With a little help from my (librarian) friends

I have now contacted 10 libraries across the country asking them how their teen services departments (if applicable) are organized. I sought these ten libraries out specifically because a) I know they have successful teen services from personal experience or word of mouth, or b) they are grouped in the same category as this library by Hennen's American Public Library Ratings or by Library Journal's Public Library Ratings by size, population, statistics, and many other factors.

These are the libraries I have contacted:

• Baltimore County Public Library (MD)
• Boone County Public Library (KY)
• Campbell County Public Library (KY)
• The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (OH)
• Cuyahoga County Public Library (OH)
• Columbus Metropolitan Library (OH)
• Denver Public Library (CO)
• Hennepin County Public Library (MN)
• King County Public Library (WA)
• Multnomah County Public Library (OR)

I still may add more libraries to the list including Seattle Public Library, Chicago, Salt Lake County and maybe more. But at this point I'm thinking the information I will receive from these libraries will give me enough data to start thinking about how we would like to organize things here.