[kids-lib] Friday, July 22nd Shoutout

[BERGQUIST Greta E * SLO]

Hello all,

This summer we have 19 teen interns in libraries across Oregon funded through ARPA and LSTA funding. I met virtually with teen interns this week to learn about their experience. They are overall a thoughtful, hardworking, fun group. They are each doing individualized projects for their libraries -  grant writing, pop-up STEAM stations, community market outreach, mental health resources, 3-D printing camps, a community book review project, and more! Every single teen talked about how much they enjoy working with their library staff. Here's a few things I heard from teen interns this week:


  *   "Everyone here is so nice and kind, I love working here." (Driftwood)
  *   "I didn't know libraries did so much stuff for the community!" (Tigard)
  *   "I like interacting with our old people. I probably shouldn't say old people, is there a different word? They are really interesting." (Athena)
  *   "I love everything about this job, it helps me learn how to talk to different people and to kids, I didn't know how to talk to kids before." (Dallas)
  *   "I wish our community knew more about all the hard work we are doing behind the scenes for programs to happen." (Willamina)

I know not all of you have interns but I also know you are like many of the library staff they described - doing so much for your communities. It's been a rough week in some parts, especially around intellectual freedom, and there are some really tough things happening around the state. But there's also so much good. I hope you can take a little of that good stuff into the weekend with you. Thanks for all you're doing.

Best,
Greta

Greta Bergquist, MLIS, MAT (she/her/hers)
Youth Services Consultant
State Library of Oregon
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