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Events Calendar
NYPL Teen Author Week
March 15
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Homework Help
Homework help from Live-brary is now provided by Brainfuse. The interface is very intuitive and user-friendly. In addition to live tutors, test prep, writing assistance, and Spanish tutors, be sure to check out the collaborative online meeting rooms, ability to create movies of tutoring sessions, and creating personal flash card sets. Nice!
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Awards, Contests, & Grants
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Aspiring Authors
 For teen writing workshops, aspiring teen and adult authors, and anyone who is interested in discovering new authors and new stories, this is THE PLACE to check out.
You can post, submit your writing, read what others have written, even purchase new work. Forums and contests keep you connected with other authors. Very cool!
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Teen Video Challenge
 Teens are invited to create a video promoting Summer Reading at the public library. The winner will receive $250 and the opportunity for teens across the United States to view the winning video. Check out all the details here.
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App-ology
myHomework is an iphone and mac application that makes it easy for teens to keep track of homework, projects, classes and tests.
You can receive reminders about upcoming assignments and email homework entries to friends.
FREE
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Greetings!
Welcome to 2011!
This will be an exciting year for Youth Services. Be sure to mark your calendar to include summer program planning. Scheduled sessions include tween programming, using the CSLP theme, and innovative marketing techniques for your SRP.
Best of all: Authors Unlimited! Now your teens can stay in Suffolk County and enjoy a full day with YA authors!
Thanks for all you do.
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Commack Teens
"On December 14, 2010 the Commack Public Library Teens Volunteer Group participated in a wonderful night of putting together care packages for our troops to be donated to the Cpl Christopher G. Scherer, Leave No Marine Behind Project. 35 teen volunteers sorted supplies that were donated by the Commack Public Library staff, librarians throughout Suffolk and Nassau counties and the teen volunteers themselves. Through the evening the teen volunteers sorted supplies, wrote letters to our troops and packed a total of 18 boxes to be sent overseas. The highlight of the evening was a visit from Tim Scherer, who spoke to the teens about the importance of what they were doing and why just one one their packages will make a difference in the lives of our service men and women. The teen volunteers listened intently while Mr. Scherer told them the story of his son Cpl Christopher Scherer and why the Scherer family has formed this foundation. In the words of the Scherer family: ' Our mission is to make one minute of one day just a little bit better for a Marine who is serving in harms way.'
I chose the Cpl Christopher Scherer, Leave No Marine Behind Project because this is a foundation that is close to home for us here in Commack. The Scherer family lives in East Northport and supports our local troops, with most of their care packages being sent to men and women whose hometowns are on Long Island. As a Young Adult Librarian, I was extremely proud of the 35 teens who volunteered their time and was told by many of them that they walked away from this project with a greater understanding of what our service men and women go through each and every day."
Joanne Albano
Young Adult Librarian, Commack Public Library
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SRP Workshops
Page Turner Adventures is coming on February 28, 2011, for two 2011 Summer Reading Program workshops. Participants will learn to bring the CSLP manual to life with crafts, stories, games, books, and activities. All workshop attendees will receive online access to a supplemental manual featuring all the crafts and activities presented during the workshops, along with color photos, templates and detailed directions.
A morning session from 9 am to 12 noon will concentrate on children's programs while the afternoon session from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm will focus on tween/teen programs. You may register for morning, afternoon, or BOTH sessions.Come and share a day of fun, packed with plenty of audience participation.Register Morning session for children's programsAfternoon session for teen/tween programs
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Want to meet some really great authors?
How about Anna Godberson, Daniel Ehrenhaft, Robert Lypsite, Rita Williams-Garcia, George O' Connor, and more! Visit us on Facebook.
All teens are invited to a day filled with great YA authors, fun, and books! There will be panel discussions, author breakout sessions, book signings, and more.
FREE admission tickets will be available at local public libraries in April, 2011.
When: April 30, 2011
Where: St Joseph's College
Who: All interested teens and others who enjoy YA literature. (Preferential seating will be given to teens.)
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Just for Tweens
Looking for some fresh ideas for Tween programming? Join us on February 8, 2011, for an introduction to Brooklyn's summer program for tweens. This program was presented at the 2010 Darien Kid Camp and subsequently presented to Pratt LIS students. The program offers innovative ideas for working with tweens.
Join staff members who work with tweens to share information on this exciting concept.
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More of a Good Thing
My stack of 2011 YA "want to read" titles continues to grow. If you would like to start the year out with a "sure thing", choose the latest books from three well-known authors.
 Lauren Oliver, author of Before I Fall has created another winner with Delirium. Lena is about to turn eighteen, the age when she will receive the cure for "the delirium", the term for being in love. She will have a life without the pain of love. But then the unthinkable happens...
 Remember Mia, the talented young musician who lost her family and her will to live in If I Stay? If Gayle Forman's poignant story has been haunting you for the past year, get ready for Where She Went.Now its Adam's turn to tell their story of love, loss, and music.
 Readers who are caught in the spell of Incarceron will be thrilled to know that Sapphique, the second volume of this trilogy is now available. What a delicious, mysterious, magical world Catherine Fisher has created. Fantasy doesn't get any better.
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Battle of the Books 2011
Save the Date: August 13, 2011.
If you plan on joining us for this year's Battle of the Books, please be sure and submit your Initial Interest form to Youth Services by January 21, 2011.
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SCLS Member Services will offering several programs in 2011 that may be of interest to librarians working with teens:
January 25: Innovation and Outreach
February 24: Trading Spaces
February 28: Long Island Reads Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
March 28: Digital Marketing
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