City Council Meeting Date: September 18, 2018
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Layna Mestad, Youth Services/Teen Librarian
Title
Consider Proclamation Declaring October 2018 as Teen Read Month.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council is being asked to approve the attached Resolution declaring October 2018 as Teen Read Month.
Summary Report:
The Library Board is requesting the City Council declare October 1-31 Teen Read Month in Northfield in recognition of the importance of encouraging teens to read for fun. Teen Read Month is a national observance sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) and libraries across the country each October. It is a time to celebrate and encourage teens to read for fun and to visit their libraries for free reading material.
* In Northfield we especially want to focus on pro-actively welcoming teens back into the library who have stayed away because of fines on their account, so we have proposed a fine waiver for teens.
* The theme for this year's library month is "It's Written in the Stars: READ."
* The theme for this year encourages library staff, afterschool providers, and educators to use this theme to encourage teens to think and read outside of the box.
* Northfield has not recently celebrated or recognized Teen Read Month. We are hoping to change that this year. The Northfield Public Library has a variety of activities planned this year that will include:
Teen Read Month events:
* Monday, October 1-Wednesday, October 31 teens have the opportunity to waive all fines on their account, excluding "lost" items.
* There will be a Teen Advisory Board Booklist and display on the second floor that will include a favorite book or series from each of the 20 members of the Northfield Public Library's Teen Advisory Board.
* Teens will have the chance to write recommendations of books they read during the month of October. They will write a short review of the book and why ...
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