Library gives teens their own space

Link to February 22 Racine Journal Times.

Excerpt:
Becky Spika, a library program coordinator, started working at the library about five years ago and noticed there weren’t many activities for teens at the library.

“We saw these (teens) around and we didn’t know how to bring them together,” Spika said.

To solve that she decided to create Teen Space last year and, with the help of a Lakeshores Library System grant, the library now has a Play Station 2 and a Wii system, which includes Guitar Hero. The library also just received Guitar Hero World Tour, which allows participants to play the drums to the beat provided by the video game. The teens tried it out for the first time Saturday.

Besides hanging out and playing games teens, the teens also help plan community service activities, make crafts and help with teen library programming, Spika said.