Archive for the 'Teen Services' Category

Reaching Out with Social Software

October 5, 2007

Joy Weese Moll, librarian consultant, Washington University Libraries presented a program on Reaching Out with Social Software. It was a fun and informative class for novices and experts alike.
You can stop reading here if you like because her entire presentation is available on a wiki at: http://mlasocialsoftwarepresentation.pbwiki.com
Joy’s definition of social software was [...]

Ellen Wittlinger ~ True Teen Advocate

October 5, 2007

Sometimes you stumble across a book or an author that changes your life. Suddenly, you are thrust into a world that challenges your every notion of what life is or it makes you realize that you are not alone in this world.  After I read Hard Love and Parrotfish  and attended the Young Adult Author [...]

Arrested Development

October 4, 2007

Ellen Wittlinger: gray haired, wearer of sensible shoes & changer of lives; perpetually fifteen.

YASIG(Young Adult Special Interest Group) luncheon guest speaker, Ellen Wittlinger, brought listeners into her created world- Uncle Walt bringing the outside world into her life on his shoulders, a world of life and art.
What are teens today like? How do we [...]

Observations of Another First Timer

October 3, 2007

Even though I have been out of MLS school for 2 1/2 years, this is my first year at an MLA conference. So far I am having a wonderful time and it really is a learning experience.
Watching Nancy Pearl’s presentation was a delight. Towards  the end of her presentation, she noted three “Perils of a Life [...]