Want to give your programming a spark and bring together patrons of all ages? Integrate pop culture into your library’s events! By using elements of the mainstream media in your programs, you can draw in new interests and invigorate your library. In this webinar, you’ll get step-by-step suggestions for creating pop culture programs for children, teens and adults. Get advice on adapting ideas from the book Pop Goes the Library! to suit your community, and discover the pitfalls to avoid in pop culture programming. Book clubs and storytimes are great–but let’s show the world that the library is for fun, too!

Melissa Rabey has been a contributor to Pop Goes the Library since 2006. For nearly ten years she’s worked with children and teens in libraries across the Mid-Atlantic region. For the last three years, she has worked as a teen librarian with the Frederick County (MD) Public Libraries. Her work in YALSA has included serving on the Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults committee. Currently, she is a member of the 2011 Michael L. Printz Award committee and is finishing revisions on Historical Fiction for Young Adults: A Genre Guide.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Online

For additional details and registration information visit: Pop Culture Programming in Your Library