Collection Development
Top 25 Titles at My School: Graphic Novels and Mauds Reign Supreme!
Check out the hot titles this past year at my elementary school!
By the Numbers, a look at YA being published in 2023 (so far)
Teen librarian Karen Jensen takes a look at YA publishing for 2023
Things I Never Learned in Library School: You Won’t Get Paid to Read and You Will Never Read Everything in Your Library Collection (See Also: Why we can’t pre-read the books that we purchase, even while facing massive book bans)
Teen Librarian Karen Jensen discusses why the idea that librarians should pre-read every book before purchasing is an unsustainable answer to address the concerns of book banners
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Top 25 titles at my school
Our library, for our school of about 800 students, had 36,323 books checked out this school year. Here are the top titles!
Take 5: Link Roundup for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and the Month of May (2022)
Teen Librarian Karen Jensen shares some of the online resources she's reading and talking about for the month of May
Teen Fiction 2022 by the Numbers (So Far)
Teen Librarian Karen Jensen takes a look at YA fiction numbers so far for 2022 and crunches some numbers
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Sunday Reflections: That Time I Got to Help Build an ALL Youth Library
Teen librarian Karen Jensen walks you through Fort Worth Public Library's new all youth library, Reby Cary
In My Mailbox: Questions I Get About Collection Diversity Audits
Karen Jensen answers some of the most frequently asked questions she receives about doing Collection Diversity Audits.
A Great Big List of MG and YA Collection Development Resources
A massive list of collection development resources
Do You Know: Reflection Press & Children’s Books as a Radical Act, a Diversity Audit Resource
Reflection Press has put together a well made infographic to regarding representation and own voices in children's publishing. Add this tool to your collection of tools to discuss representation and collection development.
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