst for Change: LSTA grants to states program activities and the transformation of Library services to the Public
I continued to search the links from this cite and found a connection to
LSTA Youth Projects
Also, I noted that my search result from OCLC- Showing you the Money: LSTA Funds and Fifty Two Resources to Find Funding for Youth Services in Libraries.

Over all I think my search was fairly successful.

competency 3

Public library patrons are information seekers.
Some are seeking the great american novel, other's educational resources, and other's seek help finding information, on how to find information.
I have included a link to a podcast, and feed, to which the answer to a patrons query might be answered if he/she were asking about enviromental education topics.
This is one of several possibilities.

http://personallifemedia.com/podcasts/224-living-green
feed: http://personallifemedia.com/podcasts/224-living-green.rss

The Future of the American Public Library

While searching the Yahoo blog directory, I found this tidbit of information, and thought it relevant to the cause. I am among those who worry about what the future will hold for the public library, and it's patrons. Even with all of today's technology, there is still a portion of our population who rely heavily on their local library for educational, entertainment, and yes, Internet needs.

I am primarily concerned with preservation of local history, and the conservation and preservation of materials that have been stored away in the dark recesses of storage. What will happen to it?
For centuries mankind has been recording his contributions to his personal community, and others have relied on that information to help them move forward, learning from past mistakes. Without access to that information, how is a community expected to flourish.
This is just one of the needs I hope to pursue answers to on my journey through library studies, and how I can affect the future of public library information, and need.

Please read, The Future of Public Libraries in an Internet Age. By Ruth F. Wooden
www.ncl.org/publications/ncr/95-4/0107.libraries.pdf

Blog site intro

Welcome,
This Blog has been created to meet a portion of the competencies requirments for L.S 5013-23. On this site, instructors, as well as classmates will find and share information primarily pertaining to the storage and retrieval of information in the public library.