Dr. Andrea Miller, professor of library science at Clarion University, conducted a day-long workshop for the librarians and staff of all of the public libraries in the Jefferson County Public Library System in December.

            The workshop was conducted as a key element of a grant obtained by Darlene Marshall, Jefferson County Library Director, and other librarians in the system entitled "Connecting with Tween Readers." Miller serves as a consultant for this grant project.

            The workshop had 3 major goals:

            •To identify and understand the needs of the tween patron group;

            •To recognize the best resources for building a collection of materials that will appeal to tweens, and;

            •To create methods for building connections with tweens in their communities that they could take back with them to their home libraries and put into practice immediately.

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