Halloween Lock-In Registration Begins Saturday October 1st!

It's hard to believe it's that time already: time to start thinking about the Halloween Lock-In!

When

The Lock-In Starts on Friday October 21 at 6PM and ends on Saturday October 22 at 7AM. 

How to Register

You need a permission slip! These are available at the Circulation Desk. We also have an agenda (not a strict schedule, but the basic things we'll be doing and the approximate times we'll be doing them) and a packing list.

Important 

Registration is limited to 12 teens! Register early! Priority will be given to teens who are in the YA Crew and who have participated in other teen events. After that, it's on a first come first served basis. 

I have a feeling spots will fill up quickly, so get your name on the list and your form back as quickly as you can to make sure you've got a spot.

What do you do at a lock-in?

Well, first we're going to have games. Lots of games. Then we're going to have pizza and a scavenger hunt. We'll be decorating pumpkins and playing more games and running around the library acting like zombies. We'll also be watching a Halloweeny movie (PG-13 or under) and having tech time/quiet hours. At this Halloween Lock-In we'll also have a costume contest! No, you don't have to dress up, but if you don't, how are you going to win the contest? 

Need More Info?

You can download forms from the event or story pages on the Dover Public Library main Website http://doverlibrary.org/content/halloween-lock. You can also email me (Liz) at strausel@oplin.org or call me at 330-343-6123. 

Looking forward to seeing you at the Halloween Lock-In! 

More Banned Books Week Events!

So, we gave you a head start on the Video Contest (see below), but what else is going on for Banned Books Week? Two more chances to win some great prizes!

First, we're having a Get Caught with a Banned Book Raffle! Go pick out your favorite Banned Book and get your picture taken to get a ticket! We might post the pictures on FaceBook, but we will not tag anyone. (I really haven't decided what to do with the pictures yet. You might end up on Banned Books Week Posters for Next Year.) You can enter with up to 5 books. Winner of the raffle receives a book and a candy bar!

Next, we are having a Censored Trivia Quiz! Come to the YA Lounge and take this fun quiz to test your knowledge of banned and challenged books. Winners will receive up to $5 off their fines!

Winners will be announced on October 1, 2011. Watch Facebook and this Blog for the Winners. 

 

 PS: We still don't have a winner for Library Clue! The Prize now includes: a Tote Bag, a Book, a Candy Bar, a Mystery Patch (no, it's not a surprise, it's Mystery Patch), a Puzzle Ball, and a Pencil! Does that sweeten the deal? Make your guess today and you could win!

Banned Books Week Video Contest!

Banned Books Week is almost upon us! Time to get started on your entry for our Banned Books Week Video Contest!


This Video Contest is a great chance for you to celebrate your freedom to read,.unleash your creativity, and win a great prize: an iTunes gift card! 

Guidelines:

1. Up to 3 Teens can be in a Team
2. Make sure you put the names of all team members in the video somewhere
3. Mention at least 1 banned/challenged title (see lists & resources below)
4. Video must be less than 5 minutes (I'm sure you don't want to make a ten minute video, right? I wouldn't, either.)
5. Keep to the theme: Freedom to Read!
6. Submit finished video to Liz the Teen Librarian, somehow (burn it to a CD, send the link to it on YouTube, email Liz the video, bring in a flashdrive etc.) by October 1, 2011, at 5 PM. (PS - Liz's email is strausel@oplin.org)
7. Again, the deadline is Saturday October 1 at 5 PM
8. Video will be judged based on creativity, adherence to guidelines, and illustration of the theme, Freedom to Read.
9. Winner will be announced Saturday October 8. Winner will receive an iTunes gift card!

Now for some Ideas to get you Started!

(Not all-inclusive! Ignore me and go your own way if you want! Just stick to the theme.)
1. Banned Slideshow - Covers of books that were banned and why, set to catchy music
2. Reading from a banned book - Love The Hunger Games? Read your favorite passage!
3. Musical Parody - Turn your favorite song into a Banned Books Week Anthem!

Get started on your video early and submit by October 1 to win the gift card!

 Some Banned Books

1. The Hunger Games
2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
4. Harry Potter
5. To Kill a Mockingbird
6. Twilight
7. The Outsiders
8. Catcher in the Rye
9. And Tango Makes Three
10. The Chocolate War

For More Banned Books: Visit ALA's Banned Books Week Webpage!

YA Crew Meeting

Tuesday Afternoon at 3PM was our first YA Crew Meeting of the Fall. We had pizza, popcorn, and punch! We talked about our ongoing programs: Clue and the Where Were You When Event. The next Big Thing happening for DPL Teens is Banned Books Week 9/25-10/1. So, we talked about that and the video contest, raffle, and trivia quiz that will be happening. We also talked briefly about the Lock-In. 

Now is your chance, if you missed the meeting, to give us your input:

Does Tuesdays at 3 work for you? If not, when would be a better time for the YA Crew to meet so that you could join us for awesome pizza?

Do you have any ideas for the Halloween Lock-In October 21-22? If you went to April's Lock-In, what did you like the most? Anything we could change to make this Lock-In even better?

Any other comments and ideas are very welcome! Don't forget to put in your guess for Library Clue! Four more clues have been revealed! Be the first to guess correctly, and you'll win a book and a candy bar!

Clue Update!

Happy Saturday Everyone! I have an update for you all on what clues have been revealed the last 2 weeks. You can scratch the following cards off your list! Make your guess today to win a book and a candy bar! You can also see the clues as they come up by visiting Dover Public Library every Thursday this month!


The Following Suspects have been Cleared: Mrs. Brown, Professor Peach, Miss Lavender, Dr. Turquoise, and Mr. Magenta.

 

The Following are Not the Murder Weapon: The Scissors, the Bookend, the Telephone, and the Vase.

 And the Crime Scene is Not: The AV Room, the Adult Department, and the Processing Room.

Submit your guess to the Circulation Desk, by commenting on this post, OR by emailing Liz today!

 

9/11 - Ten Years Later

Cleveland Plain Dealer 

 

 

 

I was sitting in English class, a Freshman in High School. They told us over the announcements that two planes had hit the World Trade Center. Ten years later, the pictures from 9/11 are still as haunting as they were the first day I saw them: 9/12/2001. 

This September, I ask you to remember what happened on 9/11, and take a moment to look at the newspaper front pages from around the country and the world at Newseum. Some of these I have posted in the library. In the YA Lounge, you will find another activity to remember 9/11. All you have to do is write down where you were when you first learned about 9/11, then return the slip to a librarian for a prize for participating.