1. Teen TechWeek TM Teen Read Week TM National literacy & technology campaigns of the Young Adult Library Services Association

2. TEEN READ WEEK to engage teens in activities centered around BOOKS & READING OBJECTIVE

3. Web Site FAQs Booklists Press kits Program Ideas etc,etc,etc http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/trw/teenreadweek.htm

4. To help you plan your event! http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2006/programs.htm Get Physical @ your library Get Outdoors @ your library Get Active in Politics @ your library Get Literary @ your library Get Crafty @ your library Get Philanthropic @ your library Contest Ideas @ your library Display Ideas @ your library Ideas

5. http://www.lvccld.lib.nv.us/teen/trw/index.cfm http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/teens/ http://www.colapublib.org/teenread2006/ Libraries

6. http://www.yalibrarian.com/wordpress/2006/10/teen-read-week-update-6/ http://www.yalibrarian.com/wordpress/2006/10/teen-read-week-update-6/ When asked what the library should offer, “I need a music studio,”. Another teen wrote, “Youth Talent Shows”, as a possible library event. http://www.teenreads.com/index.asp Scholastic, Inc. http://www.readwritethink.org/calendar/calendar_day.asp?id=121 http://www.readwritethink.org/calendar/calendar_day.asp?id=121 free, Internet-based instruction & resources Others

7. Get Free Downloads Win a free poster BOOK CLUB SWEEPSTAKES Win a Years Supply of Books! http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/services-library/index.html Publishers http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/yr/teens.html

8. Teen Tech Week is a new initiative that acknowledges the important role technology plays in the lives of teens get connected @ your library March 4-10, 2007

9. Harris Interactive 2005 –86% have a computer in home / 74% Internet access –On average, 6 hours and 21 minutes per day using media (TV, video/DVDs/movies, video games, audio media, computers and print media) Pew Internet Research –71% primary source for completing school projects is the Internet Ages 8-18

10. To get teens to use their libraries for non-print resources, i.e. DVDs, databases, electronic games, audio-books, & more Objective

11. Librarians--be seen as, as well as become--experts who can help teens develop the skills they need to use electronic resources effectively and efficiently Objective

12. Resource Center Wiki Software Blogging Software Teen Technology Trends “Booklists” – titles of books, DVDs, videos, audiobooks, graphic novels http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teentechweek/ttw.htm Web Site Wanda Wong-Services in Libraries-Dr Knuth-2006