On May 3rd, MIP intern Tiffani presented a program on Earth Day and Recycling at the Kings Highway branch. Here is how Tiffani describes the program: "I created a powerpoint teaching kids about the importance of recycling and saving energy. During the powerpoint I asked basic questions about what they may have known; like 'where does paper come from? and who knows what day earth day falls on?"

Once the PowerPoint was finished,  Tiffani rounded out the program by doing hands-on activities like sorting garbage and recycling on a sheet, making paper trees and coloring.

Great job Tiffani! See photos of the event below:

The interns had a chance to work with some cool video editing software in an elective titled "Show Me How to Do That." This two-part workshop gave an opportunity to the interns to learn how to use Camtasia.

This software helps Brooklyn Public Library create video content for our patrons that is put on YouTube and on the library's website.

Because the library is currently in the middle of a campaign to win grant money to refurbish the Central Library's doors, we decided it would be fun to create three separate videos promoting the campaign!

First, the interns created a video in English describing how to vote for Brooklyn Public Library with an email address or Facebook. And then the same video was created two more times in Cantonese and Spanish.

The interns were excited to use their language skills to promote the library! See below for photos of the interns at the workshops:

One of the most unique and interesting divisions at the Central Library is the Brooklyn Collection. The Brooklyn Collection serves as Brooklyn Public Library's local history division. They provide patrons with access to different types of research materials (atlases, maps, and photographs) as well as genealogy resources.

The interns were lucky enough to take a tour of the division and see what the Brooklyn Collection's staff works on. The interns looked at atlases and maps from their neighborhoods. They compared what the land looked like many years ago to their neighborhoods today. They were shown old newspaper clippings and photographs and were told how to access the Brooklyn Collection's holdings from home.

Thanks to Joy and June for showing the interns everything that the Brooklyn Collection has to offer! See photos below of the tours:

On Saturday and Sunday, Brooklyn Public Library's Central library hosted an Open House. The library hosted tours of the building for the public and promoted the Partners in Preservation program. Between April 26th and May 21st, Brooklyn Public Library is one of 40 locations around New York City up for a grant to restore the doors of the Central Library. In order to win the grant, we ask our patrons to vote for the library every day and we hope to be chosen as a winner!

The MIP interns and the T4s volunteered at the event and did a spectacular job! They promoted the event with flyers and bookmarks, they encouraged patrons to vote on iPads and laptops and they provided face stamping and tattooing to the children. See photos of the event below:

Congratulations to all of the MIPs and T4s for a great event!

Last month, libraries across the United States celebrated Teen Tech Week! This initiative, which happens once a year in March, asks libraries to demonstrate all of the cool technological programming that we do for teens!

Kimberly, the intern at the Highlawn branch, decided to create a Teen Tech Week Bingo program for this year's theme - Geek Out @ Your Library.

She had a large amount of participants come to the program and it was a huge success!

Congratulations to Kimberly on her hard work. See below for photos of Kimberly and the teens at the program.