Creating a Tween Collection (eBook)

A Practical Guide for Librarians

Karen M. Smith (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
164 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1694-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Creating a Tween Collection shows librarians how to evaluate their current juvenile and teen collections; meet all tween needs for recreation, education, and life skills; and carve out space, market, budget, and justify the need for a tween collection.

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Specialized collections for tweens, or middle schoolers, are relatively new and becoming increasingly popular. This Practical Guide gives librarians everything they need to create such a collection. Beginning with a brief description of the early adolescent brain and developmental stages, and a history of youth and teen services in libraries, Creating a Tween Collection provides a solid foundation on which librarians can build support for such a collection. In addition, librarians will be given specific criteria for what constitutes ';tween literature,' guidelines for forming parameters that will work for their community, and suggestions for using reviews and other sources in selecting appropriate materials and dealing with controversial titles. Finally, readers will learn how to re-allocate spaces and budgets, and how to market their new collection to patrons. This is a must-read for librarians who are looking to build a middle school collection in order to better serve their patrons.This book:- Provides rationale about the importance of a specialized Tween Collection.- Gives specific examples for both fiction and nonfiction books, databases and websites.- Provides guidance for creating diverse collections and tips for dealing with possible challenges.- Includes numerous case studies and booklists

Autor

Karen Smith graduated from Wayne State University in 1997 with a B.A in Psychology and 2001 with a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science with a concentration in Services to Children and Teens. She worked as a teen librarian for a number of years before becoming the Head of Children’s Services at the Livonia Public Library in Livonia, Michigan. Over the years, she has hosted successful programs, created two tween collections, and advocated for tweens and teens in library spaces. Karen reads a variety of tween literature and reviews for Library Media Connection regularly. She lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband, Brian.

Inhalt

AcknowledgementsPrefaceChapter 1: Who are “Tweens” and What do They Want?Chapter 2: Why Create a Tween Collection?Chapter 3: What is Tween Literature?Chapter 4: Beyond Print MaterialsChapter 5: Evaluating Current CollectionsChapter 6: Carving Out SpaceChapter 7: Controversy in Tween LiteratureChapter 8: Should you Add Nonfiction?Chapter 9: BudgetsChapter 10: Marketing your New CollectionAppendix 1: Selected Titles FictionAppendix 2: Selected Title NonfictionAppendix 3: Case Study Eton AcademyAppendix 4: Case Study Geneva Public LibraryAppendix 5: Case Study Loutit District LibraryAppendix 6: Case Study Novi Public LibraryBibliography

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Practical Guides for Librarians
• Zusatzinfo: 33 Illustrations including: - 4 Black & White Illustrations; - 29 Halftones, Color including Color Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Schlagworte: children's services • Library Collection Development • Library Collections • Literacy • Middle School reading • Reading • Reading promotion • Tweens • Young Adult Services • Youth Services
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-1694-4 / 1538116944
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-1694-4 / 9781538116944