Re: [ha-Safran]: Teen programs summary

2006-11-08 Thread Andrea Rapp
I was quite impressed with the Starbucks library cafe. You could call it "Starbooks." ;-) Andrea Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)

[ha-Safran]: Teen programs summary

2006-11-07 Thread Denise Kleinman
Many of you asked me to forward the responses I received on teen programming. Clearly, there is a lot of interest on this topic...sounds like we need a workshop at the next AJL Convention. I'm also attaching a very rough draft of a Library Cafe concept that I may launch in the spring, in conjun

RE: [ha-Safran]: Teen programs

2006-11-07 Thread Reister, Maureen
My budget allows me to purchase a paperback copy for each student that signs up. I do a sign-up each month, as the book titles change so does the # of students. Then I order that number. The book is theirs to keep, which is part of the program. If a student did not sign up to read that month's

RE: [ha-Safran]: Teen programs

2006-11-07 Thread Reister, Maureen
This is the first year, so have only done a few books: I am David by Anne Holm (girls hated the book, boys thought was OK, but all had a LOT to say about it), Last Shot by John Feinstein (boys and girls loved), Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (only girls read and all loved it, and had a lot to talk

RE: [ha-Safran]: Teen programs

2006-11-06 Thread Reister, Maureen
Hi Denise, I'd love to other responses you get, would you forward them to me or the list? I am a day school librarian and work with grades 5-8. I have student volunteers during recess every day. It works out, sort of. They do things like book processing (mylar covers, etc.) put up periodicals,

[ha-Safran]: Teen programs

2006-11-02 Thread Denise Kleinman
I'm new to the list, and have been running a small synagogue library since September. I'd like to jumpstart some teen programming, as most of our Hebrew school students drop out after Bar/Bat Mitzvah. I attended a regional library conference last week, and got some ideas from public libraries,