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EWFY E-Wired for Youth
EWFY Ears with Feet Yell
EWFY Earth Wind & Fire Yell
EWFY Electronic Work Flow Yield
EWFY Electronic Work Force (Edify)
EWFY Elliptic Wave Filter Yield
EWFY Empire Wrestling Federation Youth
EWFY Engineering Workflow Yield
EWFY Enhanced Write Filter Yield
EWFY European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting
EWFY E-Want Forget You
EWFY E-Week Fiscal Year
EWFY E-Wave Financial Year
EWFY E-Wify
EWFY E-Wired for Youth
Michael Dell is very generous.
The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, the City of Austin, and the Austin Public
Library Foundation established ten Wired for Youth Centers in 2000. The City of
Austin and the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation committed funds for staff,
operations, and computer equipment for and the Austin Public Library Foundation
raised funds for children's and young adult materials system-wide. Centers
opened at the Carver, Cepeda, Manchaca Road, Oak Springs, Riverside Drive,
Southeast Austin Community, Terrazas Branch, University Hills, and Windsor Park
Branches, as well as the Faulk Central Library.
Dell's cutting ribbon at center
Each branch hosts a minimum of seven Internet-wired multimedia computer
workstations, and the Faulk Central Library has 12 workstations. The centers are
staffed with "wired" librarians who can teach multimedia, Web design, and other
computer skills. A youth services manager oversees operations, manages the
annual budget of approximately $400,000, and works with the Austin Public
Library Foundation to find additional funding for WFY programs. A webmaster
maintains an extensive website that includes information about each WFY Center,
resources for youth, and examples of work developed in WFY classes.
Youth ages 8-18 have opportunities to use computers for schoolwork, personal
interests, email and chatting, research, and leisure. Classes and programs are
offered, along with one-on-one assistance. Each computer includes a range of
software for web design, graphics, word processing, and other functions. Centers
also have digital cameras, video cameras, scanners, and other equipment. Funds
are provided so that printing is provided at no charge for homework and Center
projects.
Partnerships with other organizations, such as the Austin Children's Museum and
KLRU-TV, provide additional opportunities to bring programs, classes, and
projects to the Wired for Youth Centers and to connect kids to the community.
Grants provide funds for outside specialists to present classes and to fund "cyberlifeguards"
to add staff hours during the summer. Supporters, including CapMetro, Time
Warner, and Synopses, have helped promote the centers by providing advertising
and public service announcements. A psa developed by Synopses appeared aired on
Animal Planet, Black Entertainment, Telemundo, and Nickelodeon and was aired 338
times in Fall 2003.
Purpose
As a high-tech community, it is a City of Austin goal to encourage Central Texas
children, particularly those who do not have access to computers at home, to
improve their technical skills. Community-based resources, like the youth
computer centers, help Austin advance its reputation as one of the most "wired
communities" in the country and ensure that children in all areas of the
community have access to resources that will prepare them for opportunities in
the information economy. The Wired for Youth Centers offer youth exclusive
access to computers and technology, along with staff to help and encourage them.
Computers are just part of the WFY program. Kids are encouraged to read and
discover library resources, get to know library staff, and find a place for
themselves with in the library. Programs, classes, and events encourage
creativity, leadership, experimentation, confidence, teamwork, and pride.
A key component of the Wired for Youth program is the staff assistance and the
programs, classes, and events that engage youth in the Library. The WFY
Librarians have education, training, and experience in youth services and
technology. They plan and present weekly classes on a variety of topics. More
than 8,000 youth participated in 714 programs and classes during the fiscal year
that ended September 30, 2003. Grant funding provided through the Austin Public
Library Foundation allows each Center to have a "cyberlifeguard" during the
summer. The cyberlifeguards are library school students who serve as paid
interns.
