Mark your calendars for a CREEPY LIBRARY ADVENTURE!!!

Friday night, October 30th from 6:30-8 the library will be haunted by the TAB members.  It's for everyone 6th grade and up.  It will be a bit scary!  Admission is a non-parishable food item or $2.00 donation to the Northfield Area Food Shelf. 
More news later...

Yahoo! School starts! or OH NO School Starts!

We have great resources for High Schoolers on the library's website!
These are electronic databases that the Northfield Public Library and SELCO subscribe to. To access them directly would require you to pay a subscription. BUT- it’s all free with your handy library card!

Click here go to the library’s website's on-line resources page.

Scroll down to see the all the information available to you.

Don’t have a library card?
Stop by the library with an ID and you can get a card.

Your first card is free, replacement cards cost $2.00 each.

Artswirl event at the library!

The Teen Summer Reading Program is over! If you see your name listed below please come and get your prize packet!

Reading for the Teen Reading Program?

Check out this link for some good titles!

Watch this about the country's libraries- it's all true here too!

This morning the Today Show ran a segment on the important role libraries
play during the recession, using data and resources provided by the ALA and
public libraries:
Libraries lend a hand in tough times
Click on the link to watch it!

Thanks to Svea & Breanna for being part of TAB!

Congrats & goodbye!

2009 Seniors

National Library Week- Carding random people!

Click here to see the Flickr set of pics!

Did you know? The library now has video games to check out.

Here is the list -for now new items added weekly!
Wii:
Carnival games
Mario Party 8
The Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian
Ratatouille
Super Smash Bros. Brawl

XBOX 360
Madden 09
NBA Live 08
Spiderwick Chronicles
Need for Speed Carbon

Thank the Friends of the Library purchasing these!
They are NOT be able to be reserved or requested. First come, first served.
Depending on demand and/or loss/stolen this collection may grow– or diminish
it’s up to you!.

Thinking of college?

A new resource that provides help to students searching for merit-based college scholarships -
comprehensive, free web site gives parents and students access to information about the $11 billion available in merit aid from more than 2,000 colleges across the US.

MeritAid.com

Cabin Fever Library Mini-Golf- Photos!

Click on collage to enlarge

TAB meeting notes from Feb. 2nd

Members present- Seth, Johanna, Faith, Ryan, Aaron, Ana, Elizabeth and new member Chris Hager!

We mostly talked about mini-golf. We have 4 hole sponsors: Friends of the Library, Northern Gardener, Nfld Entertainment Guide and Tiny's. We traded hole sponsorships for an ad in the Entertainment guide and for Tiny's Hot Dogs. So, so far we have brought in $150. Please try to get some more hole sponsors!
We decided on the hole themes-
1. Friends of the Library- they wanted Booker Faith will be in charge.
2. Nfld Entertainment Guide- they wanted recycling/green ideas. Ana is in charge.
3. no sponsor create a book pile hole?
4. Alice in Wonderland. Johanna is in charge.
5. Northern Gardener- elevator hole no one claimed it yet
6. Tropical theme- we can use stuff the library has- no one claimed it yet
7. Music hole- Elizabeth is in charge, Brandon emailed and he will help with this one.
8. Our model train- Aaron is in charge
9. Tiny's- the pipe down the stairs hole- no one claimed it yet
If we get sponsors we can change/modify the holes.
Please come in any afternoon and start working on you creations! I'm here and can get you started.
We then "weeded" the YA section- removed old, obsolete or worn out books.
We were finished @ 8- THANKS to all who attended!!!

Let's get to work on mini-golf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check out what the Hennepin County Library has for teens!

If you see something you think we should have tell me! http://www.hclib.org/teens/

Nice & informative Library item on Northfield.org!

Click on photo to read it.

Learning Express

This is a GREAT RESOURCE- check it out!
Click here for demo
LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.

-one sample
ACT® Writing Test Practice

Each ACT Writing Practice Test offers:
• A complete practice essay designed to familiarize students with the types of writing prompts and timing found on the official ACT Writing component
• Instant online holistic scoring with our proven and reliable automated essay-scoring program, and a detailed score report to help guide further preparation

And more- all for FREE via the Northfield Public Library!

It's back!! Mark your calendars for Library Mini-Golf!

Click on golf balls to enlarge.

TAB BOARD MEETING!

We got Library Mini-Golf going! After that we want to sponsor Friday afternoon gaming with wii games and board games. Watch for details.

Did you see the Northfield News article on TAB?
Photo from the Northfield News.

Click here to read it!

Looking for good books to read over winter break?

Try these links-

Guys Read


Reading Rants


Favorite Teenage Angst Books


Young Adult Library Services Booklists

Fiction Press

Teen Reads

TAB members drive trains, sell cookies and have fun!

Here's an interesting TWILIGHT site.

Click on the book cover to check it out!