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
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