What Others Say About WFY
"We need to be training our workforce, providing tools for our youth, and
getting kids to pick smart options like the library. This program accomplishes
all three."—Former Austin Mayor Gus Garcia
"Children living in the information age will be disadvantaged without easy
access to information-age tools for learning. The Internet, like our libraries,
opens the door to new worlds and new opportunities for our children."—Susan Dell
"The program has offered her [daughter] numerous opportunities to learn new
things, make friends with diverse backgrounds and improve on her leadership
abilities and teamwork."—parent of a 14-year-old WFY Center participant
"The computer classes have helped me in various subjects at school, such as my
advanced art class, science, and English. Because I know more about Photoshop
than the other students in art class, I am the teacher's official helper."—WFY
Center participant
"When Meliyara Nery, 11, is not e-mailing her friends or searching the Internet,
she likes to play games at the Terrazas branch's Wired for Youth center. When
she began coming two years ago, she knew little about computers. Now, she
teaches her parents what to do."—Austin American Statesman, May 8, 2003.
In 2002, researchers at the University of Michigan and University of Washington
conducted a study of "how citizens and communities benefit from public library
digital community services, and how these services build community." This
project studied library community technology projects including Austin Public
Library's Wired for Youth program. Read the results of this study, How Libraries
and Librarians Help: Putting Outcomes Evaluation in Context.
netConnect, a publication of Reed Elsevier Inc., published an article about the
Wired for Youth Centers. The article is available online. netConnect is
published quarterly and distributed with issues of Library Journal and School
Library Journal.
The "Policy Research Project: Evaluating Community Technology Centers" class at
the University of Texas' LBJ School of Public Affairs worked to identify
effective strategies used by community technology centers that break down
barriers to access. Read their Profile of Wired for Youth Programs.
Recognitions and Awards
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American
Library Association selected Austin's Wired for Youth program as one of 25
outstanding programs for youth in the nation. In addition to a small monetary
award, the program will be included in the fourth edition of Excellence in
Library Service to Young Adults, to be published by YALSA in Spring 2004.
One of twenty "best of the best" websites in an article entitled "Public Library
YA Web Pages for the Twenty-first Century" appearing in the Spring 2004 edition
of YALS (Young Adult Library Services) published by the Young Adult Library
Services Association (YALSA).
Joanna Nigrelli, Wired for Youth Librarian at Terrazas Branch, was selected by
the New York Times for its Librarian of the Year award in 2003.
Carver Branch Wired for Youth Librarian Michele Gorman was selected as one of
Library Journal's 2003 Movers & Shakers.
Jeanette Larson, Youth Services Manager, received the 2002 Siddie Joe Johnson
Award from the Texas Library Association for outstanding library service to
youth.
The American Library Association awarded a 2002 Penguin Putnam Books for Young
Readers grant to Michele Gorman. The $600 award allowed Ms. Gorman to attend a
national conference.
The Wired for Youth Center at the Carver Branch was the first recipient of a new
award from Noggin TV, receiving $1,500 in 2002 to purchase additional computer
equipment and supplies.
The Austin Chronicle named the Wired for Youth Centers for a "Best of Austin"
award in 2001.
Jeanette Larson, Youth Services Manager, was an invited participant at The
Impact of Technology on Children's Library Services conference sponsored by
Libraries for the Future and the Johnson Foundation at Wingspread in Racine, WI
in April 2001.
Voice of Youth Advocates awarded its "Most Valuable Program of the Year"
recognition in 2001 to "Teen Time Travel: A Ten-Day Tour of Middle Earth" at the
Southeast Austin Community Branch WFY.
In 2001, the Texas Book Festival awarded $2,500 to the Wired for Youth Center at
Southeast Austin Community Branch for the purchase of books of high interest to
teens.
Jones, Patrick, Michele Gorman and Tricia Sullentrop. Connecting Young Adults
and Libraries: A How-To-Do-It Manual, Third Edition. Neal-Schuman, 2004.
Gorman, Michele. Getting Graphic! Using Graphic Novels to Promote Literacy with
Preteens and Teens. Linworth, 2003.
Wired for Youth staff participate with the Gardner Betts Outreach Program,
recipient of the 2005 Hotho Literacy Award from the Texas Library Association.
The Hotho Literacy Award recognizes the Texas library which worked the hardest
during the year to encourage and support the joy and benefits of reading.
Wired for Youth librarians win City of Austin's ACE Award, an employees choice
award in the Spirited category. “We are passionate about our work, have fun
doing it and celebrate a job well done”.
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