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.
Officers and Board Members
President: Grace Pelletier
Vice president: Annika Barrett
Secretary: Norah Jewett
Treasurer: Ashton Harville-Fry
Display Coordinator: Ella Checksfield
Anime Coordinator:
Members-at-Large:
Payton Andrews
Bridget Booth
Bella Broderick
Brielle Donnelly
Claire Healey
Althea Pisani-Gross
Kailey Quintino
Clea Shumria
TAB Alumni
| Cameron Abell | Siyana Minkova |
| Logan Candelora | Nola Minogue |
| Malia Cole | Solenn Minogue |
| Laura Conner | James McIntosh |
| Maria Connor | Thien-Kim N Nguyen |
| Heidi Eberhardt | Libby Panico |
| Eli Eberhardt | Renee Pelletier |
| Ada Fernandez | Auden Philbrick |
| Emma Jackimowicz | Lilly Povey |
| Shannon Leftridge | Amanda Rosenberg |
| Deirdre Maciak | Emily Rosenberg |
| Sydney Maciak | Logan Rushing |
| Eliza Michaels | Jackie Swanick |
Some Major Accomplishments Since 2012
- Selected over 100 new books for the YA collection by reading professional reviews
- Helped plan summer reading events for four consecutive summers
- Recruited new members to build a dedicated board
- Chose fabric and created a plan for new pillows for the YA area
- Voted to add a comfortable arm chair to the YA area
- Increased social media presence of TAB by creating a Tumblr
- Assisted with planning and executing a “stuffed animal sleepover” for children
- Created beautiful new displays in the YA area on a monthly basis
- 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
- Ongoing: Scoop ice cream and register kids for Beverly Library’s Annual Summer Reading Sign Up Night
Contact Katie Nelson with any questions.