The Portland Public Library proud to announce an art collaboration project with the Maine College of Art (MECA). For the next few months, selected teens from the Portland Public Library will be working with MECA student on an art education internship. The goal is for the MECA student (who applied for the position and was selected by the school) to work with teens to produce art created by teens with the assistance of the MECA intern that will be displayed in the teen library and possibly can be checked out by patrons.

The medium which teens will work in will be depending on what the teen would like to work with. A majority of the artwork will be created at MECA with the intern supervising the teens.

Are you between the ages of 12-19 and interested in participating in the project? If so, contact Teen Librarian Justin Hoenke at 207-871-1700 ext 772.

Teen After Hours Library Midnight Madness at the Portland Public Library

February 10, 2012 at 7:00pm-12:00am

The Portland Public Teen Library Team, in collaboration with the Youth Services Department of the Portland Police Department, will host the first ever LIBRARY MIDNIGHT MADNESS program at the Portland Public Library on Friday, February 10, 2012 from 7:00pm to 12:00am.  This event, which is open to teens ages 12-19, will feature movies, video games, computers, food, and more.  All teens attending the event will be entered in a raffle to win one Nook Simple Touch eReader among other prizes.

To attend this event, teens must sign up in advance at the Portland Public Teen Library or by calling (207) 871-1700 ext. 772.  Space is limited to the first 20 sign ups, and a waiting list will be kept if needed.

Teens must be dropped off at the Elm Street entrance of the Portland Public Library between 6:45pm-7:00pm and picked up at the Elm Street entrance of the Portland Public Library by no later than 12:00am.

POST BY:
Justin H, Leader
Teen Team 

Between July 1 2011 and January 4 2012 (yesterday!), the Portland Public Teen Library lent out:
4714 Teen Fiction books
2827 Teen DVDs
2849 Graphic Novels
1223Video Games

Looks like someone’s been using the Teen Library….

POST BY:
Justin H, Leader
Teen Team 

One of the most popular features in our teen library are our teen study rooms.

From January 3 2011 till December 31 2011, our two teen study rooms were used by a total of  4234 teens and tutors!  On average, that’s about 81 visits per week.

Are you using our teen study rooms?  If so, what are you using them for?

To learn more about our teen study rooms, please click here

POST BY:
Justin H, Leader
Teen Team