Some of our teens are great readers but they don't want to sign up for the
summer reading program. \xA0Something we have done for the last two summers
that was quite popular was a contest where each week we provided a clue to a
book and the teens had to provide the title and author of the book. \xA0Correct
responses were entered into a drawing for a prize drawn at the end of the
program. \xA0This year on the first day of summer reading a young man saw the
info about the contest and was excited about that but was reluctant to sign
up for summer reading because he thought he would have to attend other
programs or be at the library at certain times, etc.

Lina Crowell
Warren County Library

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From: Flores, Linda [mailto:...@camden.lib.nj.us">lfl...@camden.lib.nj.us]
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 2:13 PM
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Subject: [njyac] Re: summer reading program questions


I hate to say it but for many many teens it is just not cool to go to the
library, except for mandatory research, which unfortunately many parents do
for them. \xA0I can't get them in at my branch no matter what.

Lin Flores, Librarian
Camden County Library System - Gloucester Twp. Branch
Blackwood, NJ \xA008012
856-228-0022; \xA0...@camdencountylibrary.org">lflo...@camdencountylibrary.org

"You have to read to achieve" - Philadelphia 76ers

-----Original Message-----
From: Kathleen Gruver [mailto:...@bcls.lib.nj.us">kgru...@bcls.lib.nj.us]
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 11:54 AM
To: njy...@njstatelib.org
Subject: [njyac] Re: summer reading program questions


Lina, nine teens per program actually sounds like fairly good teen
program attendance to me! Teen programs simply aren't going to draw the
kinds of numbers that programs for young children draw, for various
reasons (teens are too big for parents to force them to go to the
library, teens have many other activities going on, including summer
jobs, that compete with library programs, young teens without drivers'
licenses are dependent on others for transportation). I found that my
best attended programs were in July, on Saturday afternoons. June is too
busy, with school ending late in the month, graduation ceremonies, etc.,
and in August, many teens are away on vacation with their families. I
have had craft programs, like tie-dye and candy bento boxes, on weekday
afternoons and had good attendance. My big program for the summer is a 7
pm-midnight lockin for participants in the teen summer reading program.
I also get fairly good attendance at videogaming programs.

Kathleen Gruver
YA Librarian
Burlington County Library System
Westampton, NJ

Lina Crowell wrote:
>
> My next question concerns teen programs. Branches reported that teen
> programs were not well attended and they don't want to offer them in
> the future. But in looking at our statistics, a total of 28 programs
> were held with a total attendance of 248 teens. I realize that some
> programs were more well attended than others, but considering that we
> had a total of 148 teens registered for the summer reading program
> system wide, the program attendance figures don't seem bad, averaging
> almost nine teens per program. What do you consider to be successful
> attendance at a teen program? Do you find that attendance is better in
> the evening than during the daytime? What types of programs have been
> the most popular?
>
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