Items tagged "Teens"

Meet Your Match Using Our Materials Match Forms

If you’re looking for personalized reading recommendations or materials for home or school, check out these material match forms and join the hundreds of patrons who have utilized our services and gotten great results.

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/meet-your-match-using-our-materials-match-forms/

Banned Books Week 2020

Sometimes there are good reasons for a book to be removed from the library. It may contain information that’s out-of-date. Maybe the pages are falling out. Perhaps an excited child added embellishments in crayon. Working with kids, I’ve seen that more than once! Other times, individuals or groups ask libraries to remove a book because […]

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/banned-books-week-2020/

Live Homework Help for Students With Tutor.com

Having trouble with homework? Miss coming to the library to get help from a librarian or a Reading Buddy? We’ve got a great resource for you that you can access at home! CLP cardholders can access Tutor.com through the Library’s Homework & Testing page from noon until midnight every day to get help from a real, live tutor! This resource is […]

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/live-homework-help-for-students-with-tutor-com/

A Trio of Tools for Educators – Pandemic Edition

Whether you are teaching in a virtual, in-person or hybrid environment, the Library has a wealth of resources to support you and your students. Your situation is unique, so this trio of tools is designed to be flexible and nimble for your needs.

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/a-trio-of-tools-for-educators-pandemic-edition/

Check Yourself: News Literacy for Teens (and Adults)

As the school year approaches, many students will be doing virtual/remote learning. Without direct access to their school libraries, even more research will be done online. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh offers a wealth of digital resources and databases that can aid students when doing research, as well as information about examining sources with a critical eye.

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/check-yourself-news-literacy-for-teens-and-adults/

Virtual Computer Basics: e-Books, Audiobooks and Video

Join us for a virtual learning opportunity as we explore the basics of the Carnegie Library’s streaming and downloadable e-resources. Learn how to download Overdrive, Libby and Hoopla to your device and explore the different e-resources available at your fingertips. This class is limited to six participants. Please call 412-622-3114 or use this Eventbrite link […]

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/event/virtual-computer-basics-e-books-audiobooks-and-video-2/

Teen Media Awards 2020!

This moment, unprecedented in our lifetimes, confirms how indispensable creativity is to our life together. A pandemic requires that we navigate new forms of distance—so we explore new ways of forming connection. Young people are leading calls to address systemic inequity and racial violence in the streets and online—and so we ask ourselves, how can […]

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/teen-media-awards-2020/

Daydream About PhenomeCON With These Book Suggestions

This week, Teenspace staff would normally be polishing logistics for PhenomeCON, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh teens-only fandom convention. Even though we can’t get together this year, we still want to celebrate love of fandoms. Read on to find book suggestions.

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/daydream-about-phenomecon-with-these-book-suggestions/

Talking About Race With Kids and Teens

Talking with children, preschoolers, teens or in between, about current events can be challenging in the best of times. When illness, inequity, violence and hate surround us, it can be an overwhelming prospect. Here are some books that we think offer a good place to start the conversation.

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/talking-about-race-with-kids-and-teens/

More Virtual Program-alikes

Allegheny County has moved into the yellow phase of reopening. Many of you may be wondering what this means for your Library—and, maybe even more so, your favorite Library program. Though we don’t have a date in mind for reopening, I promise that we are just as eager to see you as you are to […]

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/more-virtual-program-alikes/