I found the ALSC (Association for Library Service to Children feed by searching through the ALA lists. I thought this feed was a good one because I wanted to emphasize library services to young adults and children.
I found the VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) feed while researching for another of my classes. VOYA has a great site that includes book reviews and lists. I think it's a great resource for any librarian working with children's and young adult literature.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
How some young adults perceive the library...
I found this cartoon by doing a search on Google images for "cartoons about libraries." I chose this cartoon because so many children and young adults don't realize that the library was the first place people used to go for information and entertainment. This cartoon also made me smile.
Stein, Ed. (Artist). (1996). It's a library. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.stsci.edu/stsci/meetings/lisa3/cartoon.gif
Stein, Ed. (Artist). (1996). It's a library. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.stsci.edu/stsci/meetings/lisa3/cartoon.gif
Database Searches
Question: Why is it important to develop a collection for a diverse group of young adults?
Search terms:
•Diverse—synonyms: various, different assorted
•Young adults
•Collection development
My First Search:
The first search I’m going to perform is a building block search in the WorldCat database. This will involve me searching for each individual term and then putting them together using Boolean operators.
My final search was: collection development AND young adults AND diverse.
This resulted in 8 hits. One hit I found very relevant is “Extreme teens library services to nontraditional young adults.”
My Second Search:
The second search I’m going to perform is actually a browsing search in the Project Muse database. I started by browsing the journals the database had available. I looked at various journals, such as: The High School Journal and Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures.
The journal I found to be most useful to my search question was: Children's Literature Association Quarterly.
My Third Search:
The next search I performed was a successive fraction search in the Library Lit database. I started with the broad search for “young adults.” I then used the subject limiter to narrow it down to “young adults’ library services.” After that I used the subject limiter to narrow my search one more time by selecting “young adults’ literature selection.” This narrowed search received two hits, one of which I find useful: “Turing Point” by Rose Mary Honnold.
Young adults > subject: young adults’ library services > subject: young adults’ literature selection
My Fourth Search:
The fourth search I performed was a specific facet first search in the Eric database. However, none of my terms were specific enough to narrow the results. Because of this, I searched collection development AND young adults. This resulted in twenty-four hits, quite a few of which are useful.
Search terms:
•Diverse—synonyms: various, different assorted
•Young adults
•Collection development
My First Search:
The first search I’m going to perform is a building block search in the WorldCat database. This will involve me searching for each individual term and then putting them together using Boolean operators.
My final search was: collection development AND young adults AND diverse.
This resulted in 8 hits. One hit I found very relevant is “Extreme teens library services to nontraditional young adults.”
My Second Search:
The second search I’m going to perform is actually a browsing search in the Project Muse database. I started by browsing the journals the database had available. I looked at various journals, such as: The High School Journal and Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures.
The journal I found to be most useful to my search question was: Children's Literature Association Quarterly.
My Third Search:
The next search I performed was a successive fraction search in the Library Lit database. I started with the broad search for “young adults.” I then used the subject limiter to narrow it down to “young adults’ library services.” After that I used the subject limiter to narrow my search one more time by selecting “young adults’ literature selection.” This narrowed search received two hits, one of which I find useful: “Turing Point” by Rose Mary Honnold.
Young adults > subject: young adults’ library services > subject: young adults’ literature selection
My Fourth Search:
The fourth search I performed was a specific facet first search in the Eric database. However, none of my terms were specific enough to narrow the results. Because of this, I searched collection development AND young adults. This resulted in twenty-four hits, quite a few of which are useful.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Tag...
So, we were asked to go to LibraryThing and add a tag to the text book we're using this semester.
The picture above shows the tag I added: digital IRR
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Podcast
The podcast I found is "Arlington Public Library Teen Librarians."
I chose this podcast because they are trying to keep teens informed about new books in various genres. They do a quick preview of many titles and they also do more in-depth podcasts on specific titles. I used YouTube to find this podcast.
I chose this podcast because they are trying to keep teens informed about new books in various genres. They do a quick preview of many titles and they also do more in-depth podcasts on specific titles. I used YouTube to find this podcast.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
A Blog of Interest...
So, I decided to follow Teen Books (and Beyond!) because it displays a variety of books in order to pull in a diverse population of readers.
http://palatinelibraryteens.blogspot.com/
Smile!
Got braces? Get Smile by Raina Telgemeier. In this autobiographical graphic novel, Telgemeier recounts her transition from an awkward 6th grade Girl Scout to a budding high school artist. Young Raina navigates all the hallmark frustrations of middle school (unfriendly friends, crushes, pimples, etcetera) while also facing the added misery of dental drama (braces, oral surgery, a retainer...AND headgear!). You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll curse your orthodontist, and thank heaven that SOMEBODY finally wised up and put this story--which so many of us can relate to!--down on paper.
---Tracie
http://palatinelibraryteens.blogspot.com/
Monday, June 7, 2010
Topic of Interest...
For right now I am considering a topic along the lines of "appealing to all readers" for the middle/high school library.
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