South Carolina State Library Teen Institute

I had the best time at the Teen Institute in Columbia, SC. What a great group of people who are so passionate about teen space and services.

Here are the .pdf versions of both PowerPoint presentations:
Teen Space
Beyond Teen Space

In addition, I wanted to remind the people who are interested in virtual space for teens to look at the handout in your packet by Miranda Doyle titled "Library Web Sites for Teens: Quick Tips." You'll also want to check out Miranda's book 101+ Great Ideas for Teen Library Web Sites. Don't forget about Denver Public Library's eVolver site. I also forgot to mention that I include several examples of good teen websites in the 2nd edition of Teen Spaces.

For those of you looking for wall system options check out:
Altos
Dirtt
KI

And, lastly, you can see the programs from Ann Arbor District Library at AXIS

Keep in touch everyone!

NYLA and CLA 2009

Rob and I enjoyed seeing all our friends and colleagues at this year's New York Library Association's Annual Conference in Niagara Falls, NY (October 15 - 17). Thanks to those of you who got up early on a Saturday morning in October to attend our presentations "21 Ideas for 21st Century Libraries" and "What's Hot in Youth Spaces."

We were also excited to be in Anaheim, CA to be a part of the California Library Association Conference October 30 - November 1. What a great turnout to hear us speak about our "21 ideas". We look forward to developing the next 21 and hopefully being invited back to CA to share them with you.

If you have any questions about anything we presented, feel free to contact us directly. Enjoy!

21 Ideas for 21st Century Libraries

What's Hot in Youth Spaces

Get it Loud in Libraries

A friend and colleague Stewart Parsons has been integral in the "Get It Loud In Libraries" initiative, a campaign run by Lancashire County Council in the UK. They have been putting on gigs in libraries for four years now, but the Juliette Lewis show has been the most popular so far. Check out this article.

Champagne Dreams on a Minimal Budget

Thanks ot all of those who attended our session "Champagne Dreams on a Minimal Budget: Cost Conscious Library Space Designs" on Saturday, July 11 at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Norm Maas, Marilyn Genther and I had a great time and hope we were able to share some valuable information with you about budget conscious facility designs that work to meet today's public libraries changing service models. Thanks to LLAMA for supporting this program. I look forward to many more outstanding LLAMA programs in the future.

As promised, here are the .pdf versions of all three presentations. Please be patient as the files are large and will take several minutes to download. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me directly.

Kimberly Bolan Cullin - Queens Library for Teens, Far Rockaway (NY)

Norman Maas - Norfolk Public Library, VA

Marilyn Genther - Mount Prospect Public Library, IL

Find even more on LLAMA's ALA Slideshare page.

Massachusetts Library Association Conference 2009

Rob and I really enjoyed our time in Springfield, MA. Thanks to everyone who attended our sessions, 21 Ideas for 21st Century Librariesand Teen Third Place. We hope you found the sessions useful. Let us know if you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the 2010 conference, if not before.