In case you had not heard, we are letting people hang out in the teen rooms at all our libraries again, but the rules remain basically the same as they were before the pandemic: in order to hang out in the teen room, you have to be at least 13 years old, and no older than 18 (if you have turned 18 we might let you hang out for one more semester of school or the summer after high school, as long as you don't break the rules, but that's up to the teen staff).
Also, you should know, a few things have changed from before the pandemic so here is what you need to know:
We are not showing movies at all right now at any of the teen rooms. This has to do with licenses and how we are doing programming, and a bunch of technical stuff... but the main point is, no movies.
There is currently no video gaming on our systems though video game programs might resume at some branches in the future, so check your branch for their individual calendars.
The libraries will no longer allow teens to bring in their own video games from home to play on library TVs, but you can bring hand-helds like a Switch to play on your own.
Also, we do not issue guest passes for computers to anyone under age 18, and we will not make exceptions for anyone under 18 who does not have a library card, so if you do not have a library card, you will not be able to get on a computer, even "just for 5 minutes" even if you beg a ton. Sorry, this is the law and we have to comply.
Other than this, we do want to see you back in the teen rooms soon so stop in and say hi to the staff! There are a lot of new faces at all the libraries and they're all looking forward to meting all of you!
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