Starting from Scratch: Building a Teen Library Program (Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides for Young Adult Librarians Series) - Softcover

Ludwig, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1598846078 ISBN 13: 9781598846072

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2011

Synopsis

Create a successful, vibrant, and youth-centered teen services program with this practical, comprehensive guide―even when resources are limited.

In order to develop a young adult department from the ground up, librarians need to be informed about a myriad of interrelated tasks and responsibilities: creating policies, purchasing materials, program scheduling, outreach, and budgeting. Even for libraries that already have teen-oriented materials within their facilities, keeping them current and fresh is a challenge, especially when budget or physical space is an issue.

Starting from Scratch: Building a Teen Library Program is an instrumental resource for librarians who are either entering an established teen program with no previous experience, or establishing a new teen program in a library. It covers all steps in the process of becoming a successful teen librarian, from getting the job and advocating for a teen department to adding qualified staff and ongoing professional development.

About this title

About the Author

Sarah Ludwig is academic technology coordinator at Hamden Hall Country Day School in Hamden, CT.; she has also worked as a public library department head and a school library director. She received her MLS from Simmons College, Boston, MA. Ludwig writes for various national publications and is a frequent speaker at local and national conferences. In 2010, she was selected as an American Library Association Emerging Leader.

Reviews

Part of Libraries Unlimited’s Professional Guides for Young Adult Librarians series, this title focuses on developing a young adult department from the ground up. In her introduction, Ludwig addresses why someone should become a teen-services librarian, how to get such a position, and why these positions are important, and she provides online resources. The book’s eight chapters cover policies and administration, setting up a teen space, collection development, programming ideas, teen advisory boards, outreach, budgets, and professional development. Written in a friendly, first-person narrative, this title would be useful as a supplemental textbook, for new YA librarians with no mentors, or for librarians who find themselves thrust into a new role. --Esther Sinofsky

Edition details

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1598846078
• ISBN 13: 9781598846072
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220