Rollie J. Welch

The Guy-Friendly YA Library (eBook, PDF)

Serving Male Teens

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313094804
• Artikelnr.: 68528920

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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