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Connecting Youth Interests Via Libraries

Connected learning is learning that is interest-driven, socially connected, and tied to school achievement and real world opportunity. And, libraries are smartly becoming hubs for such learning.

Libraries, which have long been centers of community activity, are uniquely situated to become a nexus of connected learning because their mission centers on personalized and interest-driven learning. They are another space, besides school and home, that allows activities and practices to meld together. As guides to online information and technical literacy, librarians often already are guides to connected learning

Multnomah County Library turns to 'collaborative learning' to lure teens in, keep them engaged

Coi Vu and her team at the library are hoping that a new focus on mentor-based programs that immerse teens in specific topics will keep them coming back for more.

It’s known as “connected learning,” and it’s the guiding principal behind the Multnomah County Library’s latest teen engagement effort.