Please check this area again soon to view lists of essential resources for YA library services in the UK, including potential funding sources, information on how to start and/or grow YA services in your library, and idea for low-cost, high-impact teen events and workshops.
If you’re looking for teen library blogs and resources outside of YA Library UK, please take a look at the Where to Find…/Links page.
Money/Funding:
+Funding Sources for Teen/YA Library Services
+Helping Teens Lead and Fund Library Projects
Getting Started:
+How To Create a Teen Space In Your Library
+Starting a Teen Advisory Group
+Teen Advisory Group DOs and DON’Ts
Rules / Advice for Dealing with Disruptive Teens:
+Hark! A Noise!: A Guide for Dealing with Disruptive Teens in Your Library
Advice for Dealing with Ressitant Staff:
+Staff vs. Teens: From Venting to Respect (guest post by Sue Knesel)
Programming and Events:
+Teen Groups and Clubs in Your Library
+Outstanding One-Off Events for Teens
+Wonderful Workshops for Teens
+Compelling Competitions for Teens
Booklists:
+YA Bookshelf Project UK (click through to participate!)
Outreach:
+Where To? New Venues for Teen Outreach
+Getting Started with Teen Outreach
+The Portable Library: Teen Library Services to Take Away
On a Shoestring:
+Creating a Teen Offer without Staff or a Budget
+Effective Teen Programming in Just a Few Hours Every Week
+Teen Volunteers and Your Library
+Helping Teens Lead and Fund Library Projects
Readers Advisory/Reading Recommendations
+“Teen Readers’ Advisory Toolkit”: Matching Books to Teens
+Giving Teen Genre Readers Time (or) Fighting the Tyranny of Reading
Working with Age-Specific Teen Groups:
+Engaging Older Teens and Young Adults (guest post by Penny Johnson)
Resources for Teens:
+Online Countercultural Resources for Information-Hungry Young Adults (guest post by Clyde Beard)
Training and Courses:
+Training and Courses for Library Staff Working with Young People
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