Kreutz Creek Library is one of 10 libraries nationwide to receive a 2019 Digital Equipment Grant of $1,000 from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The grant provides libraries in need with funds to purchase digital equipment such as video cameras, filming equipment, and electronic tablets for teenagers to use at the library. The grant is made possible through a sponsorship from The Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
Kreutz Creek's new equipment is being used by teenagers to make YouTube videos at the library, according to library services coordinator Jennifer Johnson. Johnson said the teenagers chose to create a video book trailer of Jen Wang's graphic fairytale "The Prince and the Dressmaker." It is one of 25 titles up for vote in YALSA's Teens' Top Ten project at http://www.ala.org/yalsa/teenstopten.
Local teenagers Katrina Rhinehart, Elliott Darby, Jonah Parrish, and Ryan Keane led the Kreutz Creek Library project. To get started, they met with a local videographer to learn tips and strategies to improve their filming and storytelling techniques. Over several weeks, they planned content, filmed on location, edited, and then posted their finished video to YouTube, where it can be viewed at https://youtu.be/woq_QjQtmrY. The teenagers now plan to create a Young Adult Book YouTube channel.
Kreutz Creek Library is located at 66 Walnut Springs Road in Hellam and was the first branch of York County Libraries. It actively serves the community with educational programming, resources, and technology access. Community support through the "Imagine. Discover. Connect." campaign is helping the library move from its 1970s FEMA trailer into the soon-to-be renovated Hellam Township building.
For more information about Dollar General and its Youth Literacy Grants, readers may visit http://www.dollargeneral.com.
The mission of the Young Adult Library Services Association is to support library staff in alleviating the challenges teenagers face and in putting all teenagers, especially those with the greatest needs, on the path to successful and fulfilling lives.
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