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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Janelle – I don’t have my file in front of me now, but when planning the youth redesign at Traverse Area District Library I had a number of resources that I’ll
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">In the meantime, I really appreciated this article in slj:
<a href="http://www.slj.com/2015/10/programs/what-do-tweens-want/">http://www.slj.com/2015/10/programs/what-do-tweens-want/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I found that giving the tweens a separate area that was visible yet secluded really made them happy – they were attracted right away to the comfy seating and
lots of plug-in areas plus a computer bar where little ones couldn’t quite reach. Tweens immediately began using their new space (eventually designed by a library designer) and made it their home. One key note: don’t put wheels on any stools. The toddlers
flock to those…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">Cathy Lancaster<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">Youth Services Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">517-335-8129<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">517-373-5700 f<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">LancasterC5@michigan.gov</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Our collective efforts can help make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years! Here are the goals and strategies:
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><a href="http://mi.gov/top10in10"><span style="color:#2E74B5">http://mi.gov/top10in10</span></a>/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Janelle Martin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 07, 2016 10:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> michlib-l <michlib-l@mail.mcls.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Tween Spaces<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">We are hoping to build a new library sometime in the future and we are thinking about planning for a tween area. Does anyone have a tween space in their buildings? Is it part of
either the teen or children's section? Or is it a separate area? If you have a tween area, how did you decorate it differently than the children's or teen areas to make it stand apart from the other sections? Are there things that you like or hate about your
tween area? Things you would have done differently? Any advice or opinions would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Janelle Martin<br>
Head of Fiction<br>
Marguerite deAngeli Library<br>
Lapeer District Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">921 W. Nepessing St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Lapeer, MI 48446<br>
<a href="mailto:jmartin@lib.lapeer.org">jmartin@lib.lapeer.org</a><br>
810-664-6971 ext 3218<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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