“Adult” though I might be, teen/YA rooms have long been my favorite spaces in libraries. There’s something about having a space of one’s own amid all the heaving shelves of history and classics and computer manuals and picture books and DVDS, and all the other books intended for grown-up or baby eyes.

These are the areas I gravitate to with my camera when I visit a new (to me) library. Below, a small sample as diverse as the libraries they belong to, but united in their attempt to draw young adults (near adults?) to come, sit, read, stay a while.