Field Acquisitions

I'm a big believer in passive programming. But it's not always successful -- there are passive programs I've tried to absolutely...

This week, I ran what was my most successful teen program event in my career. We had 40 teens show up on a Tuesday evening at the libra...

image via amysdecadentchocolates.com My first fall program -- caramel apple making -- was a mega hit this week, despite a few hiccu...

The last post I shared was one about how I wasn't having a successful summer program, and I went ahead and followed it up by doing a suc...

The coworker I split teen responsibilities with is leaving the library before summer starts -- it's good for her and her family but I...

Are your teens fans of scary movies? Mine are. And what could be more "beneath the surface" than the things that scare us in ho...

Passive programming is something I think a lot about. I've talked about it before at ALA , which included a lengthy list of ideas for...

I am very anti Anti-Valentine's Day parties. It's not that I'm against what the programs are, but I'm very against the te...

This year's summer reading theme for the CSLP teen program is "Beneath the Surface." It can be interpreted so many differe...

I've not forgotten about this blog! I'm making it a goal to try to blog a couple times a month here with either programming ideas or...

I had this crazy Teen Read Week program idea back during summer reading, and while I am sad I won't be running it, I wanted to pass it a...

While last week I talked about programs that didn't cost money , today I'm going to share two programs I did (that were essentially...

The theme of the week is no cost programming, and today's program at work was one of the favorites so far this summer: a recycled costum...

Pictured above is most of my new teen mobile collection, built thanks to the generous support of the Family Dollar/ YALSA grant I won for t...