Multicultural Programs for Tweens and Teens

Multicultural Programs for Tweens and Teens
Author: Linda B. Alexander
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2010-07-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838990916

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.

Diversity Programming for Digital Youth

Diversity Programming for Digital Youth
Author: Jamie Campbell Naidoo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2014-06-24
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1610694880

Combining information about outreach to diverse populations, selection of culturally diverse children's print and digital media, and library programming, this book is the tool librarians need to promote cultural understanding through engaging children's programs designed for today's culturally diverse youth. Today's children live in a culturally diverse and constantly changing digital world. New digital media is created every day but librarians and other educators need help in evaluating cultural content in digital apps, determining whether they send appropriate social messages to children, and learning how to use them in library programs that promote cultural competence. Diversity Programming for Digital Youth: Promoting Cultural Competence in the Children's Library provides just the help that is needed. This resource is the only one to examine the role of culturally diverse digital media and how it can be used with children's books to promote cultural competence in the library. It provides annotated lists of digital media paired with culturally diverse literature to offer librarians and educators a springboard for creating enriching, engaging, and culturally relevant programs for children from diverse backgrounds. The sample digital storytime programs celebrating diverse cultures will benefit busy librarians looking for ways to engage reluctant readers in library storytimes.

Young Adults Deserve the Best

Young Adults Deserve the Best
Author: Sarah Flowers
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2011
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838935877

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.

The Passive Programming Playbook

The Passive Programming Playbook
Author: Paula Willey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1440870578

This book offers 101 passive programming ideas that are extendable, adaptable, customizable, and above all, stealable-so your passive programming never runs dry. Passive programming is a cheap, quick, fun way to make all library customers feel like part of the community. It can support reading initiatives, foster family engagement, encourage visit frequency, and coax interaction out of library lurkers-while barely making a dent in your programming budget. Passive programming can be targeted at children, teens, adults, or seniors; used to augment existing programs; and executed in places where staff-led programming can't reach. It can be light-footed, spontaneous, and easily deployed to reflect and respond to current news, media, library events, and even the weather. But even passive programming pros run out of ideas sometimes, and when that happens, they want a fresh, funny source of inspiration.

Outstanding Books for the College Bound

Outstanding Books for the College Bound
Author: Angela Carstensen
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2011-05-27
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 083899315X

More than simply a vital collection development tool, this book can help librarians help young adults grow into the kind of independent readers and thinkers who will flourish at college.

Evaluating Teen Services and Programs

Evaluating Teen Services and Programs
Author: Sarah Flowers
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2012-05-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1555707939

Flowers offers guidance for librarians in examining all aspects of teen programming and services to determine where improvement is needed. Readers will learn how to Develop goals and objectives for evaluation Collect the data for a realistic picture of a library’s strengths and weaknesses Use many different types of data with the help of practical examples included in the text Evaluate YA collections, summer reading programs, special events, and library staff This guide comes with an explanation of the YALSA competencies, the YALSA teen services evaluation tool, and models for what excellent teen services programs should look like. Ready-to-use evaluation forms and checklists save time and resources by improving assessment methods in minutes.

Library and Information Science

Library and Information Science
Author: Michael Bemis
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2014-03-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838996051

This unique annotated bibliography is a complete, up-to-date guide to sources of information on library science, covering recent books, monographs, periodicals and websites, and selected works of historical importance.

The Hipster Librarian's Guide to Teen Craft Projects

The Hipster Librarian's Guide to Teen Craft Projects
Author: Tina Coleman
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2009
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 083890971X

Showing librarians how they can use craft projects for teen programs, to decorate the library's public teen space, or for a personal style statement, this practical guide offers detailed step-by-step instructions for 12 craft items. It also provides one-page reproducible how-to handouts for each craft.

Young Adult Literature

Young Adult Literature
Author: Michael Cart
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838990959

This insightful and often humorous work presents the evolution of YA lit in an appealing way, making it equally useful for students of literary studies.