Open to Library members ages 12-18

Provide valuable feedback to the Library and earn community service hours!

If you’re an avid reader,  you love your library, and if you want to have more input in our collections and programs for teens, apply for the Library’s Teen Advisory Group! Members of this group are asked to offer opinions on a selection of new books that we are considering adding to our collections, to offer input and suggestions about programs, policies, and more. Your feedback will be valued, and you will learn about the behind-the-scenes work of the Library and its staff while getting a sneak peek at some of the newest YA reads. Meetings will be held one Friday a month from 17h00-18h30, and members of the group are expected to commit to attending all meetings. Meetings will be held on the following Fridays: 10 September, 8 October, 19 November, 17 December, 14 January, 11 February, 11 March, 13 May, 8 April, 10 June.

Members of this club will be offered a selection of books that are under consideration for the Library’s young adult collections, but which the Children’s and Teens’ Services staff would like teen input on for a variety of reasons. Group members will read these titles and present them for discussion. It is important to note that your opinions will be valued, but you will not be selecting books for the Library’s collections. You will be offering opinions and valuable feedback on books, then the group will discuss the merits of each presented book during monthly meetings, and how each title fits into the  collections as a whole. Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads will facilitate each meeting, and will take notes on all of the comments and feedback to use in deciding whether to add these books to our collections.

If you are interested in joining the Teen Advisory Group, fill in the ONLINE APPLICATION by 31 July at 23h00. You can expect to write one to two paragraphs about your reading, and why you would like to join the group.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR THE 2021-2022 TEEN ADVISORY GROUP.

Questions about collections and programs for teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.

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