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.
Quick Resources
Great Reads
Teen Bubbler
Life Skills: Making Money
Teen's Choice Awards
Teen Features
Cooking Classes For Kids + Teens
This summer, Chef Lily is hosting a variety of cooking classes at the Lakeview Library.
Podcasting Tutorial: Learn to Podcast!
Get trained to use the library's podcasting equipment during this podcasting tutorial
How the Body Works Health Education Series
Join a 4-part series on How the Body Works to explore Health Education and Health Professions with Dr. Jasmine Zapata!
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.