Library teen areas double size to meet increasing demand.
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The Star Tribune published an article yesterday about the Minnetonka Library’s revamped teen area.
Libraries opening up places for teens to call their own
Jenna Ross
Before it opened, people wondered whether the Minneapolis Central Library’s space for teens — Teen Central — would sit empty.
“That was the question. Is it going to get used?” said Christy Mulligan, teen services librarian. She glanced around the room: teens working at each computer, sitting in each chair, talking at each table.
“We learned very quickly that not only is it getting used, it’s not big enough.”
Hennepin County also learned its lesson. The remodeled and expanded Brookdale Library in Brooklyn Center, which reopened in 2004, boasted its own teens-only area.
But within months it became clear it just wasn’t big enough. “The teens responded so well that space became a problem,” said Molly Schaaf, one of the library’s managers…
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