Guy-Friendly YA Library

Serving Male Teens

AvRollie J. Welch

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

Del i serien Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides for Young Adult Librarians Series

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Beskrivning

Re-design and upgrade your collection and services to attract male teens, as well as females, to the library. With this guide, you'll learn about reading habits of young men, male-friendly collection development with fiction and nonfiction materials, teen advisory boards, teen area design and display, programs that bring male teens into the library, homework services, diversity of male teens, and how to redefine library policies, procedures, and attitudes to create an environment where male teens thrive. Filled with insights, anecdotes, practical guidelines, and tips that show how to make the library a facility where male teens feel welcome and comfortable.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-05-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 12 mm
Vikt:345 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides for Young Adult Librarians Series
Antal sidor:220
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781591582700
Utmärkelser:Winner of VOYA 2007 Five Foot Bookshelf 2007 (United States)

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Mer om författaren

Rollie James Welch is Teen Coordinator of the Cleveland Public Library System. He has worked as a librarian, mostly with teens, for 26 years in both school and public library settings. A frequent presenter at local library workshops throughout his home state of Ohio, Rollie has served on the YALSA book selection committees, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and Best Books for Young Adults. He has also chaired VOYA's Top Shelf for Middle School Fiction committee. He is a reviewer for Kirkus, VOYA, Library Journal and The Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper.

Recensioner i media

"For many librarians, this book by the teen coordinator of the Cleveland Public Library system will serve as a valuable eye-opener into the needs and reading tastes of a large proportion of teen boys. . . . Welch provides good coverage of typical teen attitudes, behaviors, and points of view, as well as the typical adult reactions to same. But the book's focus on teen males sets this work apart. Chapters cover reading habits, recommended genres and topics, displays, programming, booktalks and school visits, teen spaces and YA services in general. Welch's suggestions for modifying such things as summer reading clubs, displays, teen advisory boards, and even furnishings so they have more guy appeal are easy and don't require a whole seperate set of services. By simply making librarians aware of what attracts this population, Welch's book could have a broad and potentially profound impact on the way many librarians deliver YA services and the number of young male patrons they are able to recruit as enthusiastic library users." - Library Journal

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Chapter 1 The Library Staff vs. Guys: Why Can't We Just Get Along? Chapter 2 Understanding Teen Males Chapter 3 Males as Readers: Their Reading Habits Chapter 4 Reading and Boys--Topics of Interest Chapter 5 Books for Boys--Genres, Titles and Topics Chapter 6 Engaging Teen Males in Library Programming and Teen Advisory Boards Chapter 7 School Visits and Booktalks Chapter 8 Actively and Passively Creating Library Services for Teen Males Conclusion Appendix A Essential Fiction Titles or Series for Teen Males Index