Teen Advisory Board

About the Teen Advisory Board (TAB)

Founded in November of 2012, the library’s TAB officially stands for Teen Advisory Board (and unofficially stands for Totally Awesome Book-lovers). The board is made up of teenagers in middle and high school who have a desire to help their community and a love for the library. The TAB meets with the Teen Librarian monthly to help plan programs, select books, and make other suggestions for how the library can improve its services to teens to fulfill their needs and interests.

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TAB Alumni

Cameron Abell	James McIntosh
Payton Andrews	Eliza Michaels
Annika Barrett	Siyana Minkova
Bridget Booth	Nola Minogue
Logan Candelora	Solenn Minogue
Malia Cole	Thien-Kim N Nguyen
Laura Conner	Libby Panico
Maria Connor	Grace Pelletier
Brielle Donnelly	Renee Pelletier
Heidi Eberhardt	Auden Philbrick
Eli Eberhardt	Lilly Povey
Ada Fernandez	Kailey Quintino
Ashton Harville-Fry	Amanda Rosenberg
Emma Jackimowicz	Emily Rosenberg
Shannon Leftridge	Logan Rushing
Deirdre Maciak	Clea Shumria
Sydney Maciak	Jackie Swanick

Some Major Accomplishments Since 2012

• Selected over 100 new books for the Teen collection by reading professional reviews
• Helped plan summer reading events
• Recruited new members to build a dedicated board
• Assisted with planning and executing a “stuffed animal sleepover” for children
• Created beautiful new displays in the Teen area 
• Assisted with an interactive movie experience for teens
• Recorded and shared all minutes via Google Docs and used Skype to connect with members that couldn’t attend in person
• Created videos to promote summer reading for the CSLP Teen Video Challenge (2014, 2015, 2016)
• Ran a toiletries collection drive for Waltham House, which raised 87 individual items weighing 34 pounds
• Attended the Boston Book Festival in 2014
• Participated in the BFYA Teen Feedback Session at the American Library Association’s 2016 Midwinter Conference
• Assists with the annual Summer Reading Kickoff

Contact Katie Nelson with any questions.