Re-design your library collection and services to attract more male teens to the library and keep them coming back.
Rollie James Welch is Teen Coordinator of the Cleveland Public Library System. He has worked as a librarian, mostly with teens, for 26 years in both school and public library settings. A frequent presenter at local library workshops throughout his home state of Ohio, Rollie has served on the YALSA book selection committees, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and Best Books for Young Adults. He has also chaired VOYA's Top Shelf for Middle School Fiction committee. He is a reviewer forKirkus, VOYA, Library Journal and The Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper.