Building a Bridge: Teens’ Voice in Selecting Their Collections at San Jose Public Library, a 2009 Eureka Project Diane Lai
Building and Sustaining High Use of Teen Library Materials
Listen
Understand
Engage
Online Suggestion Box
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Online Suggestion Box Suggestion Box Participation
Online Suggestion Form for Teens
Thanks for your suggestion! Suggestion Box Santa Teresa Branch Library Teen Suggestion Form (For item suggestions): Title:_________________________________________________ Author: _______________________________________________ (For more information about an item or for general suggestions): Comments: ___________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ (Optional) Email: _______________________________________ Thanks for your suggestion!
Participation Book Buying Parties Bookstore Trips
Positive Results “The collection is the library. It is nice to have a great building, but it’s the collection that makes the library great.”
Future Success Teens Participation in Selection Teens Programming Library being a Continuous Attraction to Teens Teens Programming Teens Participation in Selection Effective Two-way Communication between Library and Teens
For More Information, Contact diane.lai@sjlibrary.org Thanks Infopeople State Library Mentors San Jose Public Library Special Thanks Two San Jose Public Teen Librarians Katherine Luedke Birgit Vogler For More Information, Contact diane.lai@sjlibrary.org