Grand Opening of Danville Library's New Teen Space Set for July 8th.

The public is invited to a Grand Opening Celebration of the Danville Public Library’s new Teen Space on Thursday, July 8, beginning at 1 p.m.  The Teen Space is located on the second floor, just east of the Conference Room and the back issues of magazines and newspapers.

A brief ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin at 1:15 p.m.  Angela Albeanese, a recently-promoted eighth grader at North Ridge Middle School, will read her essay, “Life’s Highway”, which won the Francis Triplett Bandy Award this year.

There will be refreshments and drawings for teens to win Chamber Dollars which can be used at a variety of area businesses.  The guidelines for a new teen literary magazine will be available.

The Teen Space became a possibility when the library downsized its back issues of magazines.  The discarded magazines were offered to the public during the Friends of the Library’s book sale in February.

The Teen Space became a reality in May when shelving no longer needed for magazines was installed, furniture was moved from elsewhere in the building, and the Young Adult books and graphic novels were moved from their location on the first floor next to the Audiovisual Department up to the Teen Space.

Sue Daugherty, Teen Services Coordinator, began staffing the Teen Space from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday beginning May 17.  That “soft opening” gave her the chance to survey teens about summer hours.

On June 9, she instituted the Teen Space summer hours of 1 to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Teens have access to two computers with Internet connections which are available the hours that Sue is staffing the area.  Teens with laptops may also tap into the library’s wireless Internet access.

Sue offers creative writing workshops each Tuesday and Thursday and board games on Wednesdays for teens age 12 through 18.