Julia Torres - Liven Up Your Library: Design Engaging and Inclusive Programs for Tweens and Teens

Liven Up Your Library
Designing Engaging and Inclusive Programs for Tweens and Teens
Valerie Tagoe and Julia E. Torres

2022 International Society for Technology in Education
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Names: Tagoe, Valerie, author. | Torres, Julia E., author.

Title: Liven up your library : design engaging and inclusive programs for tweens and teens / Valerie Tagoe and Julia E. Torres.

Description: Portland, Oregon : International Society for Technology in Education, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2022008670 | ISBN 9781564849090 (paperback) | ISBN 9781564849069 (epub) | ISBN 9781564849083 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Libraries and studentsUnited States. | Libraries and teenagersUnited States. | Libraries and schoolsUnited States. | Libraries and communityUnited States. | School librariesActivity programs. | Young adults librariesActivity programs. | School librariesServices to minorities. | School librarian participation in curriculum planning.

Classification: LCC Z718.7 T34 2022 | DDC 027.62/6dc23/eng/20220412

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022008670

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Valerie Tagoe (@bookmarksllc) is a high school librarian in Texas. Shes a winner of the S. Janice Kee Award from Texas Womans University and a past president of the Dallas Association of School Librarians. Currently, shes a member of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) board of directors. In addition to serving on the board, Tagoe is also active in the Texas Library Association (TLA). She holds a bachelors in French, with a minor in History, from the University of Oklahoma; a masters of bilingual education from Southern Methodist University; and an MLS from Texas Womans University.

Julia E. Torres (@juliaerin80) is a language arts teacher and librarian in Denver, Colorado. An advocate for all students and public education, Torres is a frequent conference and event speaker, and facilitates workshops and professional conversations about equity, anti-bias/anti-racist education, culturally sustaining pedagogies, and literacy in the digital age. She is a current member of the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee, a 2020 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, and a past president of the Colorado Language Arts Society (a regional affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English). She holds a masters of education in secondary education curriculum and instruction from University of Phoenix, a masters in creative writing from Regis University, and a masters in library and information science from the University of Denver.

I would like to thank Dr. Cynthia Charles, LaMoya N. Burks, kYmberly Keeton, and Kiera OShea Vargas J.D. for sharing their insights on librarianship. I would also like to thank the librarians who shared their experiences with programming.

This book is dedicated to my parents, Seth and Mabel, and to the Tagoe, Mills, and Dodoo families for the love, encouragement to achieve, and support you have given me, and for showing me how to welcome and help others. I would also like to dedicate this book to the excellent teachers, librarians, and school administratorslike Ms. Clark-McCoy, Ms. Nancy Toney, Ms. Olivia Henderson, and Mr. Marcus Johnsonwho have been an example and an inspiration to me as an educator. I would also like to dedicate this book to the students of Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, TX. Your ideas and creativity helped to inspire me as a librarian to create innovative programs and opened my eyes to the unique potential and impact that librarians have on instruction, learning, and student achievement.

Valerie