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From the Editor

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Teen Leadership
Making Libraries Work
Helen Rowe and Andi Perez

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Making a Difference, Harford County Public Library’s Teen Board Member 
Audra Caplan

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YAC Talks Back, Clearwater Public Library’s Youth Advisory Committee Discusses Their Role    

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Teen Library Board Members, Three Perspectives   Laurie Rose, Amy Hoptay, and Claire Hoptay

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Giving Back to the Community, Virginia Beach Public Library’s Teen Board Member  
Carolyn Caywood

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Bloomington Teen Council, A Community Partnership 
Dana Burton

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Up to Date or Out of Date? Test Your Teen Knowledge  
Kimberlee Ried and Kaite Mediatore

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lights! camera! action!
The Emergence of Spoken Work Recordings for YA Audiences 
Francisca Goldsmith

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The Unplanned Success 
Barb P. Sheaffer and Molly Kinney

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Missouri River Regional Library’s Film Discussion Series 
Catherine Craven

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South Shore Video Contest Duxbury Free Library, Massachusetts
Ellen Snoeyenbos

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Connections Recent Films for Young Adults  
Alan B. Teasley and Ann Wilder

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Johnson County Film Festival
Linda Kautzi

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YALSA’s Selected DVDs and Videos for Young Adults
Josephine Caisse

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The Mole People Revisited, Report from the Selected Films for Young Adults Committee
Jennifer Jung Gallant

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“We Gave the World New Ways to Dream” Thoughts on Selected Films for Young Adults

Stephen J. Crowley

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Index to Advertisers

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The Update

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