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New Teen Website

The Teen section of our website recently got a major face-lift. We’re still playing with the way it looks, so please let Tricia Horan, Teen Librarian, know what you think (phoran@mvlc.org or 978-256-5521 x125).

Most of the information that was available on the previous Teen website will be still be available on the new website, but there will also be a lot more book reviews and current information. You can also subscribe to an RSS feed of the new page on our RSS Feeds list.

Since the internet is always changing, we try to adapt and adopt new tools that will best serve our patrons. If you have any suggestions, about either what we’re doing or what we’re not doing, please let us know. You can either send in a comment, or contact Barbara Morrison, Assistant Director (bmorrison@mvlc.org or 978-256-5521 x102) or Brian Herzog, Head of Reference (bherzog@mvlc.org or 978-256-5521 x211).

Introducing Tricia Horan, Youth Services Librarian

The Chelmsford Library has a new Librarian for Youth Services, Patricia Horan. Tricia provided a brief biography as a way to introduce herself:

As an undergraduate I studied English and Art History at Rutgers University where I earned my B.A. in 2004. In August of 2005 I completed my M.L.S. at Simmons College with concentrated coursework in programming and collection development for children and young adults. For the past three years I was the Head of Youth Services at the Oliver Wolcott Library in Litchfield, Connecticut. The OWL is a community library in a rural town of approximately 9,000 people. Due to its small staff size I was solely responsible for everything related to youth services and wore several other hats—doing additional work with adults, outreach and technology.

I am thrilled to begin my career as a Youth Services Specialist at the Chelmsford Public Library. After working in a small town, I am excited to work in a large library that serves an expansive and diverse community. The best part of my new position is that I get to spend my mornings working with little ones in the Children’s Room and in the afternoons I’ll be available to work with teens. Working with teens in a library environment was the reason I went to library school and being able to do that on a daily basis is a dream come true.

The Library is very happy to have Tricia as part of the team. Stop by the Children’s Room or Young Adult area to introduce yourself, and give Tricia suggestions for books or programs you’re interested in.

School Summer Reading Lists

The summer reading lists for Chelmsford schools have been published, and are now on the school’s and Library’s websites.

The school’s website lists the official forms and logs for middle school and high school.

The Library’s website has the reading lists, and also includes book descriptions, links into our catalog and more. We have lists for the elementary school and middle & high schools.

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