Provides information on developing library Web services for teenagers.

Teens.Library: Developing Internet Services for Young Adults

Braun, Linda W.

Reference

Amer Library Assn.

This book discusses the benefits of working with teens to create technology-related library programs for them and for other patrons.

Technically Involved: Technology-Based Youth Participation Activities for Your Library

Computers & Technology

ALA Editions

Do we add that edgy urban novel to our teen collection? Should we initiate social networking? What about abandoning Dewey for a bookstore arrangement? Change is risky business, but librarians must be prepared to initiate change to best serve teens. YA service innovators Linda W. Braun, Hillias J. Martin, and Connie Urquhart explain how to be smart about taking risks without shying away from them. They offer concrete advice for 
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<li>Laying the groundwork for change in key areas such as collection building and programming</li>
<li>Including technology components as part of traditional services, such as booktalks, information literacy instruction, and book discussion groups 
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<li>Effectively gaining support from administrators and colleagues</li>
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 A resource list highlights articles and websites about risk in libraries, risk management, and teens and risk taking. In addition, appendixes offer YALSA s competencies for serving youth and YALSA s white papers, which discuss the importance of teen literature, the need to include young adult services in library school curricula, and the need for dedicated space and teen services staff in public libraries. Real-world examples of risky change in action from librarians and authors of YA lit enrich this exploration of a topic rarely discussed in depth, but central to YA services in school and public libraries today.

Risky Business: Taking and Managing Risks in Library Services for Teens

Martin, Hillias Jack

Urquhart, Connie

Young Adult Library Services Association

A collection of Internet activities and lesson plans, designed to help librarians, teachers and parents teach children (grades 3-5) critical thinking skills. Learning activities range from rudimentary basics to lessons that foster active learning when using the Internet, email and chat groups.

Introducing the Internet to Young Learners: Ready-To-Go Activities and Lesson Plans

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Neal Schuman Pub

Presents programs and strategies for library services of interest to teens.

Hooking Teens With the Net (Teens @ the Library Series)

Networking & Cloud Computing

In this guide, former YALSA President Braun explains what teen services advocacy is and why it is important. Braun gives readers the information required in order to advocate for teens and as a result improve library services, the value of the library in the community, and the lives of young adults. Topics includeHow to be an effective advocate for teensHow to practice advocacy skills and techniquesHow to setup successful long-term teen services advocacy initiativeExamples of successful advocacy campaigns

Being a Teen Library Services Advocate (Teens @ the Library)

ALA Neal-Schuman

Are you bothered by the bad grammar, emoticons, acronyms, and poor spelling that are ubiquitous in cyberspace, and especially prevalent in teen communications? Do you lament that today's technologies are ruining the reading and writing skills of teens? Well, think again.
This author proposes that today's teens are actually exploring and developing new literacies, and learning to use technology in the most effective ways possible. After examining some of the technologies teens commonly use (IM, webblogs, podcast, games), Braun describes how these technologies affect reading, writing, and communication habits and skills; and how they are actually creating new communities of learning. Expand your perspective on what defines literacy, and learn how you can maximize the learning that teens acquire in using new technologies by integrating technologies into your programs and services. A must-read for librarians, teachers, and anyone else who works with teens in grades 6 and up.
 In addition, the book includes a discussion of why librarians and teachers need to educate administrators and the public about the role of new literacies in teen lives. Support materials, such as scripts to use in explaining new literacies enhance the text.

Teens, Technology, and Literacy; Or, Why Bad Grammar Isn't Always Bad

Teen & Young Adult

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