Mission Statement
The main objective of TAB is to involve young adults in the functioning of the library by seeking their ideas on programs, services, and materials specifically for teens, thereby improving young adult services at the Cold Lake Public Library.
For more pictures of Teen Central and what we do, check out our photo album.
Chocolate
Make bacon and egg chocolates with Teen Central on September 13 at 4:00 p.m.
Facebook
Teen Central is now on Facebook. Find us by typing in Teen Central.
Online Reading Club
Teen Reading Club: an Online Community for Teen Readers and Writers
Librarians from across Canada are welcoming readers aged 13-18 to the fifth annual online Teen Reading Club (TeenRC). The Teen Reading Club (formerly Teen Summer Reading Club) provides teens with opportunities to read books, post their own reviews and personal writing, participate in online chats, discuss books with peers from all over Canada, and win prizes for the reviews they submit.
Teens from our community can sign up for an account and start contributing to the website. Participating is completely free. Sponsored by the British Columbia Library Association, the TeenRC began in BC in 2004 and expanded several years later to interested libraries from across the country. Currently, approximately 650 public libraries across Canada -- some of the largest and some of the smallest -- are participating in the program. Together these libraries have encouraged about 3000 teens to register for the website and post almost 6000 book reviews.
Safety is a priority for the TeenRC program. Librarians (over 100 of them in 2008) read everything that's posted to the site and make sure that the online community is a safe and respectful one. Teens say they feel safe, too, "I like how this is a safe environment," says one teen, "You don't have to tell who you are and you get to see what other people think about books."
Tips for beginners? "Start reading," says Sabina Iseli-Otto, TeenRC Coordinator, "and never stop!"
Find out more about the Teen Reading Club from the website:
www.teenrc.ca.
Manga and Anime Club
If you enjoy watching Anime or reading Manga, come on out and join us! We meet the first and last Wednesday of every month at the Grand Centre Branch.
See some of the group's artwork online here.
Time: 6pm-8pm
Ages: 15+
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