Archive for the ‘teen librarian’ Category

Tonight you can find me guest blogging over at Steph Bowe’s Hey! Teenager of the Year blog. If you don’t follow Steph–do! Her blog is fantastic, current, edgy, and hilarious. She has a book coming out next year and I’ll be one of the first in line. Check out my post at her blog on YA Lit and Teens!

Plus don’t forget to enter to win an ARC of Hourglass by Claudia Gray, contest ends March 19th!

Sarah Ludwig of YALSA discusses “The Problem with Cool” on the YALSA blog. Her take: you won’t be a teen’s best friend, you won’t be able to know 100% about everything they are interested in, but you can be nice, friendly, show interest, care, and have boundaries, and in turn, probably gain a lot of respect.

I like when she mentions that teens have a “super-high BS meter.” For me, I think this is very important to keep in mind. I have my own specific interests that I am passionate about. A lot of teens won’t share them. They won’t see me as “cool.” But they can respect me, because I will respect them. I can encourage their own interests, and take the time to learn about them, so that I can provide the best service for them. I don’t have to be an expert on something to provide information about it.