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OverviewIn the five years since Developing Library Collections for Today’s Young Adults was published, a number of changes have taken place in the landscape of young adult literature and young adult library services. For example, in 2014, the “We Need Diverse Books” (#wndb) movement mobilized and alerted a growing population of teachers, librarians, authors, publishers, reviewers, and readers to the necessity of diverse representation in literature for young people. The 2017 revision of the Young Adult Library Services Association’s “Teen Services Competencies for Library Staff” underscored this need to attend to diversity in library collections, instructing young adult librarians to model cultural competence and responsiveness in their practice by incorporating “culturally diverse materials and resources [in their] collections, services, and programs to support the cultural identity, beliefs, and practices of all teens and families” (2017, p. 13). Such a focus on diversity has resulted in a professional expansion of the term to include racial, ethnic, and cultural identities; gender identity; sexual orientation; and identities related to ability and disability. With a dual focus on access and diversity, Developing Library Collections for Today’s Young Adults: Ensuring Access and Inclusion, Second Edition includes timely and necessary guidance for librarians seeking to diversify their collections and select material that reflects racial, ethnic, and gender diversity as well as the experiences of individuals with disabilities. The latest edition of this VOYA “Five-foot Bookshelf” title includes guidelines for developing young adult collection development policy, conducting a needs assessment, and evaluating and selecting print and non-print material for the library’s YA collection. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Amy S. PatteePublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Edition: Second Edition Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.70cm Weight: 0.798kg ISBN: 9781538123546ISBN 10: 1538123541 Pages: 402 Publication Date: 20 February 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Chapter 1: Library Collections for Young Adults Chapter 2: Developing Young Adult Collections: Multiple Perspectives Chapter 3: Collection Development Policies: Ensuring Diversity and Access Chapter 4: Describing Diversity: Conducting a Needs Assessment Chapter 5: Considering Access and Diversity: Selecting Material for the Young Adult Collection Chapter 6: Acquiring Material for the Young Adult Collection Chapter 7: Measuring, Evaluating, and Assessing the Young Adult Collection Chapter 8: Weeding the Young Adult Collection Chapter 9: Maintaining Library Collections for Young Adults BibliographyReviewsIn this excellent resource, Amy S. Pattee shows how developing a user-centered collection better serves the young adults in our libraries. In Developing Library Collections for Today's Young Adults: Ensuring Inclusion and Access, Second Edition, Pattee provides guidelines and working examples of how to write collection development policies, how to respond to challenges, and how to develop a detailed understanding of the diverse audience the young adult collection must serve.--RoseMary Ludt, author, editor of Teen Librarian Bookshelf series, and former editor-in-chief of VOYA Magazine This valuable and well-written tool for YA librarians and textbook for MLIS students covers in detail all the various aspects of collection building and development, and is an essential resource for new and experienced YA librarians. It's a one stop shop on the topic, examining the entire cycle of collection development and management in clear, precise, and readable prose, from an assessment and examination of teens and materials for them to managing and maintaining the YA collection.--Joni Richards Bodart, Associate Professor, School of Information, San Jose State University Author InformationAmy Pattee is an associate professor of Library and Information Science at Simmons University in Boston, Massachusetts. There, she teaches in the university’s School of Library and Information Science and in its programs in Children’s Literature. Prior to becoming a professor, Amy worked as a youth services librarians in Burlington County and Ocean County, New Jersey. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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