It’s Choose Privacy Week, and this year’s focus is on raising awareness of tracking mechanism used by the sites we visit. But teens might challenge those cookies and algorithms. One strategy I’ve observed them using more and more in the digital realm: split personalities. But unlike the depiction of Sybil’s bifurcation, these teens tend to stick closer to their chronological ages and societal stations. It’s the connections that vary.

Some teens carry a second cell phone, the one they would surrender if it was “taken up” in class. The trend towards alternate social media presences demands the same sort of deliberation and foresight. (more…)

Name: Invisibility 3D
Platform: iOS
Cost: $o.99

Augmented reality remains one of the less-explored frontiers in mobile computing. Apps like Layar, HistoryPin, and WhatWasThere have combined geolocation capabilities with external databases to link data to places, but the enriched experiences they provide are sometimes too cumbersome to become second-nature.

At this spring’s SXSW Interactive, Levity Novelty introduced Invisibility 3D, a gaming app that uses a mindbending overlay of real and virtual worlds to great effect. The game itself is rather simple, using your device as a sort of paddle to sink a projected ball in a projected hole. But the object and its target are overlaid on whatever surface you designate, and the device’s camera makes the rest of your environment remains visible just behind the game field.
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You’ve seen the slate of candidates, but want to hear more from the nominees for YALSA President and the YALSA Board? We’ve be talking with those individuals last week and this one here on the blog.

Candidates, presented in alphabetical order, were asked to contain their responses to a twitter-ish 140 characters, but I know their enthusiasm comes through even given the enforced brevity.

Today, YALSA President-Elect Candidate Chris Shoemaker.

Your current position and institution

Teen Programming Specialist, New York Public Library (more…)

You’ve seen the slate of candidates, but want to hear more from the nominees for YALSA President and the YALSA Board? We’ve be talking with those individuals last week and this one here on the blog.

Candidates, presented in alphabetical order, were asked to contain their responses to a twitter-ish 140 characters, but I know their enthusiasm comes through even given the enforced brevity.

Today, YALSA President-Elect Candidate Sharon L. Rawlins.

Your current position and institution

Youth Services Consultant, NJ State Library (more…)

You’ve seen the slate of candidates, but want to hear more from the nominees for YALSA President and the YALSA Board? We’ll be talking with those individuals this week and next here on the YALSAblog.

Candidates, who will be presented in alphabetical order, were asked to contain their responses to a twitter-ish 140 characters, but I know their enthusiasm comes through even given the enforced brevity.

Today, YALSA Board Candidate Matthew Moffett.

Your current position and institution

Assistant Branch Manager, Fairfax County Public Libraries, Fairfax County, Va. (more…)

You’ve seen the slate of candidates, but want to hear more from the nominees for YALSA President and the YALSA Board? We’ll be talking with those individuals this week and next here on the YALSAblog.

Candidates, who will be presented in alphabetical order, were asked to contain their responses to a twitter-ish 140 characters, but I know their enthusiasm comes through even given the enforced brevity.

Today, YALSA Board Candidate Krista McKenzie.

Your current position and institution

Instructional Librarian/Adjunct Professor, Garrett College, McHenry, MD (more…)

Title: CamScanner

Platform: iOS and Android

Cost: Free

Have you been trying to clear your desk and move in a paperless direction? I’ve found CamScanner an excellent tool for “intelligent document management,” painlessly scanning your files using your device’s camera and uploading the files to a range of cloud storage options (or saving them locally to your phone’s camera roll). (more…)

You’ve seen the slate of candidates, but want to hear more from the nominees for YALSA President and the YALSA Board? We’ll be talking with those individuals this week and next here on the YALSAblog.

Candidates, who will be presented in alphabetical order, were asked to contain their responses to a twitter-ish 140 characters, but I know their enthusiasm comes through even given the enforced brevity.

Today, YALSA Board Candidate Maureen L. Hartman.

Your current position and institution

“Coordinating Librarian, Youth Programs and Services, Hennepin County Library (more…)

You’ve seen the slate of candidates, but want to hear more from the nominees for YALSA President and the YALSA Board? We’ll be talking with those individuals this week and next here on the YALSAblog.

Candidates, who will be presented in alphabetical order, were asked to contain their responses to a twitter-ish 140 characters, but I know their enthusiasm comes through even given the enforced brevity.

Today, YALSA Board Candidate Franklin Escodebo.

Your current position and institution: 

I’m the Branch Manager of the Mission Branch Library in Oceanside, CA and I’ve been responsible 4 all teen services 4 my system for 5 yrs (more…)

ALA has many other great divisional blogs with lots of content applicable to librarians serving teens. Here’s a round-up of some recent highlights:

A program to serve tweens, from ALSC

On school-public library cooperation, from ALSC

LLAMA reports on YALSA’s Summit on Services to Teens

RUSA’s book and media award-winners

The Dewey-versus-genre shelving conversation from Midwinter is captured on the AASL Blog

The Hub offers some suggestions for National Eating Disorders Week