1. Building a Bridge: Teens’ Voice in Selecting Their Collections at San Jose Public Library, a 2009 Eureka Project
Diane Lai

2. Building and Sustaining High Use of Teen Library Materials

3. Listen

4. Understand

5. Engage

6. Online Suggestion Box

7. Online Suggestion Box
Suggestion Box

8. Online Suggestion Box
Suggestion Box
Participation

9. Online Suggestion Form for Teens

10. Thanks for your suggestion!
Suggestion Box
Santa Teresa Branch Library
Teen Suggestion Form
(For item suggestions):
Title:_________________________________________________
Author: _______________________________________________
(For more information about an item or for general suggestions):
Comments: ___________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(Optional) _______________________________________
Thanks for your suggestion!

11. Participation
Book Buying Parties
Bookstore Trips

12. Positive Results
“The collection is the library. It is nice to have a great building, but it’s the collection that makes the library great.”

13. Future Success Teens Participation in Selection Teens Programming
Library being a Continuous Attraction to Teens
Teens Programming
Teens Participation in Selection
Effective Two-way Communication between Library and Teens

14. For More Information, Contact diane.lai@sjlibrary.org
Thanks
Infopeople
State Library
Mentors
San Jose Public Library
Special Thanks
Two San Jose Public
Teen Librarians
Katherine Luedke
Birgit Vogler
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