The Madison Public Library is dedicated to serving all teens in Madison with access to the diverse collections, meeting spaces, internet & computers, programming and online resources in all 9 library locations (+ the Dream Bus).
The library connects to teenagers outside of the library buildings by following an equitable approach and largely focuses on resourcing the requests from community partner organizations that work directly with at-risk teens or within the juvenile court system through the Bubbler's Making Justice program.
Teen's Choice Awards
For over 20 years teens in Madison have been reading and voting and telling us what's good. The Teen's Choice Awards is a great way to learn about new books and authors and let Madison know what you think.
VOTING NOW CLOSED. You could have voted once per day, and you didn't have to vote for the same book each time.
Quick Resources
Great Reads
Teen Bubbler
Life Skills: Making Money
Teen's Choice Awards
Teen Features
Go Big Read Panel on Disability
UW-Madison Go Big Read and Madison Public Library are hosting a panel on disability on Saturday, October 12 from 2-3:30pm at Central Library
Dyslexia Awareness Month Celebration
Enjoy a dinner and presentation about dyslexia, the reading brain and ADHD on OCtober 22 at Sequoya Library to honor Dyslexia Awareness Month. Funded by the Friends of Sequoya Library and hosted in partnership with Children's Dyslexia Center -- Madison.
Teen Time at Goodman South Madison Library
It Takes A Village After-School Enrichment sessions at Goodman South Madison Library are created in an effort to promote community, and to provide a safe place for youth patrons between 12 and 18 years old to spend time after school.
Teen Services Librarians
Jesse Vieau is a Teen Services Librarian at Central Library who focuses on connecting teenagers and teen-serving professionals to a wide range of people, resources and meaningful experiences around the community. As the project manager for the Bubbler’s Making Justice and Media Academy initiatives, his larger goal is to work with library staff, teachers, artists and other community stakeholders to continue building platforms for teenagers to engage in hands-on learning and to share their creativity and voices.
Mr. Will Glenn Sr. is a Teen Services Librarian at Goodman South Library. He hails from the inner city of Milwaukee, WI “53206” zip code and has lived in Madison since 2008-09. “Mr. Will” uses an intentional approach toward incorporating youth voice into the spaces they populate throughout south Madison. As a student at UW-Whitewater and a distinguished member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., he has always been involved with the uplifting his community, youth development and serving the community. He understands this is a different path than some may have thought for him, but he has learned we have to experience different things to gain different outcomes.
Ros Faulkner is a Teen Services Librarian serving Madison's Southwest side at Meadowridge Library. Ros works to connect teens with the resources they want and need, bring Meadowood community members in to program at the library, and generally incorporate youth voices into library goings-on. You'll often find her running or supporting programs that Meadowridge teens requested or dreamt up themselves.