Teen Corner News

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YA News and Programs - Volume 16, Issue 16 Spring Ed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get ready to Spring Forward!! The Glenview Public Library has some wonderful programs and ongoing activities planned for teens for the season.

Upcoming Programs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wii Play @ the Glenview Public Library! - Saturday, March 8th: 5-9PM Celebrate Teen Tech Week with our NEW Nintendo Wii AND XBOX360! Library has all new gear for the new year to show off, including Guitar Hero and Rock Band for XBOX360 and Wii Play and Wii Sports! Enjoy pizza and refreshments while jamming the night away. After-hours program. Teens Read @ Starbucks - Friday, April 11th 7-8PM Take a second bite of the Vampire series to kick off National Library Week! New Moon by Stephenie Mayer will be available at the Circulation Desk by March 11th. Discussion will take place at Starbucks, 1895 Tower Drive, Glenview (the Glen). All teens participating will receive a beverage of their choice and yummy pastries. Poetry Contest - April 13-19, 2008 Celebrate National Library Week by entering in a Poetry Contest! Two $10 Barnes & Noble gift cards to be awarded to best in show selected by a teen panel of judges. Teens may submit up to two pieces of original poetry during National Library Week. Application to be a judge will be at the Readers Services Desk beginning April 1st. Winners will be selected and notified after April 19th. Poetry guidelines will also be at Readers Services Desk by April 1st. Teen Literature Day - Thursday, April 17th Celebrate by checking out our vast collection of YA titles and sharing your favorites via review in the drop box in the Teen Corner on April 17th! Review forms will be available by April 13th in the Teen Corner. Comic Book and Manga Swap - Saturday, May 3rd 1-3PM Celebrate FREE Comic Book Day! Bring a manga to swap, share a comic book story, and enjoy refreshments too! Tim Broderick, creator of the web comic Odd Jobs and author the graphic novel Cash & Carry, will be joining us to talk about his experiences as an author and talk about his latest novel. Drop-in program. Teen Game Night Saturday, April 26th 5-9PM Saturday, May 31st 5-9PM Celebrate FREE Comic Book Day! Bring a manga to swap, share a comic book story, and enjoy refreshments too! Tim Broderick, creator of the web comic Odd Jobs and author the graphic novel Cash & Carry, will be joining us to talk about his experiences as an author and talk about his latest novel. Drop-in program.

LearningExpress Library ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Glenview Public Library has a new database to showcase! LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help students and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. Get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. Users must establish an LEL account if they want to return to the exam to accumulate results. Most helpful to high school students will be College Entrance Exams, Math Skills Improvement, Advanced Placement, High School Skills Improvement, Writing Improvement Program, and Writing Skills Improvement. These tests will be especially helpful for students looking to take the ACT and SAT exams, as well as those studying for AP exams and looking to improve their math and reading skills. College Entrance Exams cover ACT practice tests, ACT preparation course series, CUNY practice tests, SAT practice tests, SAT writing practice, and THEA practice tests. Math Skills covers such areas as algebra diagnostic tests, algebra practice exercises, data analysis and probability diagnostics, math fundamentals, and more. The sections for writing improvement will become especially handy when students are preparing for the written portion of the ACT as well as other tests. Covered in these sections are ACT writing practice, elementary school writing practice, GED writing practice, SAT writing practice, fundamentals of writing, grammar skills, and grammar practice exercises. High School Skills Improvement covers everything from 9th grade math diagnostic tests to word analogy practice exercises. Learning Express Library also goes beyond the high school experience. There are sections for Technical and Career College Skills, U.S. Citizenship, Law Enforcement, Job Search Skills, TOEFL Preparation, Nursing, Firefighter, Civil Service, Computer Skills, Cosmetology, E-Books, Military, and Real Estate. This is a great resource for those looking to get extra practice before major exams, or simply to help build a better skill set of a given profession. Learn computer skills such as Access 2003, Adobe Acrobat, Excel, Internet Explorer, Outlook, PowerPoint, Windows Vista, and Word. To access this GPL database, you may use your Glenview Public Library card number either in the library or at home. Please contact Nicole M. Mills, Young Adult Librarian, at 847-729-7500 for questions about this exciting new database!

VolunTeens Program ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Young Adult Advisory Kommittee (YAAK) has been successfully replaced with a new program called VolunTeens. To date, the library has over 25 hardworking VolunTeens who come in on a regular basis and perform duties as assigned by various departments. This gets teens involved with the library community and in helping librarians out with various projects. This year-round program is available for all teens ages 13 and up who would like to donate their time and talents and have an opportunity to earn service points. It is a wonderful way for teens to see how the library operates on a day-to-day basis. Hours are tracked each time a teen comes to the library and helps out with a special project. Certificates of Achievement with hours tallied are sent to VolunTeens at the end of each month and signed by Nicole M. Mills as well as the Project Supervisor. Applications and detailed flyers are available at the Adult Information Desk. Orientation sessions are on an as-needed basis and cover log in procedures as well as expectations of being a VolunTeen. Teachers and librarians who would like application forms for your high school or know of perspective students who may benefit from this involvement, please contact Nicole M. Mills. For further questions, please contact Young Adult Librarian, at 847-729-7500 or through e-mail.

Booktalking At Your Library ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interested in having a Young Adult Librarian come and speak to your students about great new books? Want to supplement your curriculum with a fantastic discussion of books to compliment the subject? Look no further than your friendly neighborhood Young Adult Librarian, Nicole Mills! Teens often are looking for good reads in specific categories, or want to know what the latest book of a particular author or series might be. This might be a great way to get reluctant teens to read more and utilize their public library and cleanse the reading palate! Dates and times are flexible and can be adjusted to meet teacher and librarian needs. Books can be tailored to meet specific reading needs. Please contact Nicole M. Mills, Young Adult Librarian, at 847-729-7500 to schedule a time to come to your high school's library or classroom this winter.