What’s going on here in this photo taken at 2pm on Tuesday June 24, 2014 on The 2nd Floor at the Chattanooga Public Library?
- A day camp visits the library. 30 kids and 5 camp counselors.
- The V-Mission: Natural Disasters LiSTEM program, a partnership between the Chattanooga Public Library and the Challenger STEM Learning Center.
- Two outside workers installing Aerohive Wireless Routers to improve wireless access on the 2nd Floor.
- An unknown (but significant) number of walk in patrons looking for items and using library services.
- A number of kids, tweens, and teens enjoying open and free video gaming in the 2nd Floor Arcade.
- A group of three tweens learning about 3D printing.
- 3 staff members located in this area of the 2nd Floor, with another 2 in the area focused on ages 0-7.
Why do I share this? Because I want to show what the modern kid/tween/teen library looks like in 2014. It is:
- Busy
- Chaotic
- Full of people
- Noisy
- Energetic
- Curious
- Messy
- A work in progress
- A place where all kinds of learning and literacy happen
- A place for everyone in the community
- Fun
This is what the kid/tween/teen library looks like in 2014. It may not look like this in 2015, but that’s OK. The kid/tween/teen library looks like what the community needs it to look like. This is us on the 2nd Floor of the Chattanooga Public Library. What do you look like?
Justin The Librarian 
So much YES to this! I don’t like to shush people in my library – that’s just not what we’re about anymore. We’re loud and energetic, we’re passionate and having fun, we’re playing and reading and searching and learning and making new friends. We’re meeting old friends and trying new things and exploring and discovering, failing and succeeding. All the things!!
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