The reason it's probably a good idea I'm not actually a YA librarian yet...

...Because I would litter the Teen Myspace page with links like the following instead of homework help and other materials generally found on a library's page.  I'd be all OMG check theze out guyz! 

[Note: Any post that has no asterisk after it is the actual post title.  Anything with an asterisk indicates that I summarized the post in my own words]

• 50 Animals in Convincing Wigs (Best Week Ever)
• If Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali, and C.M. Coolidge drew Wolverine (Super Punch)
• Really flippin' cool jewelry that is too expensive but still awesome (Margaux Lange)*
• Librarian approved way to defile a book (Shelf Talker)*
• For real, Disney has a farm and they sell eggs?  (Best Week Ever)*
• Edward Cullen gets pwned by Buffy (Gratz Industries)*
• Willed into existence by the internet: Handcuffed prisoners butt heads (Best Week Ever)
• I pity tha fool who doesn't make this paper toy (Toy a Day)*
• Elf detection 101 (Slate)

BONAS JONAS:  This was in one of the professional magazines I'm supposed to read on desk at work.  Can I just say I heart libraries like woah?  Okay... because I already did.

"In 'Other' new, we had a fire in the shrubbery that was taken care of quickly and without damage. We are keeping an eye on a potential problem customer who believes the librarians are witches and the computer printer is run by Satan, and periodically lets us know this in a loud voice."

::Randallstown June Monthly Report, July 2008:quoted in Library Administrator's Digest November 2008::