Public Library Youth Services

• Author : Holly G. Willett
• Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
• Release : 03 June 1995

• Author : Susan Higgins
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 30 April 2007

Youth Services and Public Libraries offers strategies to match the information needs and wants of children and young adults in public libraries and translates these into knowledge for providing relevant services. The latest trends in service provision are covered within the context of appropriate management, programming and marketing of services. The book is grounded in the principles of public library services to children and young adults everywhere. Links practical application of library programming to theoretical foundations of service Illustrates concepts

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 June 2023

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : DIANE Publishing
• Release : 01 July 2000

Speakers give their views, reactions, suggestions, and proposals on such topics as: current status of library and info. services for elementary and secondary school students; role of school library media centers in achieving the 6 National Education goals; future Federal roles in support of technology and library media programs and services for children and youth from public libraries; role of public and school libraries in promoting resource-based learning, info. skills and instructional activities; how school and public library partnerships should be

• Author : Sheila Heaviside
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 June 1995

the findings are presented of 1994 surveys on services and resources for children and young adults (ages 12-18) in public libraries. Each survey was conducted with a different nationally representative sample of public libraries. Data was collected for individual buildings rather than for library systems. Findings indicate the following: (1) children and young adults represent 60% of public library patronage; (2) 30% of public librarians specialize in youth services; (3) 39% of libraries employ a children's librarian, 11% have a young adult librarian, and 24% have a youth services

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 June 1993

• Author : Casey Rawson
• Publisher : Lulu.com
• Release : 25 September 2018

There seems to be little resistance to the idea that children and teens learn in public library spaces. However, many public librarians do not see themselves as teachers. This implies that much of the learning that happens in public libraries is incidentalÑtangential to the ÒrealÓ purpose and design of these spaces and programs. In this book, we make the case that public librarians should embrace an explicit instructional role as a core part of their professional practice. Inside, youÕ

• Author : Sheila Heaviside
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 June 1995

• Author : New York Library Association. Youth Services Section
• Publisher : New York Library Assn
• Release : 03 June 1994

These standards provide measures for evaluating communities' needs for public library services, and summarize the essentials for quality service for youth and those who work with youth. New management tools, specifically guides for planning and role setting and manuals for defining output measures, the challenge of electronic access, as well as the State of New York mandate that public libraries provide Outreach Services necessitated a revision of standards. Forty-two standards are divided into the following chapters: "Philosophy of Service"; "Recommendations

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 June 1995

• Author : Kathleen de la Pena McCook,Jenny S. Bossaller,Felton Thomas Jr.
• Publisher : American Library Association
• Release : 18 December 2018

Put simply, there is no text about public librarianship more rigorous or comprehensive than McCook's survey. Now, the REFORMA Lifetime Achievement Award-winning author has teamed up with noted public library scholar and advocate Bossaller to update and expand her work to incorporate the field's renewed emphasis on outcomes and transformation. This "essential tool" (Library Journal) remains the definitive handbook on this branch of the profession. It covers every aspect of the public library, from its earliest history through its current

• Author : New York Library Association. Committee on Standards for Youth Services
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 June 1984

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : ABC-CLIO
• Release : 18 May 2011

Drawing from the contributions of 20 academic and public library middle managers, this book reveals knowledge, expertise, and insights on a variety of management topics and responsibilities. • Addresses a wide range of middle management topics such as managing new managers of supervisors in the public library and balancing middle management and tenure-track responsibilities in an academic library • Includes information contributed by knowledgeable experts on middle management within public and academic library environments • Provides a bibliography of useful resources for middle managers

• Author : New York State Library
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 June 1989

"Children's books of 1939- " in August issue 1940-

• Author : Phyllis Van Orden,Patricia Pawelak-Kort
• Publisher : Scarecrow Press
• Release : 03 June 2023

"This revised edition features policy statements, reports, and research studies not readily identified in any one source and serves to update coverage of the print materials listed in Library Service to Children: A Guide to the Research, Planning, and Policy Literature (1992). All electronic sources are new, and the coverage of biographical literature and materials about the history of children's services and children's librarianship has been expanded."--BOOK JACKET.