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Serving Young Teens and 'Tweens

Author : Sheila B. Anderson

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 187 pages

File Size : 27,46 MB

Release : 2006-11-30

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 031309067X

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Notable teen experts and stellar practitioners from across the country explain why library service to adolescents in this age range is so important, and how you can enhance your collection and services to accommodate and win over this important group. Topics range from understanding adolescent informational needs and building and promoting a winning collection, to creating programs with tween appeal. Contributors include Sheila B. Anderson, James Rosinia, Deb Taylor, Robyn Lupa, and Kristine Mahood. Brimming with valuable insights and fresh ideas, as well as nuts and bolts directions, this is a must read for all librarians who work with young adolescents. If someone is described as a young adult, what image comes to mind? In fact, a young adult can be a twelve-year-old middle-schooler or a high school graduate. Libraries have traditionally offered a variety programs and services for YAs, and although more emphasis has been given to serving teens in recent years, little has been done to distinguish between groups within the category, and meet the specific developmental needs of this broad range of library users. This collection complements Anderson's previous collection, Serving Older Teens, by focusing on the needs of tweens and young teens, ages 11-14. This is the age range when many young people stop using the library and lose interest in reading. Notable teen experts and stellar practitioners from across the country explain why service to adolescents in this age range is so important, and how you can enhance your collection and services to accommodate and win over this important group. Topics range from understanding adolescent informational needs and building and promoting a winning collection, to creating programs with tween appeal. Contributors include Sheila Anderson, James Rosinia, Deb Taylor, Robyn Lupa, Brenda Hager and Kristine Mahood. Brimming with valuable insights and fresh ideas, as well as nuts and bolts directions, this is a must read for all librarians who work with young adolescents.



The Whole Library Handbook

Author : Heather Booth

Publisher : ALA Editions

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 34,36 MB

Release : 2014-05-23

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780838912249

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Book Description

ALA's popular and respected Whole Library Handbook series continues with a volume specifically geared towards those who serve young adults, gathering stellar articles and commentary from some of the country's most innovative and successful teen services librarians.



Serving Teen Parents

Author : Ellin Klor

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 225 pages

File Size : 46,67 MB

Release : 2011-09-12

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1598846949

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A comprehensive guide to working with teen parents and their children that provides practical program ideas for successful school and public library program development, implementation, and evaluation. Teen parents and their children represent an underserved, high-need population in many communities. Libraries have the potential to significantly influence the quality of life for teen parent families by providing free access to information and resources, developing specific programs, and serving as a safe, public learning environment. Serving Teen Parents: From Literacy to Life Skills helps library staff support teen parents as their children's first teachers, positively affecting two generations at once. The authors explain how to successfully communicate with this group and build upon their competencies and strengths. They offer best practices, professional anecdotes, and step-by-step direction on connecting with teen parents, collaborating with community partners, locating funding options, and implementing successful programs. This invaluable guide is the most comprehensive resource currently available that directly addresses the needs of librarians serving the teen-parent demographic.



Multicultural Programs for Tweens and Teens

Author : Linda B. Alexander

Publisher : American Library Association

Page : 190 pages

File Size : 45,11 MB

Release : 2010-07-02

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0838990916

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Following the practical programs laid out here, young adult librarians in public libraries, school librarians, and adult and young adult services staff can easily explore many diverse cultures.



Supporting Reading in Grades 6–12

Author : Sybil M. Farwell

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 374 pages

File Size : 15,31 MB

Release : 2012-06-11

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1598848046

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This book presents a curricular framework for students grades 6–12 that school librarians and teachers can use collaboratively to enhance reading skill development, promote literature appreciation, and motivate young people to incorporate reading into their lives, beyond the required schoolwork. Supporting Reading Grades 6–12: A Guideaddresses head-on the disturbing trend of declining leisure reading among students and demonstrates how school librarians can contribute to the development of lifelong reading habits as well as improve students' motivation and test scores. The book provides a comprehensive framework for achieving this: the READS curriculum, which stands for Read as a personal activity; Explore characteristics, history, and awards of creative works; Analyze structure and aesthetic features of creative works; Develop a literary-based product; and Score reading progress. Each of these five components is explained thoroughly, describing how school librarians can encourage students to read as individuals, in groups, and as school communities; support classroom teachers' instruction; and connect students to today's constantly evolving technologies. Used in combination with an inquiry/information-skills model, the READS curriculum enables school librarians to deliver a dynamic, balanced library program that addresses AASL's Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.



