T.A.G. @ WTPL

I'd like to be able to use this blog as a discussion about what's happening with T.A.G. as well as a place for you to come to find out what we did at our meetings.
I will post about the programs & events that are happening as well as the T.A.G. meeting minutes. I invite you all to "comment" on the posts that way we can see what everyone thinks about what's happening even if you can't make the meeting (but please do try to come!). This blog is not quite fully functional yet (but it will be soon!). To comment on a post you DO NOT NEED TO "SIGN IN" or create a user name/password. Instead (once the link is working) you can just click on the "comment!" link on the top right corner. This will send your comment directly to me and I'll add it as a comment to the post. Since this feature isn't working yet you can just email your comment to me (rizzo@main.morris.org). Once this blog is fully up and running I will send out an email and there will be a link from our website.
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Here's what we did at last night's T.A.G. meeting:

We brain stormed different things that we might want to do at TAG, ways to recruit more TAG members, and things that would encourage people to come to meetings:

• Everyone liked the idea of writing a mission statement for TAG. We looked at a few TAG mission statements from other library TAG groups and found some good ideas but those were a bit on the boring side. So before the next meeting I will write up a few different ideas and we can vote on them at the March meeting.
• We also talked about TAG running some programs either for kids (such as maybe a craft) or for teens.
• Another idea that everyone liked was to do something fun/different at each meeting. For example, this month we made chocolate covered pretzels & marshmellows (which were really yummy!). Other ideas included pizza night or a fiesta night. These last two ideas would not necessarily have to be at our regular Tuesday night meeting. We could have "TAG sponsered" events. Or at a Tuesday meeting we could, for example, have pizza at 6:30 and then have a shorter meeting from 7:00-7:30.
• Encourage your friends to come with you to TAG meetings.

There's about a week and a half left to enter our Harry Potter Fan Art Cover contest. Entries are due Friday 2/16. So far we haven't had any entries so encourage any fans of the series that you know to enter! We'll put up the entries around the teen section and the winner will go in the next edition of TeenThink. There's also a couple of prizes...
Rules & details are posted on this blog.

We have a new teen scrapbook! It's not ready to go out on display yet but if you come by the library & I'm here I'll show it to you. Right now it's on my desk.

What did you think of our first issue of TeenThink? Any thoughts on what we should change or add for the next issue? Some thoughts at the meeting were that we need more illustrations, drawings, and/or photographs. Another idea was to include a few easy to make recipes.

Do you have any movie suggestions for us to show? Email me with them if you do.

What do you think of http://www.bookcrossings.com/? The idea of the site is that people take paperbacks versions of books they really like and leave them in public places (such as doctor's offices, train stations, etc.). The idea is that someone else will then pick up the book and read it. Then they will leave it somewhere for someone else to read. Before they are left, the books are labeled with a tracking number from http://www.bookcrossings.com/ and instructions on what to do. Then when someone picks up the book they can log the tracking number into http://www.bookcrossings.com/ and you can see where the book has been. Is this something TAG would be interested in doing?

What would you like to see on our website? Some ideas for links include: places to volunteer, book review links, book lists & "what to read next", author links, fun stuff (games, interesting websites, etc.), homework help, surveys, etc. What do you think? Check out the survey I sent out by email.

Reader's Theater starts this month! Sign up if you want to come! (check your e-mail for more info!)

TeenTech Week is the first week of March. What do you think about a teen business card making workshop? You can make your own business cards for babysitting, pet sitting, computer help, etc.

Next TAG meeting is Tuesday March 6th @ 7:00