High School Teen Advisory Board meeting minutes 11/12/07

GEPL High School Teen Advisory Board – Minutes 11/12/07 – 7:30 p.m.
No one interested in DLS Legislative Breakfast
Filled out member profiles
Assigned monthly mini-displays – each member will display 5-6 books of their choice (based on a theme or favorites list) for a month in the YA area on the display shelf opposite the windows
December – Rachel
January – Elizabeth
February – Maisie
March – Ruth
April – Ellen
· Everyone has a copy of the book discussion book, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer and Rachel checked out an extra copy for her friend. The discussion is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 3rd at 7:30 p.m. It has been agreed that book discussions will be scheduled every two months.
· Rachel wrote a review of Spud, byJohn Van de Ruit and Maisie wrote a review of The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
· The pizza and a movie night title is Ferris Bueller’s Day Off . The board members have agreed to distribute flyers for pizza and a movie night and have chosen where they want the pizza from and that bean bag chairs will the seating of choice.
· The board looked at several examples of other library’s teen homepages. The board would like to see links to authors’ blogs, links to their reviews and mini-display titles, links to entertainment news, library events, links to college information, a quick poll or survey – and of course a link to their TAB with their pictures and brief member profiles. They would like to name the page “Teen Scene” – which is also a possibility for a name for the YA area in the library.
· Finally, the board looked at examples of teen spaces in libraries and brainstormed for a new YA area. The board would like computers (four?), comfy chairs and cozy rugs, a disco ball, tables with board games set in them (namely Scrabble, Sorry, Checkers and Monopoly), some type of Ipod speakers and/or music, a space that appeals to both boys and girls, colorful décor, and the board is also interested in a soda machine, if possible. The board has also agreed that part of the wall space should be covered in a magazine collage that they have agreed to create.
· The board was informed that two sets of Guitar Hero have been borrowed and they expressed interest in a tournament, but we ran out of time before anything could be planned.
· Snacks for Finals Week were briefly discussed and Swedish Fish, granola bars, carrots and celery, and hummus and pita were at the top of the list.
· The meeting adjorned with a “field trip” down to the YA area so the members could see where their mini-displays will be located as well as where the new teen area will be.