 Libraries across the country are encouraging teens, parents and educators to celebrate Teen Tech Week, a national initiative that takes place annually the second weekend of March. It's aimed to ensure that teens are competent and ethical users of digital media. The Brainerd Public Library has hosted events throughout the week today. Teens were able to create their own stop motion animation. Teen Tech Week was founded in 2007 in order to encourage libraries to connect with the millions of teens that do not have access to a home computer. The Brainerd Public Library hopes to attract a wide variety of teenagers and increase teen technology literacy locally. Libraries act as kind of a place where anyone can have access to anything regardless of income and I think that's really important in terms of providing programming for children and teens. It's somewhere they can go to be creative and learn something new and feel comfortable doing that here. Teenagers are invited to stop by the Brainerd Public Library this week to participate in a QR code scavenger hunt that's going on at the library through Saturday. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.