I like the website of the Toronto Public Library which is called ramp: for youth. The website is clean and information heavy. The extensive list of websites are each annotated and classified nicely in understandable categories. The websites listed here are appropriate and relevant for teens and all of the links I checked were active. The links are mainly for local resources which I find appropriate considering the teens live in Toronto and would want to be able to find local resources. There are also links to lots library information as well, from program information and book recommendations to links for article searching and opportunities to contribute to some library publications.
ramp has a lot going for it. There are lots of opportunities one to site that allow teens to become involved with library activities and the site is also a portal to the rest of the Toronto Public Library resources. The site has a clean look and I found it easy to navigate through the extensive resources there with ease. The only problems I could find with ramp were that the search option at the top of the page did not work and the discussion forums were not well used.
Toronto Public Library. (2009). RAMP: for youth. Retrieved from http://ramp.torontopubliclibrary.ca/index.html
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