Teen Advisory Board

The Teen Advisory Board is a forum where teens from the local middle and high schools discuss library-related issues, plan events and service projects, and offer suggestions to improve library teen collections.

To join the board, teens must be ages 12-18, be able to attend a majority of meetings per session and be willing to bring their thoughts and ideas about improving the library and planning fun events to each meeting! Teens must also be respectful and be willing to offer constructive and insightful input on other ideas. We are going to work together plan fun events and projects that everyone can enjoy!

TAB members can receive volunteer hours for time spent at meetings and working events. TAB members must have an active MLNV library card. Members will be making creative and financial decisions regarding teen collections and events at the library, so bring your A-game!

TAB currently meets most Thursdays at 6pm at the library, 2pm in June. July, and August.

TAB Executive Board:

President – Emily S.
Vice-President – Justin S.
Secretary – Shay N.
Marketing/Outreach Manager – Kai F.

Those interested in joining should contact Justin S. or download and fill out an application: TAB Application

Teen Room

Located on the first floor, to the right of the main stairwell, it features our Young Adult Fiction books and Teen and Adult Board Games.

The room is fully decked out with a study space, hangout area, and Makerspace. Our study desk has pens, pencils, coasters, sticky notes, scissors, a desk lamp, charging ports and outlets to help teens work. We also have a couch and beanbag with floor space for just hanging out, and plenty of games and activities to keep even the most bored people occupied.

Makerspace

Our Makerspace is located in the back corner of the room. We have available plenty of crafting and creative writing instruction books, sketch books, colored pencils, markers, scissors, jewelry making supplies, ribbon, embroidery thread, fabric, and odds & ends. A yarn station is set up for avid knitters and crocheters, and even more fabric is available in bins stored clearly under the bookshelves. We also have a magnetic poetry wall, and a clothesline to display all the great art that gets left behind!

Teen Collections

The Teen Room houses our Young Adult Fiction collection, including all new titles. The collection is shelved on custom-built wooden shelving that matches the woodwork of the original house. Did you know the Teen Room was originally the dining room when our library was a house? The new books are shelved in the China cabinet!

A huge number of board games for teens and adults are also kept on the island shelving unit in the Teen Room. These games can be played in-house or checked out and taken home for a 7-day borrowing period. For more information on our board games, see here.

We also have 2 cool teen magazines available for checkout – “Make:” and “How It Works.”

We have hundreds of Graphic Novels and 2 full shelves of Young Adult Nonfiction; both collections are shelved in an aisle beside the Adult Nonfiction collection.