Recruitment

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How do you recruit new members to your TAG? Please share your ideas with your colleagues!

To recruit members for our High School TAB (is what we call it), the person in charge of the High School group comes to the last yearly meeting of the Middle School TAB and talks up the High School TAB group: monthly meetings with pizza, visiting authors (such as John Green), trips to ALA when ALA meets in D. C., etc. We have the prospective members write down their email address so we can contact them once school starts. It works great! We have a very active TAB group and some lively discussions. The High School program is so successful, that last year it happened that our High School TAB was meeting on a prom night and a couple of girls showed up in their regalia and sat in chairs (unlike the usual sitting on the floor) among the rest of the group who were in their torn jeans or shorts and flip-flops! Maria E. Gentle, Youth Services ibrarian Arlington County Public Library, Arlington, VA

I went out to the Teens who always hang out on the hill outside our library and started a conversation. I asked them why they never came in, and they said that it was because we never did anything they wanted to do. I suggested that they attend a TAG meeting -- at which I always provide pizza! -- to discuss some program ideas. They took me up on the offer, and now they are some of the most active Teens at our library!

Chrissie Morrison, Tween & Teen Librarian East Greenbush Community Library (EG, NY)


I tend to rely on word of mouth. We advertise the program in our monthly newsletter. But I ask the kids to bring a friend to a meeting. Or bring their brother or sister who has come of age. We went from having a group of 2 to have 12-16 regular members.

Brian Schwartz, Young Adult Librarian Patchogue-Medford Library

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