The survey will be available from Monday, February 25, 2013 to Sunday, March 17, 2013. 

Thank you for your time!

 You can apply online here .  Visit the BYF website  for more information about the program.

If you need computer time to apply, visit your closest teen librarian and someone will help you out.

Go to our Events for Teens  tab on the BPL Summer Reading page to find out where and when Nimmi will be doing henna tattoos.

The art of making henna tattoos, called mendhi, goes way back, at least 5,000 years. If you want to know more about it AND learn how to make your own designs, here’s a good place to start. 

If you need some ideas for what you’d like drawn on you, the Henna Page Symbol Index  has some suggestions.   

We know you’re super interested in the programming we put on for teens (and for younger kids too) so we want to know your thoughts on what we do and what you would like to see. If you have the time, and it only takes 3 minutes, (I promise!) would you take a survey for us?

Out of School Time Survey

Here at the Boston Public Library we’re celebrating National Library Week. And one of the ways that we’re celebrating is by creating a page on our website dedicated to you and the joyious stories you would like to share about your experiences in the library. We would love for teens to talk about the branches they attend, the librarians they talk to on a daily basis, and the programming they couldn’t live without. Whatever it is about the library that you love… TELL US ABOUT IT!

Check out the webpage here: http://www.bpl.org/stories/ Read what others have to say, and share your own thoughts.

On Thursday of this week, we’ll be celebrating National Library Week with Library Snap Shot Day. This means we’ll be taking photos of the programs and the fun going on in the library that day to complete “a day at the library”. Show up that day and participate in the Video Games at the Copley branch and you could find yourself on our website! Yes, you could be famous just for using the library, and what could be better than that?

Find your local library branch below and attend a FREE Pratice SAT Exam from Princeton Review. Please be advised that you need to sign up in advance through their website: www.princetonreview.com/events in order to attend any of these events.

Copley:                 April 28              12-4pm

South Boston:     March 3             10-2:00 pm

East Boston:        March 10             9:30-1:30

Grove Hall:           March 10             10-2:00 pm

Hyde Park:           March 24             10-2:00 pm

Mattapan:            March 24             10-2:00 pm

Dudley:                  March 31             10-2:00 pm

South End:           March 31             9:30-1:30

Jamaica Plain:      March 31             9:30-1:30

For the exact location and directions to these branches of the Boston Public Library, check our website here: http://www.bpl.org/general/hours.htm 

Employers love to see potential employees who arrive prepared to get the job. Having a good resume is one way to accomplish that. To impress your future employer,  learn to write a great resume from the folks at the Mayor’s Youth Council, and get yourself ready for that summer job.

This workshop is only a few weeks before our Job/Internship Fair happening on February 11th from 12pm-3pm!

So if you’re looking to go to the Fair, then you should definitely check out the resume workshop to get your resume up to par and ready to hand out! Also, if you attend the resume workshop, don’t forget to attend the Fair so you have a place ready to accept your resumes!!!

Hope to see you there!

I am capable.

What’s inside counts, too.

I tell the truth.

My opinion counts.

I am thoughtful.

I am important.

My feelings matter.

I respect myself.

I am true to myself.

My friends are important to me.

I trust myself.

I can ask for help.

Nobody’s perfect.

I accept myself.

What are they thinking? Ah! Here’s an unsuspecting person who’s innocent in every part of his life. I can become him, and run up a credit card bill that’ll cost him millions and me nothing. Here’s someone who’s freely given me every aspect of his life so that I can be him and get a college degree… wonder if Harvard Law would let me in? Or even, Hey, now that I know everything there is to know about this guy, I can pretend to be him online and his friends will never know the difference. I’ll say bad stuff to his girlfriend and she’ll break up with him… He wants the same job I do, let’s see how I can ruin that chance for him… what else can I do?

Plenty.

This is what could happen if you fill in all the missing blanks on FaceBook’s new Timeline. You’re telling the world every little detail about your life, and that’s not a good thing. It makes it easier for hackers to break into your email, and even take over your computer. Why? Because oftentimes people use passwords related to things from their life. What’s your mother’s maiden name? Or the name of your first dog? The street you live on? What high school do you go to? It only takes a good hacker a few minutes to go through your information and come out with a good password or two.

When you get your first bank account and your first paycheck goes into it, you want to make sure it stays there until YOU take it out. Right? Be aware that any passwords or codes you use could easily be found out by those hackers.

Right now, yes, your personal information is out there, on Facebook and other social networking sites, but as a Sophos Security researcher has stated, it’s not in an easy to search form. The newly unveiled Timeline will make it that much easier for hackers and identity thieves to steal anything they want from you, including yourself.

Imagine getting your driver’s license. You’ve been driving for a few years and you’ve got a spotless record. Then you begin driving in a new state and get pulled over for speeding, or because you simply forgot to use your turn signal. When the police officer runs your name, he or she might discover that your licence has been pulled in another state and that you’re not allowed to drive. Why? Because someone else has the exact same name as you. But who’s to say you’re not that person? Now you can’t drive until you get the situation sorted out. In both states. That’s a real situation a friend of mine found himself in, only because there really is someone else out there with his exact first, middle, and last name. But, someone else could be posing as you and you could find yourself in that same situation, regardless.

Or what about someone competing for your job? What happens if they gather that information you’ve freely given them and use it against you to get the job you’ve been trying for?

In short, posting personal information online is a dangerous thing to do regardless of what form it’s in. But Facebook’s new Timeline only makes it easier for crooks to get into your life and ruin it in ways you never thought possible. And it doesn’t matter how old you are. Whether you’re 5 years old, 12, 16, or 62, crooks can do damage that might take you forever to repair. So please be careful when you’re out there posting information about yourself, no matter where you’re posting it.

For more information on Facebook’s Timeline and the problems it could cause, check out this article on ComputerWorld.com  http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220240/Facebook_s_Timeline_will_be_boon_for_hackers?taxonomyId=17&pageNumber=1