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Bare bones young adult services : tips for public library generalists
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGrath, Renée Vaillancourt, Author.
- McGrath, Renâee Vaillancourt., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Libraries and teenagers--United States.
- Libraries and teenagers.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] American Library Association 2000
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Young Adult Services Philosophy
- Why Serve Teens?
- Why Teens Are the Way They Are (and How They Differ from Adults)
- Who Serves Young Adults?
- How to Interact with Teens
- 2 Youth Participation
- Surveys
- Focus Groups
- Junior Friends Groups
- Teen Advisory Boards
- 3 Planning for Young Adult Services
- Creating a Young Adult Services Plan
- Young Adult Goals and Objectives
- Action Plan
- Evaluation
- 4 Creating a Young Adult Space
- Location
- Layout
- Furniture
- Technology
- Decor
- 5 The Young Adult Collection
- Fiction
- Nonfiction
- Magazines
- Comic Books and Graphic Novels
- Computers
- AV Materials
- Collection Development
- 6 Serving Young Adults
- Marketing and Publicity
- Readers Advisory
- Reference and Homework Support
- Programming
- Outreach
- 7 Rights and Responsibilities
- Intellectual Freedom
- Troubleshooting
- 8 Continuing Education for Improved Service
- Staff Training
- Local Involvement
- State and Regional Involvement
- National Involvement
- Advocacy
- Conclusion
- APPENDIXES
- A By-Laws for the Louisville Public Library Teen Advisory Board
- B Young Adults Deserve the Best YALSA Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth
- C Plan for Library Services to Young Adults
- D Basic Rules of Online Safety for Teens
- E Guidelines for Assessing Accuracy and Authenticity in Nonfiction Books
- F Evaluating Young Adult Literature
- G How to Evaluate Web Sites
- H How to Write a Reader's Annotation
- I How to Write Your Own Booktalk
- J Tips on Booktalking to a Group
- K School Services Brochure
- L Pathfinder
- M Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning
- N Programming Tips
- O Sample Young Adult Program Evaluation
- P Library Bill of Rights
- Q The Freedom to Read
- R Strategies for Dealing with Troublesome Behavior.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 0-585-33558-3
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