YALSA blog: I got the spring break blues

April 26, 2011

Last week was spring break at my library and there were zero teens in the library. That totally destroyed my program attendance rates–I wanted to make sure we had activities at the library for kids who were stuck in town so I planned two programs for last week–and it also left me feeling stressed out and bummed, which surprised me.

But what I realized over last week (especially upon reflecting on the same thing happening during winter break in February) is that I get bummed out when there are no teens in the library because as much as I love YA lit and what libraries do and the values of our profession, what really matters to me is the teens themselves, and what the library and I can do to make their lives more awesome. Being able to do readers’ advisory and talk about what they’re interested in and joke around with them is what makes the paperwork, the planning, the emails, the stressing out about getting everything done totally worth it.

I considered this in more detail in a post for the YALSA Blog.

Do you see more or fewer teens in your library during breaks? And what makes you love what you do?

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