I learned two things this week from meetings where Mr. Galante spoke that are super important for teen services.
First, did you know that teens are our largest population of library users? On any given day, 10,000 teens walk through our doors. This is huge, folks, both literally and figuratively. Are we, organizationally and individually, doing all we can to meet the library needs of those teens?
Second, it was so great to hear at the Director's Talks that the decision to stop buying books rather than face library closures was made in order for our libraries to remain community spaces. This is also huge, especially for our teens, who often have no place else to go than the library.
As we plan for Summer Reading, keep these things in mind. If we're seeing 10,000 teens a day, we can easily register more than 7200 for Summer Reading. And think of what being a community space in your community means, especially in the summer months, especially in the face of looming budget cuts and use that to inform not only your program planning, but your advocacy efforts as well.
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