Public Library Youth Services: A Public Policy Approach (Information Management, Policy, and Services) - Softcover

Willett, Holly G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1567501230 ISBN 13: 9781567501230

Publisher: Praeger, 1995

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Book by Willett, Holly G.

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As part of her participation in the policy analysis training program at the Bush Institute in St. Paul, Minnesota, Willett presents here a through analysis of the policy of providing public library services for children and young adults. She examines in detail the criteria and evidence supporting existing services, explores possible alternative policies, and makes recommendations for future public policy. Willett notes that recent social trends and challenges have signaled the need for change in youth services. "These trends include funding restraints, labor shortages, ambivalence toward changing technology, demographic shifts, concern for educational achievement and literacy, legitimacy, and the status of young people in our society." In the context of these trends, the author reveals the effectiveness of youth services through relevant concepts in child development, learning theories, and education. Some of the alternative policy proposals she suggests are controversial and should be the topic of many discussions among public library administrators. This would also be an excellent textbook for library schools.?Anne Libest, Baker Univ., Baldwin City, Kan.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Praeger
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1567501230
• ISBN 13: 9781567501230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1