Totally Tweens and Teens

Author : Diane P. Tuccillo

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 173 pages

File Size : 49,46 MB

Release : 2020-04-30

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1538130475

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Book Description

The library programs featured in this unique collection are those that have been suggested, created, and led by youth with the help and guidance of the supportive adults at their library. Many times, librarians bring ideas to teens in hopes of getting them to buy in and perhaps help them to run programs. In this book, you’ll primarily find a role reversal! Tweens and teens lead the way with whatever adult information, support, and supervision they need to see their proposals through. To accomplish this, the youth are encouraged to create new ideas, are empowered to make decisions, and are given control. Plus, the ideas they bring to life are not just peer-focused. The programs, activities, and events they create and lead can be for children, adults, or even for all ages or mixed audiences, as well as for fellow tweens and teens. In addition to finding a wide array of proven ideas, recommendations, and testimonials from real tweens and teenagers, you will discover helpful advice on using the philosophies behind allowing youth to not only have a say but to take action; testimonials from adults who have worked directly with youth having this level of empowerment; suggestions on getting approval and providing funding and other support for youth ideas; ways to evaluate such youth-led programs; and sample forms, flyers, and other materials that can be adapted.



Being a Teen Library Services Advocate

Author : Linda W. Braun

Publisher : American Library Association

Page : 122 pages

File Size : 35,25 MB

Release : 2012-05-31

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1555707955

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Here are YALSA's answers to what advocacy is and isn't, what it takes to be an effective advocate for teens, how to practice advocacy skills and techniques, how to be a day-to-day advocate for teens, and how to set up a succesful long-term library teen services advocacy initiative. Front-line public and school librarians working in young adult services will find the volume useful as they will be able to use the information included every day to successfully advocate with administrators, colleagues, community members, and government officials. You get examples of advocacy campaigns from inside and outside of the library world that demonstrate basic principles of successful advocacy efforts, and you will learn to navigate the barriers of time and funding.



The Teen Library Internship Handbook

Author : Diane P. Tuccillo

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 213 pages

File Size : 46,83 MB

Release : 2021-10-17

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1538148943

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Teen library internships are becoming increasingly common in both school and public libraries. Librarians seeking guidance on how to launch or grow their teen internships will find help in this practical handbook. They will discover: Rationales and helpful advice for providing support and funding for meaningful internship opportunities. Shining examples that can be emulated and adapted in other library settings that comprise the book’s central focus. Testimonials by interns, librarians and library staff, and other adults who have worked with employed teens that will enhance points, give insights, and generate enthusiasm. Step-by-step plans for creating tailor-made teen library internship handbooks that can be used by teen interns, library staff, and others who are taking part in training, evaluating, and teamwork during internships in each unique setting. Advice on how to gain feedback and assess outcomes to make internships more relevant and valuable. Ways and means to adapt internship experiences during times of pandemics or other emergencies. A path to promoting innovative youth participation that will help teens to meaningfully develop knowledge and skills for their futures while encouraging them to become dedicated library users and supporters into adulthood. By providing this new way of encouraging youth participation, libraries can help teens to meaningfully develop knowledge and skills for their futures while encouraging them to become dedicated library users and supporters into adulthood.



The Teen-Centered Writing Club

Author : Constance Hardesty

Publisher : Libraries Unlimited

Page : 202 pages

File Size : 29,74 MB

Release : 2008-08-30

Category : Education

ISBN :

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Provides an overview of teen writing clubs and discusses the steps necessary for creating, promoting, and evaluating one.



Young Adults Deserve the Best

Author : Sarah Flowers

Publisher : American Library Association

Page : 137 pages

File Size : 16,14 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0838935877

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As high school enrollment continues to rise, the need for effective librarianship serving young adults is greater than ever before. "Young Adults Deserve the Best: Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth,” developed by Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), is a document outlining areas of focus for providing quality library service in collaboration with teenagers. In this book, Sarah Flowers identifies and expands on these competency areas. This useful work includes Anecdotes and success stories from the field Guidelines which can be used to create evaluation instruments, determine staffing needs, and develop job descriptions Additional professional resources following each chapter that will help librarians turn theory into practiceThe first book to thoroughly expand on this important document, Young Adults Deserve the Best is a key foundational tool not only for librarians but also for young adult specialists, youth advocacy professionals, and school administrators.