Author: Toronto Public Library
Title: Ramp
Age range: 13 - 19
Genre: Website
Rating: 1 2 3 4 5
Description & Comments: Toronto Public Library’s (TPL) website for teens has great coverage of a lot of relevant topics for teens, from extensive and detailed homework help and resources, to links for entertainment of all sorts, there is enough here for any teenager to find something interesting. TPL also provides a great forum for teens to interact with each other and to contribute to the content of the site. The home page features a book of the week suggestion, and having frequently updated content is crucial to keeping patrons coming back, I think. By providing information related to travel and employment, as well as university life and financial resources, TPL has really created one-stop-shopping for teens looking for information about many aspects of their life and future options. Where possible, TPL also highlights their collection related to the many themes on the site, for example by providing an annotated and illustrated bibliography of travel books that might appeal to teens in their travel section. There is extensive content related to health and fitness for teens, presented in an appealing way. The website comes across as authoritative because they’ve included so much information. I also like the page of ideas for free/cheap date destinations in Toronto!
Another great thing about the website is that there are lots of ways for teens to contribute and show off their creativity. Several branches of the TPL system put out their own zines. TPL is keeping things fun and fresh with lots of updated content and a wide range of ideas for what teens are interested in. This website is fantastic! It provides a great example for other library systems to look to as a guide for providing teens with relevant and interactive content.
Date Viewed: 2 April 2009
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