Teen Tech Week

Here in Zionsville, our Library has made it in the national spotlight. You live here, so you already know how great the Library is, but I’ve got some awesome news for you. I need to give you some brief background information so this can all sink in, so just read on so you can appreciate what I have to tell you. The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world. They help librarians and libraries alike to really cool cutting edge stuff. They have lots of smaller organizations inside ALA, like one that caters just to young adults. This association holds something called “Teen Tech Week” every year for one week in March. Yeah, we totally want you to watch DVDs, play video games, and surf the internet. I know, I don’t sound very much like a librarian, but I am and you still haven’t heard the great news (but I do think being encouraged to play video games in the library is pretty excellent news). Each year, school and public libraries across the country celebrate Teen Tech Week. The ALA wants us to celebrate so much, that they give away ten grants for $450 for libraries and librarians as a way to celebrate with technology. Did you guess my big news yet?! The Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library is one of TEN libraries in the country to get this grant! Join us on Wednesday, March 9 from 4:00 – 5:30 as we make light up robot keychains. Yours does not have to be a robot, I’ve got a Stewie Griffin from Family Guy and a Hello Kitty in the teen display case. We’ve got lots of supplies, but we’d still like to see you register. This is just a small part of our celebration, we’ll be using grant money to help advertise Teen Summer Reading to make our own READ posters. So check the blog again in May and be sure to look at the middle schools and the high school, because you just might see someone you know who has their own READ poster thanks to one of ten national grants. Woot!